cultivating a lifelong commitment
to public interest law and pro bono service
within the Illinois legal community
News Digest - December  2015
Join us on December 9th for our Annual Awards Luncheon  
You're invited! Join us to honor this year's award recipients: Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Rita Garman, United Airlines, and PILI Alumni Cynthia Cornelius and Jordan Heinz.   Read more.

Support PILI this Holiday Season 
Make a donation to support PILI's mission to expand the availability of legal services for people, families and communities in need. Read more.  
 
Applications for the summer are open through March 30 th .  Read more.  
 
This event is part of PILI's regular Pro Bono Roundtable Series. Read more.
Alumni, Board Members and friends of PILI raised over $3,500 for the Alumni Named Internship Campaign.  Read more and view our photo album.

This grant will help support a PILI Law Student Intern in Peoria at Prairie State Legal Services. Read more.
 
PILI Mourns Passing of John E. Clay
John was one of PILI's founders and he served as a Life Director on PILI's Board of Directors until his passing. He was a former President of the Board of Directors and PILI's first Executive Director. Read more.
 
October 26-30 was Pro Bono Week and nearly 400 attorneys celebrated with PILI. Read more and view our photo album.
 
PILI hosted two sessions of Explore the Possibilities: Public Interest Law Opportunities for Law Students in Chicago and St. Louis this fall. Read more.

PILI Celebrates One Year of the Legal Prep Community Law Clinic
Many Alumni volunteered, and Alumni at Brinks Gilson & Lione, Kirkland & Ellis, and Reed Smith adopted clinics. Read more.
 
Cindy Wilson of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Aharon Kaye of Katten Muchin Rosenman have joined PILI's Board of Directors. Read more.
 
Congratulations to Ryan Bennett, Tiffany Harper and Lydia Wahlke. Read more.

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. PILI envisions 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.

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