CLCCRUL - Press Release



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Press Kit

	Settlement Assistance Program Featured in Federal Lawyer
	CLCCRUL and MALDEF to host employment discrimination clinic on April 30, 2008
	CLCCRUL Statement on craigslist Decision
	Training Offered for Federal Court Pro Bono Program
	CLCCRUL Awarded $24,394 in Discriminatory Statement Case
	CLCCRUL and IHCNS Are Seeking Fair Housing Testers
	CLCCRUL and MALDEF HOST EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLINIC
	CEDLP Benefit at Sawbridge Studios
	HUD Charges Landlord with Discriminatory Advertising
	Upcoming Training for Attorneys Interested in Representing First-time Home Purchasers

Settlement Assistance Program Featured in Federal Lawyer 05/12/2008

From Federal Lawyer, May 2008:

"A pioneering program in which volunteer attorneys represent pro se plaintiffs in settlement conferences before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois helped the court to resolve an average of two employment discrimination cases each month during the program’s first 16 months of operation. Chief District Judge James F. Holderman therefore believes that the court’s Settlement Assistance Program—apparently the first of its kind at the district court level—has been a great success. "While it is always a goal of the court to resolve claims amicably between the parties," Holderman says, "our judges are especially heartened when this result is reached through the efforts of attorneys volunteering their time and expertise to those who need it most."

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