Volunteers from Deere & Company, Lane & Waterman, and Pepping, Balk, Kincaid & Olson, Ltd. after volunteering at the first Legal Help Within Reach Clinic on April 8th, 2019

Through Legal Help Within Reach, PILI recruits attorneys and law student volunteers from urban areas to volunteer at free legal clinics for low-income Illinoisans living in rural and underserved communities. These clinics provide much needed and otherwise inaccessible legal assistance to low-income people, families and communities in need.

PILI works closely with law schools, law firms, and corporate legal departments to carefully match volunteer interests with the communities in need of assistance through the Legal Help Within Reach project. Trips are usually one full day in length, with training being provided during the travel to the clinic site.

Legal Help Within Reach is inspired by the Justice Bus Project of OneJustice, a California nonprofit that brings life-changing legal help to those in need by transforming the legal aid system. PILI is grateful for the support of Equal Justice Works, Deere & Company, Lane & Waterman and Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila for providing significant funding to support this project.

If you have any questions about volunteering through this project, please email us and one of our Managing Attorneys will respond to your inquiry.