DePaul University College of Law

Center for Public Interest Law 5th Annual Vincentian Public Interest Law Symposium

BACK TO BASICS:
BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS TO LEGAL AID
Thursday, November 4, 2010
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Boulevard, Room 8005

Join lawyers, professors, community organizers, students, and activists to examine how
human rights norms can be integrated into the missions of organizations. Members of
the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau (MLAB) which recently adopted of a human rights
framework for its mission will discuss that process and facilitate workshops on how local
organizations can adopt a similar framework.

Speakers at the symposium include:

Cathy Albisa
" Executive Director, National Economic & Social Rights Initiative
Rob Acton
" Executive Director, Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Shawn Boehringer
" Chief Counsel, Maryland Legal Aid Bureau
Rene Heybach
" Director of Law Project, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Richard Wheelock
" Supervisory Attorney of the Housing Law Project,
" Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Seri Wilpone
" Chief Attorney, Maryland Legal Aid Bureau

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.
To register, please email dzwaska@depaul.edu.
CLE credit available.

This event is co-sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild and

supported by the Vincentian Endowment Fund.