17 N State Street
Suite 1590
Chicago, IL 60602 View Map

Phone: 312-977-9047
Fax: 312-977-9048

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Description

As the statewide legal services technology center, Illinois Legal Aid Online provides the technology infrastructure that helps streamline the delivery of free and pro bono legal services to the poor, and delivers easy to understand legal information and assistance to the public and self-represented persons.

Our mission is “to increase access to justice for lower-income and vulnerable Illinois residents through the innovative use of technology to assist and educate the public and to train and support legal aid providers and pro bono attorneys”.

Illinois Legal Aid Online’s programs and activities revolve around providing essential services and legal resources to legal aid and pro bono attorneys, pro se litigants and the lower-income public through its three websites:

• IllinoisLegalAid.org provides those who cannot afford an attorney with user friendly legal information, educational materials, interactive forms, instructions for self-representation, multimedia training, and referrals to free legal services;
• IllinoisLegalAdvocate.org provides an online community for legal aid attorneys to communicate and coordinate services, to obtain training and practice support, and increases efficiencies in the delivery of legal services in Illinois; and
• IllinoisProBono.org increases pro bono legal representation for the poor by providing volunteer attorneys with a comprehensive database of pro bono opportunities, multimedia training, instructions and practice support resources.

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