By: Karen Alice Kloppe
October was Residents’ Rights Month. This annual observance event was created by The Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care to direct focus on the needs of individuals living in long-term care facilities and those receiving in-home and community-based care at home.
Common Legal Issues
By: Andrew Sharp, Esq., Knowledge Strategy Manager, CARPLS; Executive Director, Legal Wellness Clinic
On June 19, 2026, the Obama Presidential Center opens its doors on Chicago’s South Side. The Center celebrates a presidency grounded in civic participation, dignity, and the idea that government can be a force for inclusion when it is designed to meet people where they are. As the legal profession reflects on that legacy, one part of it deserves renewed attention: the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice.
By Karen Alice Kloppe, graduate of Illinois State University (B.A.) and the University of Illinois College of Law (J.D.).
National Healthcare Decisions Day
National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16, 2026. This event is part of a public awareness initiative designed to promote the use of advance directives to plan for and document medical wishes in the event of an emergency when an adult may not be able to act or make decisions.
By: Allison Howard, UIC Law Fair Housing Legal Clinic Student and Professor Allison K. Bethel, Director, UIC Law Fair Housing Legal Clinic
By Marisa Wiesman, Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services
Retired or Inactive? You Can Do Pro Bono!
Is your ARDC registration status retired or inactive? Did you know that you can still provide pro bono legal services?
By Michael Gremer, UIC Law Student and Allison K. Bethel, Professor and Director, UIC Law Fair Housing Legal Clinic
Spotlight on Homelessness
By Abigail Causer, Attorney Program Manager, Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
By Andrew Sharp, Esq.
By Andrew Sharp, Esq.
"You've always had the power, my dear. You've had it all along" - Glinda, the Good Witch (Wizard of Oz)
"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know." - Albert Einstein
“Yeah, Al, but you know more than me!” - Apocryphal
Many attorneys shy away from pro bono work, not because they lack interest, but because they feel they don't have enough expertise (or time to gain the requisite knowledge) to truly make a difference.
By Michael G. Bermann, Executive Director of the Public Interest Law Initiative