Posts by Legal Council
Two Illinois Nonprofits to Benefit from First Night of Hamilton in Chicago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jill Wohl 773-562-0159, jill@legalcouncil.org Mitchell Locin/Equality Illinois 773-477-7173 mlocin@eqil.org Two Illinois Nonprofits to Benefit from Opening Night of Broadway Smash Hit Musical Hamilton in Chicago Chicago,…
Read MoreCivil Legal Aid and Private Bar Partners Win Momentous Court of Appeals
September 25, 2016 DRAFT RELEASE Contacts: Jill Wohl, 773-562-0159, jill@legalcouncil.org Jeremy Leaming (202) 552-5176, leaming@healthlaw.org; Civil Legal Aid and Private Bar Partners Win Momentous Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Upholds…
Read MoreMaking breathing easier
Legal Council for Health Justice, Chicago Asthma Consortium, and Respiratory Health Association worked collaboratively last session on a new law to help schools prepare for serious asthma attacks in school. The…
Read MoreAsthma HB6333 Press Release
September 12, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Amy Zimmerman, amy@legalcouncil.org, 773-988-8058; Stacy Ignoffo, stacychgoasthma@gmail.com, 773-628-7663 Beth Ritter Ruback, BRitterRuback@lungchicago.org, 312-628-0225 New law to help students with asthma in school Legislation…
Read MoreInnovative UIC Department of Pediatrics Program Invests In Medical-Legal Partnership to Improve Health and Well-Being of Children with Chronic Illness
September 12, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sarah Hess, 312-605-1984, shess@legalcouncil.org Mark Minier, MD – mminier@uic.edu Innovative UIC Department of Pediatrics Program Invests In Medical-Legal Partnership to Improve Health and…
Read MoreCuba Libre media release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2016 For more information, contact Kevin Mork at 312-605-1976 or kjmork@legalcouncil.org. Legal Council for Health Justice Travels to Havana with Cuba Libre benefit on August…
Read MoreSome gain, still pain
Illinois’ Stopgap Budget Offers Only Temporary, Partial Relief to Medicaid Recipients and Their Healthcare and Human Services Providers — joint statement from Legal Council for Health Justice and Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
Read MoreSpeech, speech
On May 5, 2016, our esteemed colleague Justin Hayford, who has been working at the Council for 25 years, was presented with the Liberty Bell award by the Young Lawyers…
Read MoreJustin’s 25 for 25
June 1, 2016 Dear Friends, Family, and Colleagues: In my first week at AIDS Legal Council, almost exactly 25 years ago, I took two calls back to back. First, a…
Read MoreCHECK it out!
University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) recently informed us that the Legal Council was chosen to establish a program at UIC to provide legal services to children who are cared for through the Coordination of Healthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK) program. This will allow the Council to grow our children’s program and hire additional legal staff to handle the significant demand. We will be able to bring on an additional attorney and two paralegals for the CHECK program.
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