Legal aid agencies, bar groups reach out ot more of the suburban poor
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

From her vantage point on the bench in the Markham courthouse, Cook County Circuit Judge Marjorie C. Laws can see evidence of the suburbanization of poverty.  Read more . . .

Chicago Area Foundation for Legal Services Sets Example in Era of Constrained Resources

Organization Dissolves Current Structure, Creates a Restricted Fund

Chicago –The board of Chicago Area Foundation for Legal Services (CAFLS), a special initiative at The Chicago Community Trust supporting legal services for low-income Chicago residents, voted to dissolve CAFLS and create a restricted fund at the Trust to support legal aid.  Read more. . .

CBF Report February/March 2011
The 2011 Investing in Justice Campaign

A Powerful Statement by Chicago’s Legal Community in Support of Access to Justice

One of The Chicago Bar Foundation’s top priorities is mobilizing Chicago’s legal community to provide critical financial support for the many outstanding pro bono and legal aid organizations serving the Chicago area. Read more. . .

Legal community partakes in Fat Tuesday fun to benefit CBF
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

The Greater Chicago Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators and The Chicago Bar Foundation Young Professionals Board hosted the 11th annual Fat Tuesday Challenge on Tuesday. Read more. . .

Campaign hopes to help people get ‘equal access to justice’
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

William A. Von Hoene Jr. (pictured) is chairman of The Chicago Bar Foundation’s Investing in Justice Campaign 2011. He greeted with members of the legal community at the campaign’s Monday kickoff.  Read more. . .

5^th Annual CBF Investing in Justice Campaign Kicks Off Today

More than 100 Chicago-Area Law Firms, Corporate Legal Departments and Other Legal Organizations Join Together To Raise Critical Funds for Legal Aid

A new record of more than 100 area law firms, corporate legal departments and other law-related organizations are participating in the 2011 Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) Investing in Justice Campaign, which raises much-needed funds for pro bono and legal aid services in the Chicago area. The Campaign, chaired this year by William A. Von Hoene, Jr., Executive Vice President, Finance & Legal for Exelon Corporation, kicks off today and runs throughout the month of March. Read more. . .

Bar foundation ready to launch legal aid drive
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

 Even though the official start of the Chicago Bar Foundation's 2011 Investing in Justice campaign isn't until Monday, the annual effort to increase support for area providers of legal services to the poor is already seeing a record-breaking show of participation.   Read more. . .

CBF Report January 2011
Ensuring that the Court System is User-Friendly and Accessible to All

One of The Chicago Bar Foundation’s (CBF’s) priorities within its larger mission to ensure that all Chicagoans have access to justice is to ensure that the court system is userfriendly and accessible to all, particularly those without lawyers. Read more. . .

$125,000 given to legal aid for foreclosure help
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Four legal aid organizations that have focused much of their work on addressing the needs of a growing number of Cook County homeowners grappling with mortgage foreclosure issues have received grants totaling $125,000 toward that effort — thanks to a recent gift to the Chicago Bar Foundation.  Read more. . .

$125,000 Gift to Provide Significant Help for People Facing Foreclosure

Pierce and Associates, Codilis & Associates, Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund (ATG) and the Law Bulletin Publishing Company recently made donations to The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) totaling $125,000 to support several pro bono and legal aid organizations that are working to help the growing number of people facing foreclosure in Cook County.  Read more. . .