Following an exciting 1L Service Day to kick off the year, the Fall Service Fair, hosted by DePaul's Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) drew a large crowd of
students excited to get involved in the community. The fair, which took place on October 1, is just one of the many ways that PBCSI works to get DePaul law students engaged
in service within the community. The fair started with
presentations from a number of community organizations, including Cabrini Green
Legal Aid, the Center for Disability & Elder Law, World Relief Chicago,
Lawyers in the Classroom, Croak Student Legal Services, Illinois Legal Aid
Online, and the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic. Student leaders
from various DePaul programs, including the Service Immersion Trips, Donate-a-Day
events, and DePaul’s signature pro bono project, the Neighborhood
Legal Assistance Project, also gave presentations.
Following the organizations' informative presentations,
students were eager to mingle with representatives of the various organizations
and sign up to get involved in their programs. PBCSI’s Director, Katie
Blouin, was pleased with the outcome of the service fair saying, "It
was impressive to see so many students committed to volunteer work. I’m looking forward to seeing our students get
involved in the wide variety of opportunities they learned about at the fair,
and the impact their work will have within the community.”
Many of the above organizations and
projects have upcoming trainings within the next few weeks, so students can get involved in service
right away. PBCSI
will host a similar fair at the start of the spring semester and will feature
pro bono opportunities that will be available over spring break.