Are you looking for “Bite Sized” Pro Bono?
Consider Volunteering with the Hibbler Help Desk

As you may be aware, the Uptown People’s Law Center is now coordinating the federal court’s Hibbler Help Desk: a free resource provided to Pro Se litigants with cases in the Northern District of Illinois.

Volunteer Attorneys help litigants with questions about their case as the cases move through court. Advice is usually limited to procedural matters such as what an amended complaint should look like, how to draft and respond to discovery, the rules governing responses to motions for summary judgment, and similar issues.

Volunteering for the Hibbler Help Desk requires a minimal time commitment, but can make a huge difference to people seeking relief from the court (and it helps the judges when filings comply with basic procedural rules):

• Work from your desk!
  • All appointments are virtual.
• Low time commitment!
  • Each appointment is 45 minutes and volunteers’ minimum commitment is only to sign up for one slot every moth.
• No specific subject matter expertise is required:
  • Most advice is limited to basic procedural issues, common across all practice areas.
  • Cases range in subject matter but the majority are Employment Discrimination Complaints.

We only ask that volunteer attorneys have some experience practicing in Federal Court and that the volunteers have independent malpractice insurance.

Interested in volunteering or learning more? Email Bryan Higgins at Hibbler@uplcchicago.org

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