Legal Aid Needs in Chicago

LWV Chicago’s Chicago in Focus lecture series recently featured a talk with Legal Aid Chicago to better understand the unmet civil legal needs of low-income Cook County residents.

Legal Aid Chicago recently released a Community Legal Needs Assessment. They listened to a wide ambit of internal and external stakeholders, community members, and researchers in order to make evidence-based strategic decisions about how and where to deploy their resources. Legal Aid Chicago’s Kulsum Ameji and Barbara Bertini presented their findings and strategized with us on how we can all move forward.

Read the Report:
Moving Forward Together: Community Legal Needs Assessment 2022
Released March 2024

Watch the full lecture above and please share the video with your family and friends.

LWV Chicago's Chicago in Focus lecture series seeks to highlight and explore the most important issues facing Chicagoans today. This Chicago in Focus lecture was held virtually on Monday, June 17, 2024.

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