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Public Interest Law Initiative 2006 & 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

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Greater than the Sum of our Parts Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007 1

How do you want to contribute? The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) fulfills a unique role in ’s legal Message From the President and Executive Director community. At every stage in a legal career, PILI guides attorneys through Chicago’s legal community exemplifies this well-known adage and its implicit wisdom that our collective potential far exceeds our individual potentials. The power of our legal a continuum of public interest law and pro bono opportunities. Working community lies in its size and scope. The power of our legal profession lies in its collective collaboratively with all members of the legal community—educators, law commitment to justice. students, law firms, corporations, attorneys, and legal services agencies— Poverty inextricably links legal needs to numerous health, safety, and social welfare PILI builds professional relationships into working partnerships that issues. The legal aid and public interest law sectors of our profession work diligently and heroically to give poor, low-income and underserved people equal access to justice. generate legal assistance for poor, low-income and underserved people. They cannot do it alone. It requires the commitment of all other sectors of the legal community—law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and law schools—working together collaboratively and cooperatively toward this goal. Our whole is greater than the sum of our parts in pursuing equal access to justice.

The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) fulfills a unique role in our legal community – leveraging legal expertise into legal assistance for the disenfranchised. The goals, work, and accomplishments of our Internship and Fellowship Program and the Pro Bono Initiative Program are presented in the following pages. As you review this Annual Report, keep in mind that the whole that is PILI is also greater than its parts. At every stage in the life Making connections for social justice cycle of a legal career, PILI guides attorneys in actualizing their professional responsibilities PILI cultivates a lifelong commitment to public interest law. and personal commitments to equal access to justice through a continuum of public  PILI leverages legal expertise into legal assistance for the disenfranchised. interest law and pro bono opportunities. PILI harnesses the power of the legal profession’s  PILI fulfills this unique niche in our legal community. commitment to justice, maximizes the quantity, scope, impact, and coordination of that commitment, and then unleashes a wealth of legal assistance for poor and low-income Susan J. Curry, Executive Director and people. PILI enables the legal community to be greater than the sum of its parts in working Kimball R. Anderson, President PILI to make justice accessible to all. Board of Directors (L. to R.)

To old friends, steadfast supporters, and collaborating partners, we thank you for your ongoing commitment to PILI. Your contributions of time, expertise, collaboration, and dollars inspire profoundly affect our work and are instrumental to our success. To new members of the legal community and those considering a closer working partnership with us, we invite you to acquaint or reacquaint yourselves with the Public Interest Law Initiative. Join us in a dialogue exploring the opportunities to activate, nourish, or re-engage your commitment to our mutual pursuit of equal access to justice. We commitmentto welcome your participation.

justice PILI’s Affiliated Agencies Access Living • AIDS Legal Council • Alliance for the Great Lakes • Anti-Defamation League • Better Government Association • Business and Professional People for the Public Interest • Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic • Center for Conflict Resolution • Center for Disability & Elder Law • Centro Romero • Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice • Chicago-Kent College of Law Clinics • Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law • Chicago Legal Clinic • Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation • Citizen Advocacy Center • Community Economic Development Law Project • Cook County Office of the Public Guardian • Cook County professional Public Defender • CARPLS • Corporation for Supportive Housing • CAIR Civil Rights Division • DePaul College of Law Clinics • Domestic Violence Legal Clinic • Environmental Law & Policy Center • Equip for Equality • Federal Defender Program • Health & Disability Advocates • Guardianship & Advocacy Commission collaborate • Illinois Legal Aid Online • Immigrant Child Advocacy Center • Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship • International Human Rights Law Institute • John Howard Association of Illinois • John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic • Lambda Legal • Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless • Lawyers’ relationships Committee for Better Housing • Lawyers for the Creative Arts • Legal Aid Bureau • Legal Assistance Foundation of Metro Chicago • Life Span • Loyola University Law School Legal Clinics • MacArthur Justice Center • University of Chicago Mandel Legal Aid Clinic • Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund • National Immigrant Justice Center • Bluhm Legal Clinic • Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU • Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law • U. S. Department of Health & Human Services 2 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006fellows & 2007 3 SeminarsWork Experience professional clients Where did you do your PILI? Adviser internsrelationships PILI Internship & Fellowship Program PILI Internship & Fellowship Program An attorney’s career begins on the first day of law school. At this earliest stage in a legal career, PILI is positioned to achieve two goals: enhance the legal education of law students and increase access to justice for the disenfranchised. In addition to its ongoing efforts The last two fiscal years have seen record-setting numbers of PILI Interns and Fellows, to cultivate law student pro bono practice, PILI also offers paid opportunities to work in and consequently, quantitative milestones in both the number of Work Component the public interest law field. PILI’s Internship Program provides a unique, comprehensive, Hours devoted to PILI-affiliated agencies and the number of agencies’ clients receiving hands-on educational experience that transcends the boundaries of classroom learning direct legal services from PILI Interns and Fellows. PILI Interns and Fellows provided and provides legal assistance to poor, low-income, and underserved people. Law students direct legal assistance on a wide range of issues including asylum, immigration, civil from over 100 law schools nationwide compete for PILI Summer Internships – a full-time rights, disability-based discrimination, guardianship, domestic violence, tenant/landlord ten-week opportunity working at a PILI affiliated public interest law or legal services issues, public benefits, and elder abuse. agency. A limited number of PILI School-Year Internships are available for law students from area schools. FY 2006 FY 2007 Summer & School Year INTERNS 56 57 PILI’s Fellowship Program provides a parallel opportunity for emerging lawyers at another Summer & School Year FELLOWS 76 88 early benchmark in their legal careers – preparing for and taking the bar exam. More than Class Total INTERNS & FELLOWS 132 145 two dozen area law firms sponsor PILI Graduate Summer Fellowships for a number of their Work Component HOURS 42,800 46,200 My experience as a PILI Intern incoming new associates – a combination full and part-time commitment in the transitional CLIENTS Receiving Direct Legal Services 2,335 3,080 was the most rewarding legal summer from law student to attorney. Occasionally, this opportunity is also available on a education that I have had during school-year basis. law school. Through my intern- Three program components combine for an unparalleled experience, and distinguish Other Interns and Fellows conducted legal work on behalf of groups and/or in relation ship, I was able to help those “doing a PILI” from other experiential opportunities. to policy matters, including advocacy, public education, policy development/analysis less fortunate in my community • The Work Experience Componentis a practical experience providing legal services or other impact-related work. Their efforts potentially impacted the lives of thousands obtain legal services that they are directly to clients or engaging in the tasks associated with advocacy, public education, of individuals, groups, and communities, sometimes on a national or international level. A unique combination of issues is addressed each year, as PILI Interns and Fellows help entitled to as . My PILI policy development/analysis, and other impact-related legal work. Internship has reminded me that • The Seminar Component is a series of lunchtime presentations by area attorneys host agencies respond to emerging macro-level matters and critical needs of clients. working in every sector of the legal community that introduces Interns and Fellows as a lawyer, I have a responsibility to various aspects of public interest law, related career options, and the effective Fiscal Year 2006 Examples Fiscal Year 2007 Examples to share my knowledge and skills incorporation of pro bono work into private practice legal careers. Networking • Government domestic spying • Exclusion of adolescent males from with those in the community who and social events complement the formal seminars by introducing participants to • Forensic lab evidentiary issues family shelters need it the most. My experience • Detained religious minorities • Recall process Consumer Safety members of the legal community. this summer shaped my legal • The Adviser Component is an opportunity for Interns to be paired with an • Sale/lease Illinois’ toll ways Protection Act attorney on PILI’s Board of Directors for career guidance, networking, and a personal • US international philanthropy laws • National standards defining/ education and career, and for introduction to Chicago’s legal community. • Racial profiling reporting sexual assaults that I will be forever grateful. PILI Board Member Michael J. Koenigsknecht • Sterilization of disabled adults —Erica Byrd presents a 2006 Distinguished PILI Alumni PILI’s Internship & Fellowship Program creates a virtual additional workforce of law • Permissible discovery techniques 2006 PILI Intern Award to Jean Choi. • Judicial election reform students and recent graduates serving the poor, low-income, and underserved clients Chicago Legal Clinic of more than 50 area legal services agencies while gaining an exceptional educational experience. The legal assistance provided by Interns and Fellows to or on behalf of clients, John Marshall Law School changes lives on individual, group, community and/or societal levels, and creates safer, healthier, more prosperous futures. After Internships and Fellowships are completed, PILI offers its Alumni a variety of activities and opportunities, fostering those first public interest law experiences into career-long The lives of PILI Interns and Fellows are changed as well. The legal work experience that commitments to pro bono work, and inspiring an ongoing association with PILI’s Pro Bono Interns gain distinguishes them among their peers, and often ignites a commitment to public Initiative to actualize those commitments. PILI Internships and Fellowships are often the interest law or pro bono work. Fellows are distinguished among other new associates at first stage in the life cycle of a legal career dedicated to equal access to justice, a career their firms by the hands-on legal experience they gain. Many build upon this experience by that demonstrates personal commitment and professional responsibility to the unmet legal continuing pro bono work as new associates, laying the foundation for on-going service. needs of the disenfranchised.

4 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007 5 prospectus referencevolunteer How does pro bono fit in your legal career? directory forum guideopportunities Pro Bono Initiative The Pro Bono Initiative works collaboratively with law schools, law firms, corporations, and legal PILI’s role in the life cycle of a legal career begins with law students and continues with services agencies to create and promote work environments, programs, and opportunities that new associates, seasoned lawyers, and senior attorneys working in every sector of the help emerging and established attorneys at every stage of their legal careers provide pro bono legal community – private, government, and nonprofit. PILI is positioned to help these legal assistance. By ensuring effective communication, promoting best practices, and serving as law students and attorneys actualize their personal commitments and professional a clearinghouse and resource for pro bono issues, PBI increases legal services for those who lack responsibilities to pro bono legal assistance. By increasing the quantity, widening access to justice. PBI is the structure within the legal community that effectively generates new the scope, and broadening the depth of pro bono work in Chicago and throughout and renewed collaborative pro bono legal assistance. the state, PILI increases access to justice for the disenfranchised through its Pro Bono Initiative (PBI) program. PBI has a profound impact on both individual and system levels. Through PBI, law students and attorneys help address the current legal needs of poor, low-income, and underserved PILI launched the Pro Bono Initiative program in 1999 and entered into a two-year joint clients of area legal services agencies. The resulting legal assistance helps these clients project agreement with The Chicago Bar Foundation in 2006. This expanded project meet the immediate legal challenges of a host of health and welfare issues, and creates Representatives from law firms, corporations, brought additional resources that supported a re-engineered project infrastructure opportunities for success, health, and prosperity in their futures. Through PBI, law students and attorneys incorporate pro bono work as an integral component of their careers. On law schools, and legal services agencies gather at including a full-time director, administrative support, and a steering committee. The the 2007 PBI Forum. resulting project momentum enabled PBI to engage the legal community in pro bono a system level, PBI creates a culture of service within the legal community that perpetually work in new ways and to new degrees. leverages legal skills into critically needed legal assistance for poor, low-income, and underserved people.

Communicating With Constituents Exploring Approaches www.probonoinitiative.org The PBI website offers visitors Pro Bono Advocate comprehensive information about Pro Bono Forum Leaders of law firms, corporations, legal services agencies, Strategies that increase pro bono legal its work, and pro bono resources, and law schools meet semi-annually to discuss timely pro assistance are explored with pro bono events, opportunities, trainings, and bono issues and best practices. constituent groups through dialogues that generate sound assessments, publications. PBI communicates Agency Series Public interest law agencies convene twice yearly to share constructive recommendations, new with more than 500 constituents in effective strategies in the design and management of pro collaborations, and fresh approaches. the legal community statewide bono programs in nonprofits. PBI is a center for the collection and distribution of through its monthly e-newsletter, Corporate Corporate pro bono leaders from throughout the state pro bono information within the legal community. “Pro Bono Advocate.” Roundtable Series will convene for a two-part series that explores unique (Planned for 2008) pro bono challenges facing corporate attorneys. Best Sharing Information practices, strategies for successful pro bono programs, and networking will highlight these discussions. PBI provides several tools developed Pro Bono Prospectus This guide outlines the initial steps in to promote pro bono programs in developing a formal pro bono program Setting Ideas Into Motion the work environment and supply in a firm or corporate setting and in Pro Bono Technical Used in tandem with the Pro Bono Reference Guide, Project Teams carry out the mission examples of best practices in action. As a engaging the participation of fellow Consultation Team teams of attorneys from firms and corporations that of PBI. With a cross-section of PBI clearinghouse for pro bono information, attorneys in pro bono activities. have successfully developed, reinvigorated, or managed participants on each team, attorneys PBI maintains additional resource Pro Bono Reference Guide These publications provide direction, pro bono programs assist other firms or corporate legal from firms, corporations, law schools, and information to promote and enhance (Corporation Resource Edition and best practices, and relevant samples departments in establishing or enhancing their pro bono legal aid agencies work collaboratively pro bono programs and opportunities Law Firm Resource Edition) integral to the development or programs. and cooperatively to put ideas into action. for those seeking assistance—individual enhancement of a pro bono program. Pro Bono Works with Illinois Legal Aid Online assessing our attorneys and special pro bono groups Editions are tailored to assist specific Opportunities statewide pro bono capacity to ensure a sufficient variety such as law students, government constituent groups. Advisory Team of pro bono legal opportunities and to most effectively attorneys, paralegals, senior lawyers, PBI Directory of Pro Bono Projects for A compilation of projects at Chicago utilize the IllinoisProBono.org website. and legal aid and public interest law Summer Associates area law firms that utilized summer organizations. Pro Bono Manual Extensive revisions of the original manual resulted in two associates is summarized in this biennial Revision Team distinct new editions providing best practice of pro bono document. program development and administration for law firms Pro Bono Volunteer Opportunities Using this comprehensive account of and corporations. An agency edition is anticipated in the For Attorneys in the Chicago Area pro bono opportunities, attorneys can future. identify a match to their interests and PBI Program Plans the structure and content of formal dialogues with schedules. PBI surveys and assembles Planning Team PBI constituent groups including the Pro Bono Forum, the the information; The Chicago Bar Agency Series, the Corporate Roundtable Series, and PILI’s Foundation publishes the booklet. annual “Celebrating Pro Bono” reception. 6 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007 7

Our gratitude to the following donors We simply cannot thank you enough. Financial Review who have generously funded “Named Internships” designated in honor/ Donors — Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 Audited Income and Expense Report memory of friends and colleagues, or Fiscal Year 2006 (September 1, 2005–August 31, 2006) targeting a specific issue, legal need, Law Firms RAF Consulting, Inc. Robert M. & Alanna Gordon Damian Ortiz or legal service provider. Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Sahara Enterprises, Inc. David B. Goroff & Jay M. Behel Danuta B. Panich Fiscal Year 2007 (September 1, 2006–August 31, 2007) Krafthefer, P.C. Sara Lee Corporation Debbie Goss Lisa J. Parker Armatas & Associates LLC Turow Foundation Victor E. Grimm & Kathleen Grady Roger & Martha Pascal Alfred C. Tisdahl, Jr. Baker & McKenzie LLP Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Adam Gross & Mia R. Barricini Marian Payson & Helen P. Wiley Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP United Air Lines, Inc. Beverly V. Groudine Aurie Pennick Income Fy 2006 Fy 2007 Internship Endowment Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP Zenner Consulting Patricia T. Habicht & William F. Conlon Jesus Perez Law Firms $162,450 $184,000 by the Francis Beidler Foundation Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Laurel A. Hajek Cary R. & Beth E. Perlman Chapman and Cutler LLP Individuals J’Antae D. Hall Daniel B. Pinkert & Freddi L. Greenberg Foundations, Corporations 210,050 223,600 George W. Overton Memorial Internship Clifford Law Offices Lawrence & Pamela J. Adelson Dolores K. Hanna George T. Plumb Individual Contributions 57,142 61,141 Cozen O’Connor Karen Albrandt John P. & Anne M. Heinz Alexander & Barbara Polikoff by Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP DLA Piper US LLP Alicia Alvarez Jordan M. Heinz Richard N. Porter Alfred C. Tisdahl, Jr. Endowment 11,000 10,000 and Jane Overton Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Carolyn Amadon Howard M. & Elizabeth K. Helsinger Karla J. Rachwalski Special Events 157,905 163,810 Foley & Lardner LLP Kimball R. & Karen G. Anderson Richard J. Hess John P. & Victoria L.Z. Ratnaswamy Jerome & Jamie Gilson, Thomas L. Investment 7,585 9,997 Goldberg Kohn Sarah Andrew Kirsten J. & Marcus Hewitt Jay Readey & Lisa Diane McGill Nicholson Memorial Internships Greene & Letts Anonymous Peter T. & Helaine W. Heydemann Mary Hutchings Reed & Dr. William R. Reed Other 57 3,300 Holland & Knight LLP Mark G. Artlip Mark J. Heyrman Neal J. & Dr. Jennifer A. Reenan by Jamie and Jerry Gilson Howrey LLP Mazen S. Asbahi & Lena Shahband Donald B. & Carolyn B. Hilliker Richard Rhodes Total Income $606,189 $655,848 Jenner & Block LLP Susan A. Bandes & Stephen Siegel Dorthea E. Hines Nancy J. Rich Karen & Kimball Anderson Internship at Jones Day Andrew Bautista Harold Hirshman & Lorie A. Chaiten Kathleen L. Roach the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Michael G. Beemer Laura L. Hois James A. & Kathryn H. Rolfes Kirkland & Ellis LLP Calvin & Catherine Bellamy Anthony G. Hopp Dina G. & Eli Rollman by Karen & Kimball Anderson Latham & Watkins LLP Michael G. Bergmann Christopher J. & Patricia Horsch Ann Rothschild Expenses Fy 2006 Fy 2007 Roslyn C. Lieb Internship Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP Myles D. Berman Amanda Jones David Rubin & Mindy Trossman Rubin Personnel $236,323 $305,373 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Jessica R. Blaemire & Peter J. Thaxter Marie I. Jordan & Joseph P. Lyons Leonard S. Rubinowitz by PILI Board of Directors and PILI Donors Mayer Brown LLP James C. Blenko & Shubha Pathak Jack Joseph Lee Ann Russo & Kevin C. Miller Internship Grants/Education Program 176,955 200,559 McDermott, Will & Emery LLP Robert Bloch & Barbara A. Kahn Joanne Smith Joyce Eric A. & Denise M. Sacks Special Events 32,790 30,495 Union League Civic & Arts McGuireWoods LLP Thomas C. & Dorothy F. Borders Miriam J. Kelm Kaarina Salovaara Foundation Internships Michael J. Koenigsknecht & Assoc. LLC Dr. Elizabeth T. Boris Stanton A. Kessler John Eric Schaal Professional Fees (Audit, Payroll, Consulting) 3,451 11,124 Miller Shakman & Beem LLP Barbara B. Bressler & Jerry M. Garson Michael J. Koenigsknecht David M. Schiffman & Judith Feigon Schiffman Printing & Publications 5,786 1,163 by the Union League Civic & Arts Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Terrence J. Brooks & Beth Sprecher Brooks Velna J. & George C. Kolodziej William H. & Abbey Schmelling Foundation Rubenstein PC Paul Brunner Edward G. Lance, IV Lisa S. & Michael A. Schrage Postage/Delivery 3,097 2,098 Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & George M. Burditt Bradley G. Lane Dan Schwarzlose Office Expenses 9,418 6,333 Anton R. Valukas Internship and Geraldson LLP Linton J. Childs Gary S. & Joan C. Laser Joan E. Shapiro Telephone & Internet 964 1,719 Lisa A. Jaffe Internship Quarles & Brady LLP Jean Choi & Peter Zalvidar John & Mary Lawlor Helene S. & Marshall S. Shapo Reardon, Golinkin & Reed Kathleen Clark Howard A. Learner & Lauren S. Rosenthal Jeffrey Sharp Conferences, Travel & Meetings 2,183 4,842 by The Chicago Bar Foundation Reed Smith LLP John E. Clay Lisa I. Lee John T. Shawcross Dues & Subscriptions 2,560 3,365 Schiff Hardin LLP Jeffrey D. Colman & Nancy C. Loeb Carol & Steven Lefelt Rosemary Shiels Seyfarth Shaw LLP Colleen Connell Eileen M. Letts Alvin D. Shulman Depreciation 266 350 Sidley Austin LLP Lisa Corwin & Rajiv Shah Gregory & Tracey P. Lewis John B. Simon Miscellaneous 1,391 1,415 Special thanks to Foley & Lardner LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Susan J. Curry Stephen D. Libowsky & Sue E. Berman Stephanie C. Slatkin Operating Reserve 30,000 10,000 for their generous in-kind contribution Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Robyn G. & Joel A. D’Alba Larry Lieb Robert J. Slobig & Julia D. Mannix of office space for PILI. Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. Katherine Deibert Louise L. & Jeffrey P. Lieb Jean Maclean Snyder Total Expenses $505,184 $578,836 Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP Elena M. DeWolfe Roslyn C. & Michael Lieb Edward V. & Tracy E. Sommer Winston & Strawn LLP David M. Diamond & Lois Casaleggi Robert & Carol Lifton Ronald W. Staudt & Christina O’Connor Michael Dockterman Sallie E. Lin Robin M. Steans & Leonard A. Gail Corporations, Foundations, Arthur Don Lori Schnitzer Liu Nikki Will Stein & Fredric Stein Fiscal Year 2007 Income Fiscal Year 2007 Expenses & Universities Thomas B. & Jen-Mei Dorris Daniel R. Lombard Stephen Stern 2% 2% Our PILI Intern interviewed Abbott Laboratories Robin Drayer & Stephen J. Siegel Marcena W. & Mike Love Christopher Stetler Ad Litem Consulting, Inc. Harry Drucker Thomas P. & Betty Nash Luning Geoffrey R. Stone clients, conducted case research, Aon Corporation Kevin Durkin Jason Mahoney Jeffery Stone drafted pleadings, and argued a BP Foundation Roberta & Milton Ehre Teresa Mambu Joseph L. & Sylvia Stone Charles P. and Lavinia S. Schwartz Foundation Alex & Miriam Elson Reid A. & Jeanne C. Mandel Julie A. & Kristopher Tappendorf 8% motion in court. This work was Chicago Bar Association Sally T. & John S. Elson Erin McCloskey Maus Amy M. & Thomas H. Teall 9% Chicago Bar Foundation David T. Erie Michelle Kaplan McAndrew David M. & Mari D. Terman 9% done on behalf of homeowners DePaul University College Of Law– Scott B. Feder & Dell Kennedy Sally J. McDonald John L. & Anne L. Tuohy 34% Public Interest Law Program Nancy Felton-Elkins Thomas K. McQueen Michelle M. & Christopher C. Vodenik threatened with the loss of their Exelon Victor P. & Christina M. Filippini, Jr. Jerome B. Meites Allen P. & Donna A. Walker homes due to the threat of fore- Francis Beidler Foundation Stanley E. Fish Hon. Abner & Zoe Mikva Sarah M. Weil 25% Helen Brach Foundation Karen Greer Fisher Helen Probst & Stuart L. Mills Craig & Nancy White closure or real estate fraud. Our Illinois Bar Foundation Merrill A. & Janet B. Freed Hon. James B. Moran Diana C. & Peter White 83% intern did the full range of ac- Illinois Equal Justice Foundation Paul E. Freehling Betsy Stelle Morgan Robert Wilcox 28% John Marshall Law School Kevin Freeman Barbara B. & John H. Morrison Cynthia A. Wilson & Charles H.R. Peters tivities we attorneys do. The PILI JPMorgan Chase and Co. Carol & James Fujimoto Thomas H. Morsch Martin L. Wine Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Carol A. & Robert Gaebler Maureen A. Mosh Wallace C. Winter program is an invaluable resource Kraft Foods Judith Kegan Gardiner Matthew Myren David L. & Gail L. Wolfe LaSalle Bank Paul J. & Audrey Gaynor Stan Nevin Hon. Warren D. & Lauretta J. Wolfson for funding our summer interns, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois Miriam N. Geraghty & Douglas G. Severson Eleanor A. Nicholson Maria Woltjen & Alex W. Kotlowitz LECG Thomas F. & Diane Geraghty Jennifer T. Nijman & Steven M. Surdell Michael H. & Mary Woolever both to do important work dur- Foundations, Corporations...... 34% Program...... 83% LexisNexis Judith N. Getzels Terrance A. & Renee L. Norton Bobette Zacharias ing the summer and to cultivate Loyola University Chicago College of Law Elizabeth Gibbons Mary Ann O’Connor Law Firms ...... 28% Fundraising...... 9% McDonald’s Corporation Steven R. Gilford Denis B. & Margaret B. O’Keefe We apologize for any inadvertent omissions Special Events...... 25% Management ...... 8% future public interest lawyers. Morgan Stanley Jerome & Jamie M. Gilson Richard F. O’Malley, Jr. & Anne M. Gallagher or misspellings. Individual Contributions...... 9% Northern Trust Ruth Goldman Allison R. O’Neill Alfred C. Tisdahl, Jr. Endowment ...... 2% —Dan Lindsey Polk Bros. Foundation Scott Golinkin Timothy P. O’Neill & P. Jane Rutherford Investment & Other...... 2% Legal Assistance Foundation 8 Public Interest Law Initiative Annual Report 2006 & 2007

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PILI’s Annual Awards Luncheon, “Celebrating Service,” recognizes the best aspect of the Board of Directors Paul J. Gaynor George T. Plumb Staff legal profession. Each year more than 450 members of the legal community pay tribute to 2008 Office of the Illinois DLA Piper US LLP Executive Director their colleagues for remarkable contributions to public interest law and pro bono work. Attorney General Nancy J. Rich Susan J. Curry The generous support of numerous area law firms and corporations as event sponsors President David B. Goroff Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP make this celebratory occasion a successful fundraising event for PILI. Kimball R. Anderson Pro Bono Initiative Director Foley & Lardner LLP Lee Ann Russo Winston & Strawn LLP Michael G. Bergmann Alexander Polikoff, Senior Staff Counsel and former Executive Director of Business Adam E. Gross Jones Day Business and Professional People and Professional People for the Public Interest, inspired guests with a December 2005 Vice President Eric A. Sacks Development & for the Public Interest keynote address recounting the events and challenges of the Gautreaux public housing Stephen D. Libowsky Jenner & Block LLP Communications Director desegregation litigation. Richard A. Devine, three-term Cook County State’s Attorney Howrey LLP Richard J. Hess Kaarina Salovaara Karen Albrandt discussed creative options used by his office that balance justice with compassion, and Legal Assistance Foundation of U.S. Department of Justice advocacy with fairness in his December 2006 keynote address. Secretary Metro Chicago Education & Administration Nikki Will Stein Maureen A. Mosh Director Donald B. Hilliker Polk Bros. Foundation The heart of “Celebrating Service” is the acknowledgement of those who have made Northern Trust McDermott, Will & Emery LLP Daniel F. Schwarzlose significant public service contributions that strengthen the culture of service within the Allen P. Walker Anthony G. Hopp legal community and give the disenfranchised access to justice. Treasurer Greene and Letts Financial Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Richard A. Devine Wildman, Harrold, Allen & was the Keynote Speaker of the December 2006 James A. Rolfes Michael Mollet Dixon LLP Benjamin C. Weinberg PILI Annual Awards Luncheon. Distinguished Public Service Award Reed Smith LLP Sonnenschein Nath & Honors an individual whose commitment to public interest work has shaped a career Christopher J. Horsch Rosenthal LLP dedicated to service. Myles D. Berman Shorebank Corporation Joseph N. Wharton Howard A. Learner (FY 2006) Foley & Lardner LLP Michael J. Koenigsknecht Skadden, Arps, Slate, Randolph N. Stone (FY 2007) Barbara B. Bressler Michael J. Koenigsknecht Meagher & Flom LLP DePaul University College & Assoc. LLC Distinguished Alumni Awards of Law Bradley G. Lane Life Directors Recognizes a former PILI Intern and Fellow for outstanding contributions of public interest Karen A. Clanton Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione law and pro bono work John E. Clay Perkins Coie LLP Gary Laser Douglas A. Graham & Jody R. Adler (FY 2006) Nancy Felton-Elkins Chicago-Kent College of Law Eric J. Gorman & Jean Choi (FY 2007) Frederick H. Cohen Northern Trust Goldberg Kohn Erin McCloskey Maus Howard A. Learner, winner of the PILI Jerome Gilson Distinguished Public Service Award, and Pro Bono Initiative Award Colleen K. Connell Baker & McKenzie LLP Alexander Polikoff, Keynote Speaker and Senior Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Acknowledges a single organization for exemplary pro bono work in the community Roger Baldwin Foundation Mark S. Melickian Staff Counsel for Business and Professional Dolores K. Hanna People for the Public Interest were among the Winston & Strawn LLP (FY 2006) ACLU Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP honored guests at the December 2005 PILI Jenner & Block LLP (FY 2007) Thomas R. Dee Roslyn C. Lieb Annual Awards Luncheon (L to R). Scott M. Mendel Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP Jay A. Miller PILI also hosts an annual pro bono reception, “Celebrating Pro Bono.” This is an evening Kammholz, P.C. forum for PILI Interns and Fellows, and colleagues from law schools, law firms, corporate Clyde E. Murphy Thomas H. Morsch David Diamond legal departments, and legal aid agencies to celebrate pro bono relationships and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee Northwestern University Northwestern University successes. An evening of casual conversations, opportunities to make new acquaintances or for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. School of Law School of Law renew former ones, and share pro bono experiences, supports and promotes the culture Jennifer T. Nijman of service made possible by members of the legal community. The event was held at the Arthur Don Nijman Franzetti LLP Intern/Fellow Seyfarth Shaw LLP Chicago Cultural Center in summer 2006 and at the Harold Washington Library Center in Mary Ann O’Connor Representatives summer 2007. Thomas B. Dorris JPMorgan Chase & Co Patrick Gallagher (2007 Fellow) Francis Beidler Foundation Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Area law firms and corporations sponsor this event, helping PILI raise additional Richard F. O’Malley, Jr. J. Timothy Eaton Guests from all sectors of the legal community operating funds. Sidley Austin LLP J’Antae D. Hall (2006 Fellow) gathered to celebrate pro bono relationships Shefsky & Froelich Ltd. Sidley Austin LLP and successes at PILI’s 2007 Celebrating Pro Damian Ortiz Bono reception. David T. Erie Fair Housing Legal Jill E. Roberts (2007 Intern) Kirkland & Ellis LLP Support Center Chicago-Kent School of Law Scott B. Feder John Marshall Law School Cathy Yu (2006 Intern) Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Roger Pascal University of Chicago Schiff Hardin LLP Law School children’s rightsexpungement disability rights civil elder law liberties social family law environmentaljustice immigrationprotection clemency rightsviolence prevention

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