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Center for Disability and Elder Law Our society has a fundamental obligation to guarantee justice for all of its members The Center for Disability Elder Law (CDEL) has been expanding access to justice to persons marginalized by poverty, age and or disability, for over forty years
July 2025 CDEL Newsletter — Center for Disability and Elder Law CDEL is proud to celebrate Disability Pride Month and the 35th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act this July! CDEL has people whose identities include disability among all of our stakeholder groups including: board members, staff, interns, volunteers, and the clients that we serve CDEL takes pride in working to provide quality legal service to low income seniors
May 2025 CDEL Newsletter — Center for Disability and Elder Law Earlier this month, CDEL Client Maggie came to CDEL's office to draft and execute her estate planning documents CDEL staff attorney Lissette Ortegon and Program Coordinator Margaux Shields helped her through the whole process to draft, notarize and execute a Power of Attorney for Property, Power of Attorney for Healthcare, and will Having these documents completed put clients like Maggie and
June 2025 CDEL Newsletter — Center for Disability and Elder Law Last week, CDEL’s Housing Preservation Program (HPP) held a Will TODI workshop at the HANA Center Korean interpreters and Kirkland Ellis LLP volunteers joined CDEL staff and interns to help CDEL’s clients with their wills and Transfer on Death Instruments CDEL's HPP provides legal assistance to cost-burdened senior homeowners with issues including title correction, property tax
Kevin Sheehan — Center for Disability and Elder Law Kevin Sheehan is CDEL’s Extended Representation Staff Attorney In this role, Kevin handles the extended representation of housing clients facing eviction and other housing issues Since 2021, Kevin has represented tenants in Cook County and Central Illinois He previously worked as an eviction defense and fair housing attorney at Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic
April 2025 CDEL Newsletter — Center for Disability and Elder Law CDEL held another Power of Attorney Workshop last week at the J Michael Fitzgerald Apartments, an affordable senior housing community apart of the Elderly Housing Development Operations Corporation in the North Park Village neighborhood of Chicago Volunteer attorneys and interpreters including some from Kirkland Ellis LLP, were able to assist 10 clients whose primary languages were
CDELs New 2025 Board Members — Center for Disability and Elder Law CDEL Welcomes Two New Board Members! In June, CDEL welcomed two new board members to the CDEL Board of Directors Please welcome Danielle Cary and Elyse Smith! Read below to learn more about them and why they are excited to join the board!
Programs — Center for Disability and Elder Law CDEL’s Programs Much of CDEL’s programming is done in the community, in high-need areas CDEL strives to provide services that are easily accessible to our clients We value our relationships with our community partners and how they allow us to expand our services to reach more people in need
December 2024 CDEL Newsletter — Center for Disability and Elder Law CDEL Reflects on Celebrating Forty Years There is Still Time to Give in 2024! CDEL's Governing Board, Young Professionals Board, and Staff Come Together for Year End Mixer CDEL's Young Professionals Board Welcomes Seven New Members! Other News from CDEL: CDEL is Hiring a Development Director; CDEL is Accepting Applications for Runners in the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon; and Save the