Administrative Coordinator

About Cabrini Green Legal Aid

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life.

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas: criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.

CGLA’s Mission, Purpose and Vision

• Mission: We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.
• Purpose: CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.
• Vision: A more just and equitable criminal legal system.

About CGLA and the Policy, Outreach & Communications Team  

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs of Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a statewide leader in holistic legal services, information, advocacy, and resources exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. 

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers by our expertise in legal matters related to the consequences of the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life. Since 2014, CGLA has been the sole legal aid services provider focused on these adverse impacts.

Our work includes criminal records, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services and provide information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We further support our clients with wraparound social services from our social workers. We also advocate for policy reform. As our policy work continues to grow and evolve, our philosophy is rooted in principles of racial justice, movement lawyering, and centering the leadership and expertise of directly impacted people within the community. We seek to build power together through organizing, creating and maintaining relationships, and education. Our work with CGLA’s Leadership Council, Visible Voices, coalition partners, and community-serving organizations directly informs our policy agenda. 

CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system, working towards a more just and equitable criminal legal system.

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About YOU 

The right person for this role is organized, detail-oriented, and an excellent communicator. They feel comfortable and confident setting up meetings, coordinating schedules, and helping to coordinate the details for events. They are flexible working across teams and together with people in the community. They are excellent at anticipating needs, maintaining detailed records, and followi