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At our Annual Awards Luncheon, PILI Executive Director Michael Bergmann with our 2011 awardees: Kathy Clark, Distinguished Intern Alumni Award; Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride, Distinguished Public Service Award; Justin Heather, Distinguished Fellow Alumni Award; and Marc Kadish on behalf of Mayer Brown LLP, Pro Bono Initiative Award. |
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UPCOMING PILI EVENTS |
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PILI hosts an annual Corporate Pro Bono Roundtable to bring together corporate pro bono leaders from around Illinois to discuss the unique pro bono challenges facing corporate attorneys and share best practices and strategies for successful corporate pro bono programs. This year’s Corporate Pro Bono Roundtable will be held on Wednesday, March 14 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at United Air Lines, Inc. Click on the above link for more information. | ||
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Annual Pro Bono Reception: Celebrating Pro Bono - Save the date! The Annual Pro Bono Reception is PILI’s opportunity to spotlight our community’s pro bono relationships and successes and the work of PILI's Pro Bono Initiative. PILI's 2012 Pro Bono Reception will be held on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at The Ivy Room at Tree Studios. Save the date, and check back here for more information about tickets and sponsorship opportunities. |
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Annual Awards Luncheon - Save the date! PILI's 35th Anniversary Annual Awards Luncheon will be held at the Renaissance Downtown Chicago Hotel on Thursday, November 29, 2012. The Annual Awards Luncheon celebrates the legal profession at its best, honoring legal professionals and entities whose impressive pro bono and public interest work inspires us and makes us proud. Save the date for the 2012 Annual Awards Luncheon, and check back here for more information about tickets and sponsorship opportunities. |
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OTHER EVENTS On October 5, 2011, PILI hosted an International Wine and Cheese Tasting for our Alumni at Bin 36, 339 North Dearborn Street. The Reunion Reception is a chance to reconnect with your fellow PILI Alumni and help us celebrate PILI's Internship and Fellowship Programs with drinks, appetizers and great company! Proceeds from the event support a PILI Alumni Named Internship for the summer of 2012. Explore The Possibilities: Pro Bono & Public Interest Law Placements This annual program is for Chicago area law students and recent graduates interested in learning more about placements as volunteers, interns or externs, or fellows at public interest law organizations. In 2011, it was held on September 24 at Chicago-Kent College of Law. PILI Illinois Forum on Pro Bono PILI organizes the Illinois Forum on Pro Bono to bring together pro bono leaders from law firms, corporations, legal aid agencies and law schools from around the state to discuss timely pro bono issues and share pro bono best practices. Our most recent Forum, "Improving the Pro Bono Delivery Model," was held on September 14, 2011. Ideas and strategies generated at the Illinois Forum on Pro Bono will contribute to the ABA Pro Bono Summit’s ultimate goal of developing a nationally coordinated action plan for improving the pro bono legal services delivery model. Click on the above link for more information about this most recent Illinois Forum on Pro Bono. Summer Educational Program for PILI Interns and Fellows Each summer, as part of its Internship and Fellowship Programs, PILI organizes educational and skills-building seminars during the lunch hour for Interns and Fellows on a variety of substantive law and professional development topics. Click on the above link to see the 2011 Summer Educational Series schedule and previous years' schedules. Law School Pro Bono & Public Interest Law Roundtable In 2009, as a complement to its Pro Bono Forum, PILI launched the Law School Pro Bono & Public Interest Law Roundtable program to bring together law school pro bono and public interest law faculty and staff from around Illinois. In 2010, PILI's Law School Pro Bono & Public Interest Law Roundtable was held on November 18th. PILI Alumni Evening Program and Networking Receptions Each year, PILI organizes an evening programs for Alumni that focuses on maintaining the connection of PILI's Alumni to the public interest law community. This year's program, Serving on a Nonprofit Board of Directors, was held on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Click on the above link for more information about past Alumni Evening Programs and Networking Receptions. PILI Alumni Program Lunchtime CLE Trainings In 2010, PILI launched a training series for alumni to learn about specific areas of law and related pro bono opportunities with public interest law organizations. Click on the above link for more details.
Other Events in the Illinois Public Interest Law Community from IllinoisProBono.org: |
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