Chicago, IL – As the second annual Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) Investing in Justice Campaign draws to a close, the CBF announced that by every measure the Campaign was an even bigger success than 2007’s groundbreaking inaugural effort. More than 40 law firms and corporations participated in this year’s Campaign (see the attached listing of 2008 participants), a 50% increase in participating firms from last year. More than 2,000 individual attorneys and legal professionals made financial contributions, and along with the many firms that matched donations in whole or in part, the Campaign raised more than $1 million in only its second year.
“The increased success of the Campaign this year is a definitive statement that Chicago’s legal community is willing to do its part to ensure that our justice system works for everyone, particularly the low-income and disadvantaged Chicagoans who most need its protections, said Thomas Z. Hayward, President of the CBF Board. “We are just scratching the surface of what is possible through this Campaign in the future. Our legal aid attorneys and their organizations deserve all the support we can give them. We thank Dan Webb, our Steering Committee and our many Vice Chairs and volunteers for their outstanding leadership this year,” added Hayward.
The community-wide investment in the Campaign advances a cause that is uniquely important to lawyers and members of the legal community: ensuring that all Chicagoans, especially the most vulnerable, has access to justice. To that end, 100% of money raised in the 2008 Campaign will go towards CBF grants that advance that goal by: strengthening Chicago’s pro bono and legal aid organizations; giving these organizations the means to continue increasing their attorney salaries to sustainable levels; and underwriting innovative projects that make our justice system more user-friendly and accessible for those in need. [See the attached listing of the many organizations supported by the CBF.]
“The success of this year’s Campaign is a real tribute to the dedication and support of our Campaign leadership and the growing number of lawyers and other legal professionals who so generously contributed to this effort, and it will make a real difference in the lives of our colleagues in legal aid and the many thousands of vulnerable Chicagoans who depend on them,” said Dan Webb, who chaired this year’s Campaign.
For more information on the CBF’s annual “Investing in Justice Campaign,” please contact Bob Glaves, CBF Executive Director, at (312) 554-1205 or
bglaves@chicagobar.org.
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Participating law firms and corporate law departments:
AT&T Midwest ▪ Baker & McKenzie LLP ▪ Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP ▪ Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP ▪ Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP ▪ Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione ▪ Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP ▪ The Chicago Bar Association ▪ Clifford Law Offices ▪ Competition Law Group LLC Corboy & Demetrio DLA Piper US LLP ▪ Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP ▪ Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg LLP ▪ Exelon Corporation ▪ Foley & Lardner LLP Goldberg Kohn ▪ Hennessy & Roach, P.C. ▪ Holland & Knight LLP ▪ Jenner & Block LLP ▪ Jones Day ▪ Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP ▪ Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP ▪ Mayer Brown LLP ▪ McDermott Will & Emery Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ▪ Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP ▪ Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP ▪ Playboy Enterprises Inc. ▪ Quarles & Brady LLP ▪ Reed Smith LLP Schiff Hardin LLP ▪ Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP ▪ Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney ▪ Seyfarth Shaw LLP ▪ Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd. Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ▪ Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP ▪ Vedder Price P.C. ▪ Walker Wilcox & Matousek LLP Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP ▪ Winston & Strawn LLP
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CBF – Supported Organizations*
Access Living - Civil Rights Project
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic (CGLA)
CAIR – Chicago - Civil Rights Project
CARPLS (Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services)
Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR)
Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL)
Center for Economic Progress - Midwest Tax Clinic
Centro Romero - Latin American Legal Assistance Services
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless - Law Project
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM)
Chicago Legal Clinic
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS)
Community Economic Development Law Project (CEDLP)
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic
Equip for Equality
Evanston Community Defender
The Family Defense Center
Farmworker Advocacy Project
First Defense Legal Aid
Health & Disability Advocates (HDA)
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Lambda Legal – Midwest Regional Office
Latinos Progresando – Immigrant Legal Services
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH)
Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA)
Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services (LAB)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF)
Life Span - Center for Legal Services & Advocacy
Midwest Center on Law & the Deaf (MCLD)
National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU - Children’s Initiative
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Uptown People’s Law Center
World Relief-Chicago - Immigration Legal Services
*This list represents organizations that receive organizational support grants from the CBF. The CBF also supports a number of other special projects and initiatives that advance the CBF’s mission.
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