CBA Record

PRO BONOWEEK 2016: OCTOBER 24-28 Caring, One Person at a Time

EventsareheldatCBAHeadquarters, 321 S. Plymouth Court, unless otherwise indicated. Visit www. chicagobar.org/probonoweek to see the complete schedule and sign up for Pro Bono Week events.

Voting Rights Project: Hotline Training

Tuesday, October 25, 12:00-2:00 pm, DLA Piper LLP (US). The right to vote is fundamental to a healthy democracy. The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee’s Voting Rights Project (VRP) works to prevent, reduce, and eliminate barriers to voting and civic participation. Learn how attorneys can protect elections and find out how you can be a nonpartisan volunteer with the VRP on Election Day on the hotline downtown. 1.75 hours of CLE credit sub- ject to approval. Justice: An Evening of Stories and Community Tuesday, October 25, 6:00-8:00 pm, Revo- lution Brewpub. Get to know your fellow justice-minded colleagues and enjoy listen- ing to stories of justice shared by volunteers from the audience. Interested in telling a story? Come prepared with a five-minute story related to the theme (justice) to share with attendees from the Chicago legal com- munity. Those who volunteer to tell stories will be entered in a prize raffle. Storytellers and listeners alike are encouraged to attend! Voting Rights Project: Field Training Thursday, October 27, 12:00-2:00 pm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP . The right to vote is fundamental to a healthy democracy. The

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T he Chicago Bar Association and the CBF are co-sponsoring the 12th Annual Pro BonoWeek fromOcto- ber 24-28. Rachel O’Konis Ruttenberg of Family Defense Center and Andrew Vail of Jenner & Block LLP are co-chairing this week filled with big events and great CLE’s. Once again, Chicago will be joined by communities across the country through the American Bar Association’s 7th Annual National Pro Bono Celebration. In 2005 the CBF, with the Chicago Bar Association, launched our annual Pro Bono Week to honor lawyers’ pro bono efforts and to educate the public and the legal community about how these lawyers are improving the lives of the less fortunate. Pro Bono Week is just one part of the CBF’s year-round strategy to promote and support pro bono in our community. Complimentary Events (law students and nonmembers also welcome) include:

Breaking Poverty Barriers to Equal Justice Monday, October 24, 3:00-5:00 pm. This multimedia panel presentation will help legal volunteers better understand the life circumstances and day-to-day challenges of their clients who live in poverty. The program will help you work more effec- tively with your clients and improve client services and outcomes. Two hours of PR CLE credit subject to approval. Breakfast with Judges Tuesday, October 25, 8:00-9:00 am, Jenner & Block LLP. Hear the judicial perspective on pro bono over breakfast with members of Chicago’s legal community. Opening remarks will be followed by small round- table discussions led by members of the federal and state judiciary about profes- sionalism and the importance of pro bono to the community. One hour of Illinois PR CLE credit (subject to approval).

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