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Pro Bono Week CLE: Non-Profits Under Threat in 2025

Host

Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Bar Foundation

Speakers

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When

Mon, 10/27/2025 - 2:00 pm - Mon, 10/27/2025 - 4:00 pm

Where

United States

This is a webinar or teleconference

This event requires registration.

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Description

Description:

Nonprofits in Illinois and beyond are facing heightened federal scrutiny for their programs around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as well as related threats to their federal funding and other government pressure. Learn about the various legal issues implicated in these pressures, the concrete ways the legal community is responding through the Nonprofit Legal Support Project, and how pro bono lawyers can get involved.

 

Panelists:

Amy Cook, Director, Economic Justice, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

Norah Jones, Founder/Principal, C3 Legal

Caryn Lederer, Shareholder, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

Sherizaan Minwalla, CBF Director for the Nonprofit Legal Support Project, The Chicago Bar Foundation

Bob Glaves, Executive Director, The Chicago Bar Foundation (moderator)

This training is certified for live MCLE only.Please contact the hosting organization for information on MCLE credit.
Who should attend:
  • Legal community
  • Legal aid community
  • Law students
Event Type:
  • In Person
  • Online/Webinar, Telephone