A $2.9 million partnership between LCLC and The Bail Project was announced at a press conference on December 7 at our offices in Lawndale. We are so excited to begin this partnership with The Bail...
Community Release with Support addresses root causes through services, partnership with Lawndale Christian Legal Center. CHICAGO (December 7, 2021) The Bail Project announced today that it will spend $2.9 million to partner with Lawndale Christian Legal Center to...
As Dr. Dennis Deer likes to say, “in order to get something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.” LCLC’s long time Vice President of Organizational Health and Management, Dr. Deer...
Several West Side organizations have come together to launch "Justice Rising: Project 77" which will provide legal aid and social services to young people in the criminal justice system. Watch video...
With the launch of Justice Rising: Project 77, Lawndale Christian Legal Center is expanding our community-led and restorative justice approach from North Lawndale into three new neighborhoods – East Garfield Park, Austin and Little Village.This...
‘Justice Rising: Project 77’ connects Breakthrough, BUILD, Lawndale Christian Legal Center and New Life Centers CHICAGO (September 7, 2021) – Four neighborhood-based nonprofits today announced a new partnership to strengthen public safety via holistic social services and...
As our nation celebrates Independence Day, a lot of people like to talk about how proud they are that we live in the “land of the free.” How proud they are of our country that...
For Amy Campanelli, restorative justice is more than just a passion. It's a legacy. LCLC’s new Vice President of Restorative Justice, who comes to us from having spent the last six years as the Cook County...
We are so pleased to announce that Amy Campanelli, former Cook County Public Defender, has become our Vice President of Restorative Justice. Here is the press release about it. We hope you’ll join us in...
At 20 years old, Anita Stevens was in college studying to become a nurse when North Lawndale police arrested her. Anita remembers the shock of handcuffs gripping her wrists and sitting in the back of...
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, over-policing black communities became the national conversation. But the fact is, even though it’s not being talked about, public defense is critical to ending this problem as well....
Lawndale Christian Legal Center's work was featured on Fox 32 Chicago. ...
Lawndale Christian Legal Center's work was featured in Block Club Chicago. NORTH LAWNDALE — A West Side legal aid group was recognized as one of the most impactful nonprofits in the country for its work reshaping...
A lot of people I’m introduced to for the first time, hearing that I’m at Lawndale Christian Legal Center (LCLC) working for equal justice for young people caught in the criminal legal system in Chicago,...
When Louis J. was arrested, he was on track to become another statistic, lost in a failing criminal justice system. As an incarcerated young adult, less than 24 years old, Louis would face a 75%...
It seems like such a logical equation: the more tax dollars we invest in police forces and prisons to round up law breakers and keep them off the streets, the safer our communities should be....
