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2012 Annual Report:Celebrating 35 Years of Service

Cultivating a lifelong commitmentto public interest lawsince 1977.


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Text on the ront page was taken rom an April, 1982 reportentitled Report on the Survey o Former Interns o PublicInterest Law Internship. This document summarizes the

outcomes o the PILI program or our rst 5 years o Interns, andconcludes that This preliminary but strong demonstration oaccomplishment indicates that every eort be made to maintainthis program, with serious consideration given toward itsexpansion to include more agencies and more students in uturePILI programs.

This and other documents rom PILIs early years are usedthroughout this annual report.


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Letter from PILIs Board Presidentand Executive Director

1www.pili-law.org

Thirty-ve years ago, a group o orward-thinking lawyers

and philanthropists conceived o a law student internship

program in Chicago. Backed by law schools, public

interest law organizations, the Donors Forum, and the

Chicago Bar Association, a pilot project was launched

in the summer o 1977 with twelve interns at our

organizations: the Better Government Association, the

ACLU o Illinois, Business and Proessional People or the

Public Interest, and the Chicago Lawyers Committee or

Civil Rights Under Law. Called The Chicago Law Student

Public Interest Fellowship Program, the stated objectives

were to increase law students understanding o the

need or public interest law, to encourage their inormed

consideration o a career in public interest law, and to helpurther the work o public interest law agencies in Chicago.

But, PILIs ounders had larger goals too, goals that reached beyond these rst dozen students. They

set their sights on nothing less than changing the culture o law school and the legal proession.

This says to every student who hears about the program: Public interest law is respectable too,

they wrote. It says, Here is a group o potential role models leaders o the bar, law school deans

and aculty members, attorneys at the agencies, ocials o important Chicago oundations andcorporations who think public interest law is worth their time and money.

Michael G. Bergmann, PILI Executive Director,and Lee Ann Russo, PILI Board President

1977

1980

1989

1983

The Chicago Law Student Public Interest

Fellowship Program launches with 12

Law Student Interns at 12 public interestlaw organizations in Chicago.

The program ormally incorporates as the Public

Interest Law Internship, or PILI or short, establishing

our rst board o directors.

PILI launches the Graduate Fellowship Program, with

4 Fellows sponsored by 3 rms joining 23 Interns at 7

participating public interest law organizations.

For the rst time,

government

agencies join

PILIs ParticipatingAgencies.


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Cultivating a lifelong commitment to public

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Three and a hal decades later, our programs have grown beyond law student internships and expanded

outside o the city o Chicago. But we are proud to continue to pursue the vision o our ounders, as

relevant today as it was in 1977, to oster a culture o service within the legal proession.

PILIs mission is to cultivate a lielong commitment to public interest law by creating opportunities or law

students and lawyers to do public interest and pro bono work in Illinois. Through our our programs, the

Law Student Internship Program, Graduate Fellowship Program, Alumni Network, and Pro Bono InitiativeProgram, we leverage resources rom within the legal community into thousands o hours o legal assistance

each year, so that together we can better meet the legal needs o individuals and amilies living in poverty.

The celebration o our 35th Anniversary has been made even more special by the growth we have achieved

this year. This summer and school-year, we placed a remarkable 127 Law Student Interns and Graduate

Fellows at public interest law organizations across Chicago and Illinois. We launched a new Alumni Network

Leadership Council, and our Pro Bono Initiative Program has undertaken several new projects, equippingpro bono leaders and practitioners with the resources they need, and acilitating eective partnerships

with our constituents across the state. This annual report details the accomplishments and successes o

this most recent year in PILIs history, with stories and eatures to give you a closer look at the work we do.

Anniversaries aord a particular opportunity or refection and thankulness. From its beginning, PILI has

been an organization built on partnerships and collaboration. We could not achieve the goals described in

this report without the 59 public interest law organizations that participate in our programs. They not only

1993

1999

2000

PILI adopts a new name: we become the Public

Interest Law Initiative, the name we bear today.

PILI launches the Pro Bono Initiative Program

to promote pro bono at rms and corporations

across the state.

The Alred C. Tisdahl Memorial Internship

Fund is unded by the Francis Beidler

Foundation in memory o Alred C. Tisdahl,

a prominent Chicago litigator commited to

public interest law and community service.

PILIs Law Student

Internship Program

application goes

online.

2006


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work tirelessly with and on behal o countless legal aid clients each year, but they also help nurture

a new generation o public interest lawyers through their eective supervision o our Interns and

Fellows. We are thankul to these agencies or their ongoing partnership!

And, we certainly would not be able to achieve our goals without support rom the many law rms,

corporations, law schools, oundations, and individuals who have invested in our mission. In particular,

we wish to thank the ounding members o our Giving Circles, individuals who have pledged aspecic git to PILI or the next ve years. Their commitment to us enables us to cultivate a lielong

commitment to public interest law among the law students and lawyers participating in our programs.

We also especially wish to thank Foley & Lardner LLP or their in-kind donation o oce space, and

DePaul University College o Law or again providing classroom space or our summer programming.

We hope that you enjoy PILIs 35th Anniversary Annual Report and that you will join us in pursuit o

our goal o ostering a culture o service within the legal proession.

Yours truly,

Lee Ann Russo, Jones Day Michael G. Bergmann

President, PILI Board o Directors PILI Executive Director

2007 PILI launches an Alumni Networkto help maintain the connectionbetween ormer Interns & Fellows,

PILI, and the larger public interest

law community.

2009

2010 PILI Alumni nownumber 3,000.

2012 With a class o 127 Interns andFellows, a new Alumni Network

Leadership Council, and statewide

Pro Bono Initiative projects, PILIcelebrates 35 years o service to the

Illionois public interest community.

In response to the economic downturn, PILI

launches the Extended Placement Program.

Florence E. Miller, a strong advocate or women in the legal proession, named PILI

as a beneciary in her estate, establishing the Florence E. Miller Memorial Fund.


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PILIs Law Student Internship Program places rst and second-year law students at publicinterest law organizations in Illinois. Interns work 400 hours during the summer or 200

hours during the school year, with PILI paying their stipend, ensuring quality supervision by

experienced attorneys and providing supplemental educational, networking and mentoring

opportunities. The result is an increase in the capacity o these public interest law organizations

to meet the needs o their low-income clients and an increase in the number o emerging

lawyers connected and committed to public interest law.

Law Student Internship Program

47 summer Interns and 10 school-year Interns served20,800 hours at 24 participating agencies. They provided direct services

to 1,005 clients and brie services to 1,540clients or a total o2,545 clients served by this class o PILI Interns.

These Interns undertook a wide range o tasks this summer, including but certainly not limited to:

Conducting in-person intake in both English and Spanish;

Successully arguing or a VAWA adjustment o status and cancellation o removal;

Negotiating settlements in eviction cases; Compiling U-visa applications;

Attending IEP (individualized education program) meetings with clients;

Participating in a testimony beore the Illinois Health Inormation Exchange Authority;

Mediating pro se cases at the Daley Center;

Drating wills and assisting in creating Powers o Attorney or property and healthcare;

Contributing to a rapid response on the Aordable Care Act ruling; and

Writing memos on township government, elections and ree speech.

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My Internship at the National Immigrant Justice Center has been a great

experience. While working under the supervision o some o the best and most

passionate immigration lawyers in the area, I was given a lot o reedom and

responsibility to work with clients directly. I have led six immigrant applications

and two appeals with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS), attended a USCIS hearing in the capacity o a translator, and represented

a client in removal proceedings at the immigration court in Chicago. Probably the

most memorable experience I had during my PILI Internship was working at the

Dream Relie Day at Navy Pier in mid-August. This event was organized to help

undocumented youth who might qualiy or deerred action status navigate the ins

and outs o the application. I spent the entire day doing intake with these young

people who had either camped out overnight or arrived at 4 or 5 in the morning justso that they could live their lives ree rom ear o deportation or be able to work

to help their amily. They were all truly inspirational representatives o Americas

youth, and reminded me o why I wanted to ght or their cause and work or an

organization like the National Immigrant Justice Center or my PILI Internship.

Margaret ODonoghueLoyola University Chicago School o Law

PILI Interns Chevon Chapman, Goli Rahimi, and Liz Youakim all served at LAF this summer.

Expanding our reachUnder our current long range plan, PILI has committed to expanding both the number and

the geographic scope o our Internship placements. We are pleased to announce a new

PILI Internship position or the summer o 2013 at Prairie State Legal Services in Peoria, IL,

made possible with unding rom the Lee L. Morgan and Mary H. Morgan Endowment o the

Community Foundation o Central Illinois. This will be PILIs frst Internship in Illinois outside o

Chicago, where the need is great but resources are ew.


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Is your law rm interested in sponsoring PILI Fellows? Firms that spon-

sor PILI Fellows benet rom the Fellows experience and training in law

as well as their connections to public interest law organizations once

they start at the rm. Sponsoring rms also take an active role in encour-

aging their incoming associates to develop long-term interests in probono practice. Contact us at [email protected] or inormation about

how your rm can get involved in PILIs Graduate Fellowship Program.

2012 PILI Fellows were

sponsored by:

Brinks Hoer Gilson & LioneDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Jenner & Block LLP

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Reed Smith LLP

Schi Hardin LLPSidley Austin LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP

Graduate Fellowship Program

Among a wide range o tasks, they:

Served as a case manager at the Daley Center as part o

the court mediation program;

Represented domestic violence victims in divorce, custody,

and order o protection proceedings;

Helped incorporate businesses and not-or-prots;

Conducted client intake at the Municipal Court Desk and

the Collections Desk at the Daley Center;

Ran a voting rights workshop or new U.S. citizens;

Researched the eectiveness o juvenile victim-oender

mediation programs; and

Helped low-income taxpayers resolve their ederal taxcontroversies.

www.pili-law.org/fellowships.htm

Through the PILI Graduate Fellowship Program, new associates at Chicago law rms spend300 hours during the summer or all working at public interest law organizations in Illinois

while studying or or ater taking the bar. Fellows are sponsored by their rms. PILI ensures

quality supervision by experienced legal aid attorneys and provides supplemental educational,

networking and mentoring opportunities, cultivating a commitment to pro bono work and public

interest law that will stay with these new associates throughout their career.

70 PILI Fellows served21,000 hours at 37 participating agencies.They provided direct services to 419 clients

and brie services to 684 clientsor a total o1,103 clients served

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Participating in the PILI program was the ideal supplement to studying

or the bar exam. My Fellowship experience not only exposed me to an

area o the law with which I was completely unamiliar, but it also allowedme to urther develop skills that will be invaluable to me as a young

associate. As a Fellow at the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern,

I was part o a team o attorneys who made it their mission to remedy

miscarriages o justice that occurred as a result o faws within the

criminal justice system. I researched a wide array o legal issues that

aected the Centers wrongly convicted clients and actively participated

in the discovery stages o the Centers ongoing civil cases. Mysupervising attorney gave me the unique opportunity to participate in

strategy conerences, observe depositions, and attend status hearings.

Though my Fellowship has now concluded, I can say with condence

that my involvement with public interest work and criminal justice reorm

is ar rom over. As I begin my legal career, I will take my experiences

at the MacArthur Justice Center with me, and I hope to devote my pro

bono practice to criminal justice reorm. Paul VaglicaAssociate at Latham & Watkins LLP

Growing our numbersIn 2012, PILI saw a substantial increase in the number o Graduate Fellows, as well as the number

o law frms oering this opportunity to their incoming associates. To help our Fellows establish

strong and lasting roots in the Illinois legal and pro bono community, this year we invited them toparticipate in our Advising Program, matching them with PILI Board Members and Alumni.

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Since PILI rst launched the Internship Program in 1977 and the Fellowship Program in 1983,over 3,000 law students and graduates have participated. These public interest lawyers span the

globe and the proession: rom rm and corporate attorneys, to members o the government

sector and the judiciary, to members o the higher education and public interest law sectors.

The PILI Alumni Network maintains the connection between these lawyers and the greater pub-

lic interest community, providing educational, networking and leadership opportunities.

PILI Alumni Network

The second annual Alumni Reunion Reception was held in FY 2012 on October 5, 2011,

and raised over $3,000 towards the Alumni Named Internship Fund. The Alumni Network

Leadership Council launched in 2012, with Alumni leading teams to plan programming,

outreach and undraising. The Network hosted a CLE program on July 12 on Working with

Diverse Client Populations. Many PILI Alumni also spoke or presented on panels at PILI

programs and events, including our summer educational series. In record numbers, PILI Alumni

served as advisors to this years class o Interns and Fellows.

Serving as a PILI Fellow enhanced my career as anattorney in many ways, expanded my proessional

network and helped me gain lasting and truly

meaningul riendships.- Dave Scriven-Young, 2003 Fellow

PILI Alumni and sta together at the rst meeting o the PILI Alumni Network Leadership Council in March.

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Alumni Spotlights:Each PILI e-newsletter proles one Intern Alum & one

Fellow Alum, spotlighting their impressive careers and the

important work that they do or and on behal o peo-

ple living in poverty. Many PILI Alumni hold leadership

positions in the public interest and pro bono communi-

ties. Visit www.pili-law.org/alumnispotlights.htm to read

more about these remarkable PILI Alumni and the work

they do. To sign up or our bi-monthly e-newsletter, visit

www.pili-law.org/newsletter.htm.

The PILIAlumni NetworkLeadershipCouncilChairJustin L. HeatherKorey Cotter Heather & Richardson, LLC

ViCe-Chair

Elizabeth P. LewisMcDermott Will & Emery

PiLi Board Liaison

Reena BajowalaJenner & Block LLP

Board Committee Liaison

Charles P. GolbertCook County Public Guardian

memBersDave Scriven-YoungPeckar & Abramson

Katherine G. DeibertMayer Brown LLP

John ThurmondLateral Link Group

Susan DeCostanzaChicago Volunteer Legal Services

Mario SullivanLaw Oce o Peter A. Johnson

Jordan HeinzKirkland & Ellis LLP

Travis KennedyEimer Stahl LLP

Sean Morales-DoyleDespres, Schwartz & Geoghegan Ltd.

Gail KimPerkins Coie LLP

Kate PomperOce o the Illinois Attorney General

Marc KatzCareer Builder

Michelle LammersNorthern Trust

Emily SeymorePaul Hastings LLP

Jessica SchneiderChicago Lawyers Committee For CivilRights Under Law

Margaret KuzmaLAF Chicago

Matt Jenkins, 2005 PILI Internat LAF, is now an associate at

Corboy & Demitrio and serves

as President o the Board o

Directors or the Center or Dis-

ability and Elder Law.

Sasha Reyes, 2000 PILI Fel-

low at the Environmental Law

and Policy Center, has twicebeen awarded a Distinguished

Service Award rom CVLS or her

pro bono work with their Jane

Addams clinic.

Daniel Serrano, 2000 PILI Intern

at LAF, was recently appointed

Director or the Commission

on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in

the Proession or the ABA . Heis also an award-winning crime

novelist.

www.pili-law.org/alumniprogram.htm


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Pro Bono Initiative Program

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PILI is a resource or law rms, corporations and other groups seeking to develop or enhancetheir pro bono programs. The goal o our Pro Bono Initiative Program is to oster a culture o

service within the legal proession, creating work environments, programs and opportunities

that help new associates and seasoned attorneys alike actualize their commitment to pro bono

work. Through a range o innovative projects, creative partnerships and coordinated eorts,

PILI promotes new ways to expand the scope and quantity o legal services available or people

living in poverty in Illinois.

PILI hosted the Illinois Forum on Pro Bono on September 14, 2011, on the topic Improving

the Pro Bono Delivery Model. Ideas and strategies generated at this Forum contributed to the

American Bar Associations National Pro Bono Summit held the ollowing month in Washington,

DC, and helped inorm the Summits ultimate goal o developing a nationally coordinated action

plan or improving the pro bono legal services delivery model. On September 29, PILI hostedExplore the Possibilities: Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Placements or law students

interested in learning more about public interest law. In 2012, PILI organized a ull complement

oPro Bono Roundtables, constituent group-specic gatherings or pro bono leaders rom

across the state. Our Corporate Pro Bono Roundtable was on March 14, a special joint Agency

and Law School Roundtable was on May 29, and our rst ever Law Firm Pro Bono Roundtable

was held on November 13.

Stephanie Villinski o Illinois Legal Aid Online, Cindy Wilson o Northwestern University, Mary Bird o Loyola

University, and others discuss opportunities or collaboration at PILIs joint Agency and Law School Roundtable.

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Planning aheadNew Pro Bono Initiative Program events have already been scheduled or 2013. Mark your

calendars - we hope you will join us!

February 28: Legal Service Agency Roundtable at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

April 16: Corporate Pro Bono Roundtable at Aon plcJune 19: Annual Pro Bono Reception at The Ivy Room at Tree Studios

July 10: Law School Pro Bono Roundtable at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.

November 5: Law Firm Pro Bono Roundtable at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Working together with Prairie State Legal Services and Land o Lincoln Legal

Assistance Foundation, PILI has developed and launched new Judicial Circuit ProBono Committees. These committees are made up o members o the judiciary as

well as pro bono leaders rom local law rms, corporations, bar associations, and

public interest law organizations.

The goal o our Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committees is to increase access to

justice by promoting and enhancing pro bono legal services within a particular

judicial circuit. Specically, through these committees, PILI aims to raise awareness

o the need or ree or low-cost legal services, identiy and reduce barriers to pro

bono, recruit attorneys to participate in pro bono programs, and recognize the pro

bono contributions o area attorneys.

In FY 2012, the rst two Pro Bono Committees were ocially launched. The 3rd

Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee (Edwardsville Area), chaired by Judge Barbara

Crowder, hosted a legal advice workshop in Madison County. The 14th Judicial

Circuit Committee (Rock Island), chaired by attorney Thomas Blade, is working ondeveloping a CLE program and pro bono project on landlord-tenant issues.

PILI aims to launch two more Pro Bono Committees in the coming year: one in

the 6th Judicial Circuit (Champaign area) and another in the 10th Judicial Circuit

(Peoria area). We are grateul to our partners across the state or making this new

initiative a success!


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Annual Awards LuncheonCelebrating Service: The Legal Profession at Its Best

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Each year PILI hosts our Annual Awards

Luncheon to celebrate the best aspects o the

legal proession: the skill, commitment, and

generosity o the lawyers, law students, law

rms and corporations dedicating countless

hours each year to public interest work. PILIsAnnual Awards Luncheon brings together

hundreds o members o the Illinois legal

community to pay tribute to the people and

organizations whose exemplary pro bono

work has inspired us and made us proud.

The Luncheon also eatures several awards to

acknowledge those whose work epitomizesthe ideal o access to justice or all.

In FY 2012, the Annual Awards Luncheon was

held at the Renaissance Downtown Chicago

Hotel on December 1. We were pleased to

honor the ollowing award recipients:

distinguished PuBLiC serViCe award

Chie Justice Thomas L. Kilbride

Illinois Supreme Court

distinguished PiLi aLumni awards

Justin Heather, 2001 PILI Fellow

Partner at Korey Cotter Heather &Richardson, LLC

Kathleen Clark, 1997 PILI Intern

Executive Director at Lawyers Committee

or Better Housing

Pro Bono initiatiVe award

Mayer Brown LLP

www.pili-law.org/events.htm


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Annual Pro Bono ReceptionCelebrating Pro Bono

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The Annual ProBono Reception is PILI's opportunity to celebrate

the communitys pro bono relationships and successes and the

work o our Pro Bono Initiative. In 2012, this event was held on

June 20 and attended by 250 law rm and corporate attorneys,

paralegals and legal secretaries, the current class o PILI Interns

and Fellows, PILI Alumni, and representatives rom law schools

and public interest law organizations rom across the state. PILIrecognized 34 law rms and 8 corporate legal departments

whose noteworthy pro bono contributions earned them a place

on PILIs Pro Bono Recognition Roster, unveiled at this event.

Lawfirms

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum& Nagelberg LLP

Brinks Hoer Gilson & Lione

Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP

Chapman and Cutler LLP

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLPFoley & Lardner LLP

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Holland & Knight LLP

Jenner & Block LLP

Jones Day

K&L Gates LLP

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Locke Lord LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

McDermott Will & EmeryMcGuireWoods LLP

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Much Shelist, P.C.

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Perkins Coie LLP

Reed Smith LLP

Schi Hardin LLPSchiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP

Seyarth Shaw LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

SNR Denton US LLP

Vedder Price P.C.

Winston & Strawn LLP

CorPorate LegaL

dePartments

Allstate Insurance Company

Aon plc

Caterpillar Inc.

Deere & CompanyExelon Corporation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

McDonalds Corporation

Northern Trust

2012 Pro Bono

reCognition roster

Among our guests this year was a group o delegates rom the Ukraine visiting the United States to learn about public interest law.


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Ways to support PILI

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Make a donation:Online at www.pili-law.org/donate.htmOr by mail: Public Interest Law Initiative, c/o Foley & Lardner LLP

321 North Clark Street, 28th FloorChicago, IL 60654

Attend or sponsor one o our events:The Annual Awards Luncheon is held every year in the late all and celebrates the legal proes-

sion at its best - www.pili-law.org/annualawardsluncheon.htm.The Annual Pro Bono Reception is held every year in June and celebrates the signicant pro

bono contributions o rms and corporations - www.pili-law.org/probonoreception.htm.

Make a testamentary git or bequest:Contact PILI Executive Director, Michael Bergmann, at [email protected] or by phone at

312-832-5129 to learn more.

Law frms can sponsor PILI Graduate Fellows:Visit our website at www.pili-law.org/ellowships.htm or more inormation.

www.pili-law.org/donate.htm

Donations to PILI are an investment in the long-term stability o public interest law and probono. Our programs not only help meet immediate legal aid needs, but also provide the

building blocks or participants in our programs to become leaders in public interest law and

in pro bono, expanding and enhancing the availability o quality legal services or people

living in poverty both now and into the uture.


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Cornerstone Societyan annual git o $1,000 or more

Brad & Terri Lane

Choi Law Firm, LLC

Justin L. Heather

Kimball & Karen Anderson

Lee Ann Russo & Kevin MillerMichael G. Bergmann

Thomas & Jen-Mei Dorris

Justice Circlean annual git o $750

Jennier T. Nijman & Steven M. Surdell

Katherine G. DeibertNikki Will Stein & Fredric Stein

Magistrate Circlean annual git o $500

Barbara Bressler & Jerry Garson

Don & Ky Hilliker

Elizabeth & Daniel LewisMary Ann OConnor

Stephen D. Libowsky & Sue Berman

Counselor Circlean annual git o $250

Charles P. Golbert

Dave & Kathy Scriven-YoungJustice Sheila OBrien & Judge Wayne Andersen

Nancy Felton-Elkins

Thomas & Laura Dee

Advocate Circlean annual git o $100

J. Damian Ortiz

Marc Katz

Scott W. Henry

www.pili-law.org/givingcircles.htm

Members o PILI Giving Circles are a

special group o supporters who embrace

our mission and take a personal interest

in our success. Giving Circle members

pledge a specic amount to PILI each

year or the next ve years. Their git

goes arther than a simple donation - it

allows us to better anticipate revenue

in our budgeting, to better attract new

donors, and to better recognize our coresupporters.

PILI is incredibly grateul to these

ounding members o our Giving Circles,

new this year in 2012. Their commitment

to PILI helps us cultivate a lielong

commitment to public interest law among

law students and lawyers, so that together

we can better meet the legal needs o

individuals and amilies living in poverty

in Illinois.

For more inormation about joining a PILI

Giving Circle, visit our website or contact

PILIs Executive Director, Michael G.Bergmann, at [email protected] or

at 312-832-5129.

Ways to support PILI: Giving Circles


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Ways to Support PILI: Named Internships

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Named and Honorary Internships are a special way to make a dierence in the lie o a law studentwhile also adding critical capacity to public interest law organizations seeking to better meet the

needs o their clients. Donors can designate Internships in tribute to amily, riends and colleagues,

or they can target a specic legal need or legal service provider.

PILI thanks the ollowing individuals and oun-

dations or generously unding PILI NamedInternships in 2012:

Kimball & Karen Anderson sponsored Antho-ny Todd at the AIDS Legal Council o Chicago.

The Chicago Bar Foundation sponsored NikkiAshmore at Equip or Equality, Mary Kennellyat the Shriver Center, and Brittni Rivera at the

Chicago Legal Clinic.

The Illinois State Bar Association YoungLawyers Division sponsored Meryl Prochaskaat Health & Disability Advocates.

The Jewish Judges Association o Illinois

sponsored a new Named Intern, the Justice

Robert E. Gordon Scholar, or Tom Hallock atCabrini Green Legal Aid.

The Roslyn C. Lieb Honorary InternshipFund (unded by riends o Roslyn Lieb inhonor o her career) sponsored Susan Ritaccaat the Chicago Lawyers Committee or Civil

Rights Under Law.

The Florence Miller Endowment Fund(a testamentary git rom the estate o Florence

Miller) sponsored Tiany Onyemaobi at AccessLiving and Hannah Yager at the Chicago Coali-tion or the Homeless.

The PILI Alumni Named Internship Fund

sponsored Jaclyn Zarack at the Legal AidSociety.

The Alred C. Tisdahl Memorial Internship Fund

(unded by the Francis Beidler Foundation)

sponsoredKevin Zickterman at Chicago VolunteerLegal Services.

The Union League Civic & Arts Foundation

sponored Michael Cannell at Citizen AdvocacyCenter and Jenny Denny at Equip or Equality.

There is such a need or legalservices, and PILI meets thatneed by connecting students likeme who want to do public inter-

est work with resources to learnand establish roots in the legalservice community.- Susan Ritacca, Roslyn C. Lieb Honorary Intern

www.pili-law.org/namedinternships.htm


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With thanks to our donors

A special tribute

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$40,000 +Foley & Lardner LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPPolk Bros. Foundation

$30,000 - $39,999Sidley Austin LLP

$20,000 - $29,999

Baker & McKenzie LLPFrancis Beidler FoundationIllinois Bar FoundationWinston & Strawn LLP

$10,000 - $19,999Brinks Hoer Gilson & LioneChapman and Cutler LLPChicago Bar Foundation

Helen Brach FoundationJenner & Block LLPJones DayMayer Brown LLPReed Smith LLPSchi Hardin LLPSeyarth Shaw LLPUnion League Civic & Arts

Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999AccentureAllstate Insurance CompanyBarack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum &

Nagelberg LLPDeere & CompanyDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP

ExelonGoldberg KohnIllinois State Bar AssociationJewish Judges Association o IllinoisKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPKimball & Karen AndersonLocke Lord LLPMcDermott Will & EmeryPerkins Coie LLP

SNR Denton US LLPUnited Air Lines, Inc.Vedder Price

$2,500 - $4,999Aon plcButler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLPCapstone Advisory Group LLPCohen Law Group, P.C.

DLA Piper LLP (US)Edwards Wildman Palmer LLPFranczek Radalet P.C.JPMorgan Chase & Co.Lee Ann Russo & Kevin MillerLexisNexisMarshall Gerstein & Borun LLPMcDonalds CorporationMcGuireWoods LLP

Northern Trust

$1,000 - $2,599Brad & Terri LaneCaterpillarChoi Law Firm, LLCDePaul University College o LawHinshaw & Culbertson LLP

James & Kathryn RolesJerey & Nancy RossJerome GilsonLatham & Watkins LLPRichard OMalley, Jr. & Anne GallagherThe John Marshall Law SchoolThomas Morsch

$500 - $999

Alison ConlonAndrew Vail*Barbara Bressler & Jerry GarsonCalvin & Catherine BellamyChicago Bar AssociationChristopher & Patricia HorschDaniel LangeDavid ErieDebra Stetter

Donald & Carolyn HillikerElinor Beidler SiklossyElizabeth Beidler TisdahlFrancis Beidler IIIGreene and LettsJames BeyerJoshua VincentLinton ChildsMaureen Mosh

Michael G. BergmannMichael & Mary WooleverMiller Shakman & Beem, LLPMyles BermanNikki Will Stein & Fredric SteinSarah Bernstein & Daniel PavlakovicScott Mendel & Liz Trager MendelStephen Libowsky & Sue Berman

*indicates PILI Alumni

Thomas B. Dorris has been an active member o PILIs Board o Directors or 27 years. When his mother,

Kay Dorris, passed away in the all o 2011, he designated PILI as a recipient o memorial gits. Funds

raised were used to support a special, one-time memorial Internship in the spring o 2012. The recipient

o this Internship, Fernando Colon, a 2L rom Chicago-Kent College o Law, worked at LAF on U-Visas and

other immigration issues. PILI wishes to thank the amily and riends o Tom and his mother Kay or their

generosity, which has created this special and ftting tribute to her lie.

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With thanks to our donors (contd)

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Thomas & Jen-Mei DorrisWilliam Meyers

$250 - $499Ann RothschildArthur DonC. Vincent MaloneyCary & Beth PerlmanCynthia WilsonDavid & Judith SchimanDolores HannaIllinois Tool Works Foundation

James Morsch & Margaret RiceJennier T. Nijman & Steven M. SurdellJordan Heinz*Justin L. Heather*Kaarina SalovaaraKatherine G. Deibert*Mark Melickian & Erin CollinMary Ann OConnorMatthew* & Katy FurtonNeal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLPPattishall McAulie Newbury

Hilliard & Geraldson LLPPaul FreehlingRoger & Martha PascalRonald OhrenThomas & Laura DeeWilliam Conlon

$100 - $249Adam Gross* & Mia BarriciniAndrew Bautista*Anthony & Kelly HoppBarbara Barreno*Beverly GroudineCarol & Robert LitonCharles P. Golbert*

Craig & Nancy WhiteDave* & Kathy Scriven-YoungDavid DiamondDonald & Dolores RegisterEleanor NicholsonElena DeWole*Elizabeth* & Daniel LewisErin McCloskey Maus & Gary MausHirsch-Schwartz Foundation

Hon. Abner Mikva & Zorita MikvaHon. Allen Walker & Donna WalkerHoward Learner & Lauren Rosenthal

J. Damian OrtizJames PanderJames Whitehead

Jerey Colman & Nancy LoebJohn Tanagho*John Thurmond*John ClayJohn HuntingtonJohn & Erin BourkeJohn Eric SchaalJoseph BlaskoJulie & Kristopher Tappendor

Kate Pomper*Kathleen Clark*Kathleen Barry & Curtis WarnerLaurie Mikva*Leonard RubinowitzMaria Woltjen* & Alex KotlowitzMark FurlaneMaureen StrattonMichael & Diane BeemerNancy Felton-ElkinsPatricia BesserPatrick Gallagher*Patrick Sean GintyPatty McCarthyRachel Moore*Richard HessRichard RosenthalRicky RemsRobert & Alanna GordonRoslyn LiebRuth Major*Scott W. HenrySean Morales-Doyle*Segal McCambridge Singer &

Mahoney, Ltd.Shana & Mac Heller-Ogden

Steven & Carol GilordSusan CurryWilliam Spence*

Up to $99Alison ZirnAndrew KangAndy WronaAnita Weinberg*

Cathy Yu*Celiza BragancaCharles Wintersteen*Cher FieriCynthia JaredDale Nichols

Dan Johnson*Daniel Hurtado*David* & Deborah Kotzian

Edward & Lydia GrossmanElizabeth FrankelErica RobertsGail Kim*H. Randolph WilliamsHannah StotlandHelen Probst Mills*Helene & Marshall ShapoHeyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.

Hon. Michael Hyman & Leslie HymanHon. Patricia BanksJack JosephJames Blenko*Jay Readey*Jayne & Michael ReardonJennier Ansay*Jody Adler*Johnny Frevert*Joseph & Sylvia StoneKathy KleinKevin OBrienLaShonda Hunt*Laura Young*Lawyers Trust Fund o IllinoisLonneke Purucker*Marc Katz*Mario Sullivan*Marjorie & Galen GockelMartin WineMary BirdMaureen KieerMichael BoodenNury Agudo Siekkinen *Precious Jacobs*Reena Bajowala*

Richard & Judith RhodesRidgely JacksonRobert Slobig & Julia MannixRobert & Antonia MohsSusie Bucaro*Todd BelcoreTony Neuho*Travis Kennedy*University o Illinois College o Law

Victor & Christina Filippini

PILI sincerely regrets any inadvert-ent omissions or misspellings.

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FY 2012 Financials

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Blue Plate CateringFullline PrintingLaw Bulletin Publishing CompanyPixel Dreamer, LLCRenaissance Chicago Downtown HotelTrialGraphix

With in-kindsupport from:

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exPenses

Personnel (Salary, Tax, Benets).....Grants & Education.........................

Proessional Fees (Audit, Payroll)...

Printing & Publications....................

Postage & Shipping........................

Oce Supplies & Equipment.........Telephone & Internet......................

Occupancy.......................................

Conerences, Travel & Meetings....

Dues & Subscriptions......................

Insurance..........................................Special Events..................................

Depreciation....................................

Miscellaneous..................................

totaL: $

inCome

Foundations & Corporations...........Law Firms...........................................

Board & Individual Contributions....

Special Events...................................

Investment Income...........................

In-kind Support.................................Transer rom restricted....................

totaL: $

280,589

204,339

4,352

4,586

1,682

2,3101,934

44,000

6,783

2,825

6,13136,523

440

4,399

600,893

121,300

121,600

39,019

218,135

21,939

44,0003,547

569,540

Fundraising - 6%

Management & General - 7%

Programs - 87%

Law Firms - 21%

Foundations &Corporations - 29%

Special Events - 38%

Investment &

Other Income - 5%

Board &Individual Giving - 7%

This data is an unocial representation o PILIs FY 2012

audited nancial statements. To see our complete andocial audit, contact us at [email protected] or visit our

website at www.pili-law.org/aboutus.htm.

PILI had a surplus o $32,058 rom FY2011, which the PILI

Board o Directors authorized or use to support additional

Law Student Interns in FY2012: our new summer and two

new school-year Interns, in addition to those that were

accounted or in the FY2012 budget. Surplus unds used to

pay Intern stipends are not counted as income in this audit,though they are refected as expenses. This accounts or

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President

Lee Ann RussoJones Day

ViCe President

Richard F. OMalley, Jr.Sidley Austin LLP

seCretary

Bradley G. Lane

Brinks Hoer Gilson & Lionetreasurer

Sarah M. BernsteinBarack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum

& Nagelberg LLP

direCtors

Kimball R. AndersonWinston & Strawn LLP

Myles D. BermanFoley & Lardner LLP

James R. BeyerSeyarth Shaw LLP

John J. BourkeAon plc

Barbara B. BresslerDePaul University College o Law

Alison C. ConlonBarnes & Thornburg LLP

Susan J. CurryThe University o Chicago Law

School

Thomas R. DeeVedder Price

David M. DiamondNorthwestern University School

o LawArthur DonGreenberg Traurig LLPThomas B. DorrisFrancis Beidler FoundationDavid T. ErieKirkland & Ellis LLPMark E. FurlaneDrinker Biddle & Reath LLPMatthew T. FurtonLocke Lord LLP

Adam Gross

Business and Proessional Peopleor the Public InterestScott W. HenrySegal McCambridge Singer &

Mahoney, Ltd.Donald B. HillikerMcDermott Will & EmeryAnthony G. HoppEdwards Wildman Palmer LLP

Christopher J. HorschRetired AttorneyWilliam J. Katt, Jr.Foley & Lardner LLPMaureen KieerLoyola University Chicago School

o LawDaniel B. LangeKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPStephen D. LibowskySNR Denton US LLPDaniel P. LindseyLAF ChicagoJoseph P. LombardoChapman and Cutler LLPC. Vincent MaloneyPerkins Coie LLPMark Melickian

Sugar, Felsenthal, Grais &Hammer LLPScott M. MendelK&L Gates LLPWilliam C. MeyersGoldberg Kohn Ltd.Maureen A. MoshNorthern TrustJennier T. Nijman

Nijman Franzetti LLPMary Ann OConnorJPMorgan Chase & Co.Ronald L. OhrenBaker & McKenzie LLPJ. Damian OrtizThe John Marshall Law SchoolRicky E. RemsMayer Brown LLP

James A. RolesReed Smith LLPJerey K. RossSeyarth Shaw LLPKaarina SalovaaraUS Department o Justice

Adam Schwartz

ACLU o IllinoisNikki Will SteinPolk Bros. FoundationDebra L. StetterSchi Hardin LLPAndrew W. VailJenner & Block LLPJoshua G. VincentHinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Honorable Allen P. WalkerCircuit Court o Cook County

Life direCtors

John E. Clay

Nancy Felton-Elkins

Jerome Gilson

Dolores K. Hanna

Richard J. HessRoslyn C. Lieb

Thomas Morsch

Roger Pascal

rePresentatiVes

Reena R. BajowalaAlumni Leadership CouncilRepresentative

Barbara R. Barreno2011 Fellow Representative

Arturo Hernandez2011 Intern Representative

Christine Ricardo2012 Intern Representative

Paul Vaglica2012 Fellow Representative

Michael G. BergmannExecutive DirectorShana Heller-OgdenDevelopment &

Communications ManagerJulia M. KeplerOperations & Development

AssociateSheila SimhanProgram Manager

PILI Board of Directors

PILI Staff

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Access Living

Active Transportation Alliance

AIDS Legal Council o ChicagoAlliance or the Great Lakes

Asian American Institute

Better Government Association

Bluhm Legal Clinic, NorthwesternUniversity School o Law

Business and Proessional People orthe Public Interest (BPI)

Cabrini Green Legal Aid

CARPLS

Catholic Charities Legal Assistance

Center or Confict Resolution

Center or Disability and Elder Law

Center or Economic Progress

Centro Romero

Chicago Appleseed Fund or JusticeChicago Lawyers Committee or Civil

Rights Under Law, Inc.

Chicago Legal Advocacy orIncarcerated Mothers (CLAIM)

Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services

Chicago-Kent College o Law

Citizen Advocacy CenterCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Illinois

DePaul University College o Law Clinical Programs

Domestic Violence Legal Clinic

Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic

Environmental Law and Policy Center

Equip or Equality

Family Deense Center

Federal Deender Program

First Deense Legal Aid (FDLA)

Health and Disability Advocates (HDA)Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission

Illinois Legal Aid Online

Institute or Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship

International Human Rights Law Institute

James B. Moran Center or Youth Advocacy

John Howard Association o Illinois

John Marshall Law School Fair Housing ClinicLambda Legal

Land o Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc.

Law Oce o the Cook County Public Deender

Law Project o the Chicago Coalitionor the Homeless

Lawyers Committee or Better Housing

Lawyers or the Creative Arts

Legal Aid SocietyLAF Chicago

Lie Span Center or Legal Services and Advocacy

Loyola University Community Law Center

MacArthur Justice Center

Mexican American Legal Deense andEducational Fund

National Immigrant Justice CenterOce o the Cook County Public Guardian

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc

Roger Baldwin Foundation-ACLU

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

The Law Project (TLP)

Working Hands Legal Clinic

Young Center or Immigrant Childrens Rights

Participating AgenciesWhen PILIs Internship Program rst launched 35 years ago in 1977, we placed 12 Interns at 4 public

interest law organizations in Chicago. PILI now places Law Student Interns and Graduate Fellowsat any o 59 dierent organizations across the state o Illinois. We value our partnerships with theseorganizations and thank them or hosting our Interns and Fellows!

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