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Year in Review from the President and Executive Director 2015 Year in Review From the President and Executive Director There is a lot to be excited like you. PILI is incredibly about at PILI in 2015. We now grateful to the many law firms, fund more Law Student Interns corporations, foundations, than ever with new Internships law schools, and individual across the state, our number donors whose generosity helps of Graduate Fellows has us pursue our mission. PILI increased significantly, our is particularly thankful to the Alumni Network has evolved to law firm of Foley & Lardner offer a range of direct service LLP for their in-kind donation and educational opportunities, in hosting PILI’s offices, and and our Pro Bono Initiative is a to The John Marshall Law driving force behind expanding School for housing our summer pro bono legal services programming for Interns throughout Illinois. and Fellows. Remarkably, in the last five years alone, There is a lot for us to feel individual giving to PILI has grateful for too. We could not more than doubled and we’ve have achieved this momentous seen increases in other areas progress over the last few years of giving as well. We are both without support from friends humbled and inspired by your PILI’s mission is to cultivate a lifelong commitment to public interest law and pro bono service within the Illinois legal community to expand the availability of legal services for people, families and communities in need. We envision a legal community with a deeply rooted culture of service, where law students, lawyers and legal professionals at all stages of their careers engage in public interest law or pro bono work, and remain committed to addressing the unmet legal needs of the poor and underrepresented. www.pili.org commitment to supporting PILI’s public interest law. Increasing mission to cultivate a lifelong our stipend will ensure that PILI commitment to public interest continues to attract top-rate law and pro bono service within Interns, and that law students the Ilinois legal community. participating in the program will be able to cover their basic living There is also a lot of work for us expenses. still to do, and for 2016, we are setting our sights higher than This is just one of our objectives ever. In addition to maintaining for 2016. I invite you to read this this growth across all of our Year in Review to learn more programs, for the first time in about where we’ve been in 2015 over 10 years, we are raising our and where we’re going in the Law Student Intern stipend to year to come. I hope it leaves better support law students who you feeling as excited, grateful serve clients in need while laying and inspired as we are. the foundation for a career in Richard F. O’Malley, Jr. Michael G. Bergmann Sidley Austin LLP PILI Executive Director PILI Board President Law Student Internship Program PILI’s Law Student Internship Program connects law students from across the country with public interest law organizations in Illinois. Interns work 400 hours full-time during the summer or 200 hours part-time during the school year, with PILI funding their stipends, ensuring quality supervision by experienced agency attorneys, and providing supplemental educational, networking and mentoring opportunities. Through this program, PILI helps our partner agencies increase their impact while also helping law students develop their legal and client interaction skills, build their professional networks, and strengthen their commitment to public interest law and service. Summer In 44 PILI interns and 2015 School-year 14 PILI Interns served 20,400 hours and over 1,500 clients. And in 2016, we’ll have Internships in 5 cities across Illinois. (new PILI Interns) 2 “I have a deep passion to serve people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups through advocacy, education, and collaboration, and I am doing that everyday through PILI. I have given my clients hope and a voice.” - Oluchi Ifebi 2015 PILI Intern at LAF from The John Marshall Law School Big news: PILI Interns are getting a raise! And in 2016, from to and we’ll have Internships in 5 cities across Illinois. $5,000 $5,500 $6,000 in 2016 in 2018 PILI Interns haven’t had a raise in their stipend since 2005. Some of them are coming to Illinois from law schools far across the country. All of them need to be able to pay for their basic housing, transportation and other expenses so they don’t have to take out more loans, take another job, or go further into debt. We are excited about this big new step to better support the next generation of public interest lawyers. www.pili.org/internships 3 Graduate Fellowship Program Through the PILI Graduate Fellowship Program, new associates at Chicago law firms spend 300 hours between graduation and joining their firm working at public interest law organizations in Illinois. PILI ensures quality supervision by experienced legal aid attorneys and provides supplemental educational, networking and mentoring opportunities. New associates who participate in PILI’s Fellowship Program are connected to pro bono from the very beginning of their careers, and after joining their firms, they often continue to work with their agency on pro bono matters. 81 PILI Fellows sponsored by In 11 law firms served 24,300 hours and 2015 nearly 400 clients at Participating Agencies across the state of Illinois. Is your law firm interested in a long-term commitment to pro sponsoring PILI Fellows? Firms bono practice. can benefit from their Fellows’ experience and training in law Visit our website or contact as well as their connections PILI Executive Director Michael to legal service agencies Bergmann by e-mail at once they start at the firm. [email protected] for more Sponsoring firms also take an information about the benefits active role in encouraging their of sponsoring PILI Fellows and incoming associates to develop details about how your firm can get involved. 4 www.pili.org/fellowships “My PILI Fellowship has really instilled in me the importance of volunteering. Because of this experience, I think that I will always have an active pro bono practice.” - Angela Romano 2015 Fellow at CARPLS Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP “I made incredible connections at my agency and learned practical legal skills while learning from some of the best public interest attorneys in the business. - Jonathan Adair 2015 Fellow at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP Brinks Gilson & Lione Chapman and Cutler LLP Sponsoring Foley & Lardner LLP Jenner & Block LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP PILI Latham & Watkins LLP Fellows Mayer Brown LLP Schiff Hardin LLP in 2015: Sidley Austin LLP Winston & Strawn LLP 5 Alumni Network Over 3,700 law students and graduates have participated in PILI’s Internship and Fellowship Programs. These public interest lawyers span the globe and the profession: from firm and corporate attorneys, to members of the government sector and the judiciary, to members of the higher education and public interest law sectors. PILI’s Alumni Network builds and maintains the connection between past PILI Interns and Fellows and the public interest law community through educational, networking, service, and leadership opportunities. PILI Alumni activities are guided by the PILI Alumni Network Leadership Council, a group of Alumni leaders from different sectors of the legal profession who are committed to staying connected to PILI and to public interest law. The Council plans CLE programs, organizes service opportunities, raises money to support PILI’s programs, and promotes involvement with PILI to the broader legal community. Are you a PILI Alum interested in getting involved? Visit our website or contact us at [email protected] to learn more! Or check out our spotlights at www.pili.org/alumni/ alumni-spotlights to see what other PILI Alumni are up to these days. 6 www.pili.org/alumni Legal Prep Community Law Clinic In partnership with Chicago NEW Volunteer Legal Services and IN 2015 Legal Prep Charter Academies, PILI’s Alumni Network Leadership Council now offers a monthly community law clinic for families of students at Legal Prep and their neighbors in Chicago’s Garfield PILI Alumni Park neighborhood. 26 Network Volunteers have served people in the community 31 through this clinic already on issues like minor and adult guardianship, eviction, contract and warranty disputes, family law, adoption, child support modification, and more. www.pili.org/alumni/legal-prep-community-law-clinic “Working at the clinic and being able to help people in need reminded me of why I became a lawyer in the first place.” - 2015 PILI Alumni Volunteer “My PILI Internship introduced me to a large network of lawyers committed to public interest law. I’m extremely proud to be a part of this network and community.” - Anita Weinberg 1983 PILI Intern Alumna Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the ChildLaw Policy Institute Loyola University Chicago School of Law Pro Bono Initiative PILI works collaboratively with law firms, corporations, public interest law organizations, law schools, and members of the bar and bench to expand the availability of pro bono legal services across Illinois. Through our Pro Bono Initiative, we offer a wide range of pro bono programming and resources, we develop innovative projects and cultivate best practices, and we celebrate ongoing pro bono service to enhance the scope and quantity of pro bono legal assistance in Illinois. Pro Bono Roundtables and Forums: These events bring together pro bono leaders from law firms, corporations, legal service agencies and law schools to discuss timely pro bono issues, challenges and best practices. The Pro Bono Roundtables allow for unique constituent group-specific conversations, while the Forums bring everyone together for in- depth discussion among a cross-section of the legal profession.
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