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By Elizabeth Boe /
June 8, 2022 /
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On Tuesday, April 12, the College of Law hosted a successful Eviction Sealing Clinic. Over 30 students, staff and alumni worked... read more
By Elizabeth Boe /
January 20, 2022 /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with service during our first... read more
May 12, 2021 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Student News, Public Interest Law /
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Despite the myriad limitations still in place due to COVID-19, many DePaul law students dedicated their spring breaks to helping the... read more
By Lauren Worsek /
February 25, 2021 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service /
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Last year and continuing into 2021, DePaul Law's Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBSCI) initiated some exciting remote pro... read more
By Njeri Williams /
September 2, 2020 /
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1L Service Day is an annual opportunity for incoming law students to work together as a team while serving a greater cause. This year,... read more
By Emily McTavish, DePaul University College of Law /
June 29, 2018 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law /
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For one recent DePaul University College of Law graduate, work has already been in full swing by helping Supplemental Nutrition... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 20, 2018 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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On March 2, the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative hosted Legal Answers, a program of Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO). Six alumni... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
February 21, 2018 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News, Alumni News /
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Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) partnered with University Ministries on February 17th for a day of service at Cornerstone... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
January 18, 2018 /
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DePaul Law's Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) partnered with DePaul Law’s Black Law Student Association, the... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 21, 2017 /
Posted in: Student News, Human Rights Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law /
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Currently in her final year at DePaul University College of Law, Emily Steinert already has established an impressive legal resume.... read more
By DePaul University College of Law, Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative /
October 6, 2017 /
Posted in: Student News, Pro Bono and Community Service /
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On Saturday, September 16, the Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) hosted its first Donate-a-Day of the school year at Lydia... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
September 1, 2017 /
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On Friday, August 18, the College of Law held its Sixth Annual 1L Service Day. The Service Day brought in 100 volunteers including... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 24, 2017 /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) held its annual service awards reception on April 12, 2017. This year, 74 law... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 6, 2017 /
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On Saturday, March 25th, the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) partnered with DePaul University Ministries, If/When/How,... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
February 28, 2017 /
Posted in: Family Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law /
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DePaul’s Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center, Center for Public Interest Law, and Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 29, 2016 /
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For the sixth consecutive year, DePaul
University College of Law's Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative
and the Center... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 1, 2016 /
Posted in: Family Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law /
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University College of Law's Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center joined with the Center for Public Interest... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
August 30, 2016 /
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DePaul’s College of Law held its fifth annual 1L Service Day
on August 19, 2016. This year, more than 100... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
July 14, 2016 /
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Shehnaz Mansuri joined DePaul's College of Law as director of the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative in June 2016. In this... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
May 6, 2016 /
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DePaul University College of Law’s Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) recognized 84 students who collectively reported more... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 7, 2016 /
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DePaul University College of Law student volunteers visited neighboring high school Jones Prep to teach freshman and... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 8, 2016 /
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More than 225 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered at the 20th annual DePaul Law Auction on February... read more
By Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative /
February 4, 2016 /
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Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) volunteers participated in the Marillac Social Center's annual Martin Luther King Jr.... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
November 16, 2015 /
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DePaul University College of Law presented its annual Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) awards to eight DePaul alumni currently... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 10, 2015 /
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year the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative partners with the
Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago and A.N.... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 4, 2015 /
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As a way to
celebrate Pro Bono Week, the Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI)
held its annual October Donate-A-Day on... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 16, 2015 /
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The Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) and Legal Assistance Foundation's (LAF) Young Professionals Board cohosted "The... read more
By Pro Bono and Community Serivice Iniatiative /
October 6, 2015 /
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Following an exciting 1L Service Day to kick off the year, the Fall Service Fair, hosted by DePaul's Pro Bono &... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
September 30, 2015 /
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On Saturday, September 26, the Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) hosted its first Donate-A-Day of the school... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
May 14, 2015 /
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DePaul’s Pro
Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) is delighted to recognize
Lindsey Tobias and Casey Williams as the May... read more
By The Center for Public Interest Law /
May 12, 2015 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Alumni News /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative
(PBCSI) held its annual service awards reception on April 23, 2015, in the
DePaul... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
April 24, 2015 /
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The Journal for Social Justice, University Ministry and the Center for Public Interest Law had the honor and privilege of hosting... read more
By Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative /
April 20, 2015 /
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First-year law student Byron Munro is the Pro Bono Community Service Initiative’s April Volunteer of the Month. Munro was chosen as this... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
March 24, 2015 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Pro Bono and Community Service /
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Chelsea Geiger and
Colleen Mulligan may be first-year law students, but they have not let that
stop them from pursuing pro bono and... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
February 13, 2015 /
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During the first week of February the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) was busy training law students for a variety of... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
January 27, 2015 /
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In collaboration with the Pro Bono & Community Service
Initiative and UMIN in the Loop, the College of Law’s Diversity Committee... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
November 13, 2014 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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As a way to celebrate Pro Bono Week, the Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) held its annual October Donate-A-Day on... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
November 3, 2014 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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On Friday, September 26, the Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative welcomed World Relief Chicago to the College of Law for a... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 30, 2014 /
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Each year the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative partners each year with the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago and... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 29, 2014 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Public Interest Law, Student News, Pro Bono and Community Service /
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On Thursday, October 2, the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) Committee and the Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) hosted its... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 1, 2014 /
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On the heels of an exciting and thought-provoking 1L Service Day, the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative’s
Fall Service Fair drew... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
September 10, 2014 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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The College of Law held its third annual 1L
Service Day on Friday, August 22. This year’s service day brought in
just under 70... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
June 20, 2014 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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A group of College of Law students chose an alternate spring break
experience this year by donating their time to the Pro Bono... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
May 27, 2014 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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DePaul College of Law volunteers worked closely with high school
students from Legal Prep Charter Academy to teach litigation and... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
May 6, 2014 /
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At its annual service awards reception on April 22, the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) recognized a record number... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
May 1, 2014 /
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DePaul law students, staff and faculty worked with sixth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools' A.N. Pritzker Elementary School for... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 16, 2014 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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Illinois Legal Aid Online recognized Shaye Loughlin (JD '06) and Cheryl Price for their initiative and creativity in co-founding... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
April 10, 2014 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law /
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Accessing legal services can be a daunting task, especially if you are low-income or homeless. Although there are 43,000 lawyers in... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
April 3, 2014 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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The Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL)invited alumnae Mary Meixner (JD ’08) and Margaret Kuzma (JD ’12) to discuss legal services... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
March 17, 2014 /
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DePaul law students volunteered their time for the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative’s Donate-A-Day event at the Greater... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
March 10, 2014 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Faculty News, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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Alumni, students and College of Law Dean Mark visited Chicago Public School's Pritzker Elementary on January 29 to teach law-related... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
February 20, 2014 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Student News /
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On Feb. 5, more than 40 DePaul University College of Law students took advantage of a unique opportunity to network with Chicago-area... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
February 11, 2014 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Student News /
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In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative, University Ministry in the Loop and the... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
January 9, 2014 /
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When students organized a service mission to aid Hurricane Katrina victims in 2006, they launched the first of many DePaul Law/UMIN’s... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
December 11, 2013 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Alumni News, Family Law, Pro Bono and Community Service /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative, joined by the Center for Public Interest Law, the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
December 3, 2013 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Human Rights Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Student News /
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Cheryl Zalenski, director of the American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono, and Kelly Tautges, director of Pro Bono & Court Advocacy... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
December 3, 2013 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Family Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Student News /
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In mid-November, DePaul law students and the Pro Bono Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) joined nearly 1,000 other regional volunteers... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
November 7, 2013 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News, Alumni News /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) started Pro Bono Week with a bang, offering students and alumni an opportunity to... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 24, 2013 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Student News /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) recently concluded its annual school supply drive for homeless and low-income... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 24, 2013 /
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Third-year law student Sam Keen was selected as a finalist for the PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award, which honors one law student nationwide for... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 21, 2013 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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DePaul’s Pro Bono Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) hosted its first Donate-A-Day service project for the 2013-2014 academic year at... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
September 26, 2013 /
Posted in: Family Law, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Student News /
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DePaul law students are known for their commitment to service and public interest work so it was no surprise that the Fall Student... read more
By Center for Pulic Interest Law /
September 10, 2013 /
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The Vincentian tradition of service and social justice was alive and well recently, with more than 60 first-year law students spanned out... read more
By DePaul Legal Clinics /
August 22, 2013 /
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Marie P. came to the DePaul Poverty Law Clinic in January 2013 seeking help in connection with the Chicago Housing Authority’s decision to... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
July 22, 2013 /
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Colby Anne Kingsbury is the 2013 recipient of the Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award, the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
June 20, 2013 /
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Alexandra Hochhauser, the 2013 DePaul College of Law student commencement speaker and Student Bar Association (SBA) president, could write... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
June 18, 2013 /
Posted in: Alumni News, Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law, Intellectual Property Law /
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This past year, a team of DePaul College of Law volunteers worked with Legal Prep Charter Academy ninth graders to prepare them for their... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
June 17, 2013 /
Posted in: Pro Bono and Community Service, Public Interest Law /
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Earlier this month, the Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) and Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) staff participated... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
May 23, 2013 /
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By Adrienne Packard, Assistant Director, CPIL
Most agree that the time we spend in law school provides an opportunity to learn the letter... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
March 18, 2013 /
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In February 2013, the women of DePaul’s Women’s Bar Association (“WBA”) joined the College of Law’s Pro Bono & Community Service... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
March 5, 2013 /
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The Center for Public Interest Law was fortunate to host Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California-Irvine... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
February 22, 2013 /
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Freezing temperatures and gray skies did not stop a dedicated group of DePaul students from volunteering at DePaul College of Law’s January... read more