EVENTS
Power of Connection
Join us on Thursday, June 27th to celebrate and support the community leaders, entrepreneurs, and pro bono attorneys who are helping to grow economic opportunity for communities of color in Chicago.
The transactional legal assistance work we do in our Economic Justice Program helps strengthen communities of color by giving nonprofits and small businesses the legal support they need for success.
To sponsor the event or purchase tickets, click here.
Lowell E. Sachnoff "Advocates in Action" Speaker Series
Join us on Tuesday, April 9th from 11:45-1:00 PM at Thompson Coburn LLP (55 E. Monroe St., 37th Floor) for the next “Advocates in Action” Speaker Series event. Amy Cook, attorney with our Economic Justice program, will be speaking about the transactional legal support Chicago Lawyers’ Committee provides in an effort to help close the racial wealth gap in Chicago. Sign up here!
Bootcamp for Founders of Nonprofit Startups
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights offers the Emerging Nonprofit Certificate of Training program for nonprofit founders who are interested in or are in the process of forming a new nonprofit organization.
We are offering a shortened, virtual version of our Emerging Nonprofit Training Program. If you are interested in attending bootcamp, register here and submit the ($40) fee to attend all (5) workshops listed below.
If you have any questions, please contact Angela Dear at adear@clccrul.org
Lowell E. Sachnoff "Advocates in Action" Speaker Series
Join us on Wednesday, January 31st from 12-1pm at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (525 W Monroe) for a conversation on “Safeguarding Voting Rights in 2024” led by Ami Gandhi, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Midwest Voting Program. The conversation will be moderated by Kayla Siam, Associate at Thompson Coburn LLP and member of our NextGen Leadership Council.
Count US IN - 2023 Fellowship Showcase
Join Count US IN for the 2023 Fellowship Showcase featuring Ami Gandhi, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Midwest Voting Rights Program and Paige Maffett, Legal Fellow with Chicago Lawyers’ Committee!
Save the date for November 17th from 12:00-2:00 p.m. ET.
To RSVP go to bit.ly/2023ShowCaseTix or, email rhenderson@countusindiana.org.
Lowell E. Sachnoff "Advocates in Action" Speaker Series
Join us for a discussion led by David Shapiro on SCOTUS on Civil Rights: Term in Review and What’s Ahead.
Good Trouble: Art of Resistance Gala
Save the date for Good Trouble: Art of Resistance Gala on Wednesday, September 27th at 5:30PM! We are so excited to be joined by three poets laureate as well as Tracie D. Hall, executive director of the American Library Association - the first African American woman to serve in that role since the association's inception in 1876. Tracie was recently honored as TIME100's Most Influential People of 2023. Watch the video of her speech here.
We will gather in the Winter Garden at the Harold Washington Library (400 S. State St). Join us to celebrate the wonderful work we have accomplished together in the past year and also reflect on the work that remains ahead.
For more information on tickets, Host Committee, and sponsorship, click here.
If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Torgerson at ltorgerson@clccrul.org.
NextGen Speaker Series: Advocates in Action
Join the NextGen Leadership Council for a discussion on Combatting Extremist Attacks on our Public Schools
with Beatriz Diaz-Pollack, Director of Education Equity at Chicago Lawyers’ Committee
Lunch will be provided.
Miller Shakman Levine & Feldman
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STE 1900
Chicago, IL, 60603
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