Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI): Cultivating a lifelong commitment to public interest law

Since our founding in 1977, the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) has cultivated 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.

Working together with 57 Participating Agencies in Illinois, PILI guides attorneys at every stage in their legal careers in actualizing their professional responsibilities and personal commitments to equal access to justice through a continuum of public interest law and pro bono opportunities. PILI’s programs first capture emerging lawyers when they are law students and new law school graduates, and then extend into legal practice to reach new associates, seasoned lawyers, and senior attorneys working in every sector of the legal community – private, academic, government and nonprofit.

Pictured above: PILI Board President Lee Ann Russo with Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, Legal Services Corporation Chair John Levi, and PILI Executive Director Michael Bergmann at PILI's 2012 Annual Awards Luncheon; PILI Interns Chevon Chatman, Goli Ramini and Liz Youakim at PILI's Annual Pro Bono Reception in June, 2012.

	New at pili-law.org:
	Learn about PILI's 2013 Named and Honorary Interns, made possible by special funding from PILI donors. 5/15/13 Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice to deliver remarks at PILI's Annual Pro Bono Reception: Celebrating Pro Bono on June 19! 5/10/13 PILI's summer programming schedule for Interns & Fellows is now available. 5/3/13 The PILI Alumni Network's CLE program on ethical issues in pro bono representation has been approved for 1.0 hour of IL Professional Responsibility MCLE credit. Register now! 4/16/13 Read PILI's new March/April 2013 e-newsletter. 3/27/13 Download the new brochure for PILI's Graduate Fellowship Program. 3/19/13

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