A 5K run and walk, “Put Your Foot Down,” has been scheduled Thursday, June 8, as a benefit for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Cook County, a prior recipient of an Illinois Bar Foundation grant.

Registration will begin at 5 p.m. at the Soldier Field Lakefront Trail, and the race is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. For details, contact Jenna Daugherty at (312) 622-3055 or jenna.daughtery@casacookcounty.org.

Proceeds will help train and support volunteers who advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children in the juvenile system. More than 200 active volunteers regularly visit many of the 11,400 victims who are involved in court matters.

Their goal in championing the best interests of these children is to get them out of an overburdened system and into permanent homes as soon as possible.

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Wednesday, May 24, 5:30 p.m. – Coordi–nated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS) benefit reception at the Northern Trust Co. and presentation of Golden Gavel Awards to Freeborn & Peters and state legislators Jeff Schoenberg and Kirk Dillard.

The Ralph A. Gabric Award will be given to Sally J. McDonald of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, and Lester Munson will be master of ceremonies. Call Marissa Bogle at (312) 421-4014.

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Wednesday, June 7 – Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation 5th annual Golf Fore Justice outing at White Deer Run Golf Club, Vernon Hills, with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Call Phil Mohr, (312) 332-3528.

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Wednesday, June 7, 11:30 a.m. – Heartland Alliance seventh annual Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards luncheon in the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, Chicago. Call Christina Gonzales, (312) 660-1313.

Award recipients include Lee Ann Russo of Jones Day. Keynote speaker is human rights journalist and Pulitzer Prize recipient Seymour Hersh.