Chicago Tribune
CGLA's Executive Director, Gretchen Slusser is profiled in this Chicago Tribune article about three Chicago residents who turned a volunteer venture into full-time employment. Find out more on how Gretchen got connected with CGLA by reading the full article here.
Saulter Tarver LLP supported CGLA's 2011 Annual Benefit. “CGLA provides skilled representation to those who need it most but who can least afford it.” - Curtis J Tarver II, Firm Partner and CGLA Young Professionals Board Co-Chair. Click here to read more.
Mary Zaug, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP was honored as CGLA's Attorney Volunteer of the Year. Click HERE to read more about Zaug and her involvement with CGLA.
Personal Quirks made former Jenner & Block chairman loved by many
Jerold Solovy remembered. Click HERE to read the full story on his impact at Jenner & Block, and how he became a champion of CGLA.
Click HERE to read an article from the Huffington Post on how CGLA is working to ensure former Cabrini-Green residents and other low-income Chicagoans receive the legal and support services needed to make a lasting impact on their lives.
CGLA honored Gov. Pat Quinn for his principled and courageous leadership in the area of executive clemency.
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Chicago Tribune
Faced with an economy in recession and new wave of law school graduates at their doors, Chicago law firms sought a creative pairing with CGLA and other public-interest legal groups. To read more, click here.
Chicago Daily Law Bulliten
Gov. Patrick L Quinn has begun making inroads in the enormous back log of over 2,500 clemency petitions left behind by the former governor.
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CGLA's associate executive director, Laura Zumdahl, is one the recipients of the 2010 Chicago Community Trust Fellows, offered to further professional development opportunities for leaders in the nonprofit and public sectors.
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CBA Record (Oct. 2009)
In the last three-and-a-half years, pro bono attorneys and law students have provided free legal assistance to over 14,000 visitors to the CGLA Expungement Help Desk. Click here to read more from the October issue of the CBA Record.
CGLA Staff Attorney, Beth Johnson was awarded one of five Chicago Bar Foundation Sun-Times Public Interest Law Fellowships for her work as the director of CGLA’s Expungement, Sealing & Clemency program. Click here to read more.
