Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI): Helping to Make Equal Access to Justice A Reality: PILI Events

Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)

Helping to Make Equal Access to Justice a Reality

Save the Date: PILI 2008 Annual Awards Luncheon, December 4th 2008

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Interns & Fellows: PILI Summer Seminar & Event Calendar 2008

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PILI 2008 Celebrating Pro Bono Reception

PILI's Celebrating Pro Bono Annual Reception was held on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at the Harold Washington Library's Winter Garden Room.

This was PILI’s annual opportunity to spotlight our community’s pro bono relationships and successes and the work of the Pro Bono Initiative. At this year’s reception, in addition to the informal conversation, networking, appetizers and refreshments we enjoy each year, we also hosted Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, a former legal aid attorney and advocate for pro bono legal services, as distinguished guest speaker.

Thank you for joining your colleagues from law firms, corporations, legal aid agencies and law schools to celebrate pro bono relationships and successes.

Celebrating Pro Bono--2008 Event Sponsors

Justice $7,500

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Magistrate $5,000

Sidley Austin LLP

Counselors $2,500

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

DLA Piper US LLP

Drinker, Biddle Reath LLP

Goldberg Kohn

Jenner & Block LLP

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

United Air Lines

Winston & Strawn

Advocates $1,000

Allstate Insurance Co.

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

Chapman & Cutler LLP

Dykema

Esquire Deposition Services

Jones Day

Reed Smith LLP

Shefsky & Froelich Ltd.

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PILI 2007 Annual Awards Luncheon, December 6th 2007

Clockwise from top left: Keynote Speaker Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke; Members of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s law department celebrate their PILI Pro Bono Initiative Award; Ed Grossman displays his PILI Distinguished Public Service Award; PILI Board President Kimball R. Anderson of Winston & Strawn addresses the crowd at PILI's 2007 Annual Awards Luncheon.

Each year PILI’s Annual Awards Luncheon gathers more than 450 members of the legal community to celebrate the best aspects of the profession. It is a forum to recognize those performing remarkable public interest and pro bono work. The Luncheon features several awards to acknowledge those whose work epitomizes the ideal of access to justice for all. The Distinguished Public Service Award honors an individual whose commitment to public interest work has shaped a career dedicated to service. The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize a former PILI intern and fellow for outstanding contributions of public interest and pro bono work. The Pro Bono Initiative Award acknowledges a single organization (law firm or corporation) for unprecedented pro bono work in the community, while the Pro Bono Initiative Honor Roll recognizes numerous firms and corporations distinguished by exemplary pro bono work.

As PILI’s primary fundraising event, the Annual Awards Luncheon offers a range of sponsorship levels as well as individual ticket sales.