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CDEL Announces its Strategic Plan - Chicago Tribune Features Cook County's Early Resolution Program
CDEL Legal Director Serves as Keynote Speaker of University of Chicago Law School's Pro Bono Ceremony CDEL is Hiring for an AmeriCorps VISTA CDEL Staff Attorneys Attend Cook County Clerk's Office Property After Death Forums - CDEL Remembers Former Governing Board Member Mark Furlane
- Thank You to our May Pro Bono and Community Partners!
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CDEL Announces its Strategic Plan |
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CDEL is excited to announce its Strategic Plan! In October of 2022, over forty-five CDEL stakeholders gathered for a summit to chart CDEL's path into the future. This group included CDEL Governing Board members, Young Professionals Board members, CDEL staff, clients, community partners, and volunteers.
Implementing this plan requires the participation of all of our stakeholders. We invite all of you to join us as we put our Strategic Plan into action. Learn more about CDEL's Strategic Plan at our website. |
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Chicago Tribune Features Cook County's Early Resolution Program |
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The front page of today's Chicago Tribune features the Cook County Legal Aid for Housing and Debt’s (CCLAHD) Cook County Early Resolution Program (ERP). CDEL is one of a number of legal aid organizations that help facilitate ERP. The program was started during the COVID-19 pandemic and is in-part designed to help people avoid eviction.
CDEL's client, Davey Vacek, is quoted regarding his experience: "I couldn’t imagine navigating all of that without (legal) help,” said Vacek, who had not faced eviction until the pandemic. “I can speak a few languages, but legalese is not one of them.”
CDEL is glad to have the work of such an integral program in our community showcased. Read more about ERP and the impact it has made in our community: |
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CDEL's Legal Director Serves as Keynote Speaker of the University of Chicago Law School's Pro Bono Recognition Ceremony |
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Earlier this month, CDEL's Legal Director and University of Chicago Law School graduate Michael Stone served as the keynote speaker of the University of Chicago Law School's Pro Bono Recognition Ceremony. Michael talked about how important it is for the students to engage in pro bono work all throughout their careers.
Read more here about the University of Chicago's Law School Pro Bono Recognition Ceremony |
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CDEL is currently hiring for an AmeriCorps VISTA Project Administrator. The CDEL VISTA Project Administrator will support CDEL’s Adult Guardianship, Power of Attorney and Housing Preservation (HPP) programs and increase programmatic capacity and reach to provide more legal services to older adults and persons with disabilities across Cook County.
Learn more at CDEL's Website: https://www.cdelaw.org/work-with-cdel |
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CDEL Staff Attorneys Attend Cook County Clerk's Office Property After Death Forums |
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CDEL Staff Attorneys Chandler (Wright) Meersman and Marlo Pahl recently attended two Property After Death Forums, facilitated by the Cook County Clerk's Office. One forum was held in the Austin neighborhood and the other was in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The Cook County Clerk's Property After Death Forums are designed for Cook County residents to educate themselves about Property fraud and Property After Death related matters like Transfer on Death Instruments and other estate planning options.
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CDEL also partners with the Cook County Clerk's Office to hold a monthly help desk for Cook County residents to get help with common property questions. You can learn more about the Cook County Clerk, CDEL's Help Desk, and the Property After Death Forums at the Cook County Clerk's Website
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CDEL Remembers Former Governing Board Member Mark Furlane |
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CDEL is sad to announce that former CDEL Governing Board Member Mark Furlane passed away on April 27, 2023. Mark served on the CDEL Governing Board from 2001 to 2009. His wife, Susan Keegan, served as CDEL's Executive Director from 2012-2015.
You can view his obituary here: Mark Furlane's Obituary |
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Thank you to our Pro Bono and Community Partners! |
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Thank you to all of our pro bono and community partners who have volunteered with us in May. Because of you, we are able to reach and serve more of our clients in the communities they live.
Thank you to our Pro Bono Partners who have volunteered with us in May! Aon
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
Pro Bono Network
Sidley Austin LLP State Farm Insurance Companies
Thank you to our community partners listed below, for allowing us to continue to conveniently and accessibly serve our clients in the communities in which they live. |
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Bloom Township Senior Services Center on Addison
Chicago Police Department - Third District
Edwin Berry Manor Apartments EZRA Multi-Service Center
McKinley Park Chicago Public Library
New Pisgah Haven Homes |
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Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Solutions for Care
University of Chicago Law School
Urbanite Apartments
West Suburban Senior Services |
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>Our Contact Information
Center for Disability & Elder Law
205 West Randolph, Suite 1610
Chicago, IL 60606
312.376.1880
https://www.cdelaw.org/
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