Asian American Bar Association

Now is the time to give back to your community by using your legal skills.

 

AABA is re-launching our partnership with DLA Piper's Asian Legal Services Clinic. Below is some more information and locations on the clinic. Bottom line is that we need volunteers, especially from the APA legal community. DLA Piper holds the clinic THE FIRST WEDNESDAY of every month. NO special training is necessary, as CVLS will be providing the comprehensive support.

 

PLEASE E-MAIL Anne Shaw, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , your interest in being an AABA Pro bono volunteer. I will need the following information from you:

 

Name:

Phone Number:

E-Mail:

Availability:

Areas of Specialization:

or if Law Student

Law School:

 

Please see below for more details:

 

The Asian Legal Services Clinic represents DLA Piper’s 15 year partnership with Asian Human Services (AHS), Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation (COLS), and the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA) to aid the Asian American community.  About 15 years ago, DLA Piper (then Rudnick & Wolfe) saw a need in the Asian American community of Chicago for pro bono legal assistance.  Combining relationships with AHS, CVLS, and AABA, DLA Piper established the Asian Legal Services Clinic.  AHS provides marketing to potential clients as well as translation services and a headquarters for the Clinic while CVLS provides the legal expertise regarding the family law issues and disputes most common to the Clinic’s clients. 
 
Attorneys and staff from DLA Piper and the AABA are responsible for evaluating and, when possible, taking the cases coming into the Clinic.  Responsibilities range from performing initial intake interviews to taking a case all the way to resolution.  Similarly, a volunteer attorney’s time commitment ranges from a few hours conducting intake on the first Wednesday of the month to the period necessary to resolve the client’s issue if a lawyer decides to take a case.  Our goal is to have each participating attorney assigned at least one Clinic case.  As always, the volunteer attorney will benefit from the strong support of the AHS and CVLS. 
 
The Clinic is a great way for attorneys, staff, even law students, to gain experience with interviewing, client counseling, research, and writing.  It also provides the opportunity for immediate courtroom experience.  More importantly, the Clinic represents a chance to genuinely better our underrepresented clients' lives in a meaningful fashion.  We hope that you can join us for an evening at the Clinic!

 

DLA Piper's Asian Legal Services Clinic needs APA attorneys to take cases dealing with different family law matters, breach of contract cases, and landlord/tenant cases, among others.  Prior experience with these issues is not necessary and interested attorneys will receive comprehensive professional support from Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS).  DLA Piper holds the clinic the first Wednesday of every month at the offices of Asian Human Services.

 

Asian Human Services

4753 N. Broadway

Suite 700 

Chicago, IL 60640

 

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services 

100 North LaSalle Street

Suite 900

Chicago, IL 60602

 

DLA Piper US LLP

203 North LaSalle Street

Suite 1900

Chicago, IL 60601