Bridging the gap

Judges, private attorneys and public interest lawyers in Cook County noticed a gap in free legal help for families with a loved one with severe mental illness. So in May, The Chicago Bar Foundation and the Center for Disability & Elder Law collaborated to launch the Mental Health Pro Bono Pilot Program, an ongoing initiative to offer assistance in the “critically important but underserved area of law.” …

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