CBA Record October 2017

CBA Hosts Lawyers Call to Action Summit By Sally Daly CBA Public Affairs Director

TheLawyersCall toActioneventwill be held on November 3 from 9:00 a.m.–12:30p.m. at The ChicagoBar Association. For more information, visit the CBA’s website at www. chicagobar.org. “We are very excited about this initiative because it presents a tremendous oppor- tunity for the legal community to step up and become a part of the solution in the fight against violence in our great city,” said CBA President Judge Thomas R. Mulroy. On November 3, lawyers who attend will have an opportunity to speak directly with representatives from dozens of Chi- cagoland community groups to better understand their needs and to identify specific areas in which they require legal assistance for the citizens that they serve. The CBA is working in partnership with Chicago area bar organizations on the initiative and is inviting all Chicago-area attorneys to participate. culmination of months of study and analy- sis, including a CBA summit last May that brought together more than 25 leaders from the legal, law enforcement, criminal justice, religious, education, and healthcare com- munities. That summit helped to identify areas that need to be prioritized including mental health services, police and commu- nity relationships, faith based community services and employment opportunities Since that time, the CBA has continued to move forward, meeting with community service agencies and representatives who have defined the legal needs of their clients and residents in very specific ways. For example, these organizations are seeking attorneys to help in areas such as zoning, wills and trusts, small business startup, mental health advocacy, professional licens- ing, foreclosure, child support, parental rights, unemployment insurance and appeals, housing matters, veteran’s issues, expungement, and many other areas.

increase dialogue and develop strategies to address this crisis. On November 3, the CBA will host a first-of-its-kind event that will directly connect community service organizations with lawyers, with the goal of creating a volunteer legal initiative that will work to address Chicago’s epidemic of violence and the underlying issues that often lead to violence across so many communities. The Lawyers Call to Action event is the

V iolence continues to be one of the most pressing issues facing the city of Chicago and its citizens, with staggering statistics of violent crime dominating the news cycle day after day. With this in mind, the CBA has been taking an in-depth look at the issues driv- ing violence in Chicago and working to

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