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Amendment improves access to Early Intervention services

Feature: Win for Lead-Poisoned Children

August 2, 2019

Georgetown CCF’s Say Ahhh! blog invited our Children & Families program to write a feature on Legal Council’s legislative victory that ensures children exposed to lead receive Early Intervention services. Effectively linking…

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Client Focus: Pete

August 1, 2019

Pete was a 56 year-old insurance company retiree living with severe breathing problems, a symptom of his HIV-related pneumonia. After three hospitalizations, he was permanently in need of oxygen therapy.…

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Staff Spotlight: Claire Mattson

July 31, 2019

Staff Spotlight is a blog series featuring a member of Legal Council’s expert and growing team. Today’s Spotlight features Claire Mattson, a Healthy Futures VISTA.  What brought you to Legal…

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Letter From the Executive Director, July 2019

July 26, 2019

Dear friends, I wanted to personally thank you for making a difference in the lives of thousands of Illinoisans. Because of you, 1,500 clients received life-changing legal care from Legal…

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Meet Our Award-Winning Attorney

July 24, 2019

On July 23, the Chicago Bar Foundation honored Legal Council’s program director Lisa Parsons with the most prestigious award given to Chicago public interest lawyers, the Thomas H. Morsch Award.…

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Staff Spotlight: S.T. Conner

July 23, 2019

Staff Spotlight is a blog series featuring a member of Legal Council’s expert and ever-growing team. Today’s Spotlight features S.T. Conner, a Behavioral Health MLP VISTA.  What brought you to…

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5 Ways the Administration Is Legalizing Discrimination

July 22, 2019

Proposed changes to federal healthcare law would make discrimination legal.

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Introducing Legal Council’s Interns, Part 2

July 10, 2019

Legal Council welcomes a new class of interns to the fight for health justice in Illinois.

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Introducing Legal Council’s Interns, Part 1

July 3, 2019

Introducing Legal Council’s Interns, Part 1 July 3, 2019   Every summer, Legal Council welcomes a group of law students and interns interested in advancing health justice in Illinois. Learn…

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