Lightfoot names members of new police oversight panel, including LCLC's Executive Director, Cliff Nellis. The interim members of the Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability will have to build consensus and avoid becoming "another point...
WGN Radio OUTSIDE THE LOOPGuaranteed income pilot program, Pre-trial assistance, Boosting arts & culture in rural Illinois ...
Check out WGN's feature on our Community Ground-Breaking Event. Thank you, Judy Wang!CHICAGO's VERY OWN WGN 9 ...
K-Town center will provide workforce development training and social supports to lead clients to homeownership CHICAGO (August 6, 2022) Lawndale Christian Legal Center announced today the construction of a $17 million center where clients will live...
In 2010, we opened our doors in North Lawndale.The idea was simple:-Provide the best legal representation to juveniles and young adults. -Offer social supports that treat their trauma and guide them away from courtrooms and jail...
Listen to Lawndale Christian Legal Center's very own Vice President of Restorative Justice, Amy Campanelli, on WBBM Newsradio on Sunday, July 31st. She joined host Craig Dellimore and Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund's Executive Director,...
Check out the Chicago Sun-Times feature on Lawndale Christian Legal Center's important work with Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund and The Bail Project. The Chicago Sun-Times ...
Check out our very own, Fredrick Dennis, featured in this Block Club Chicago article. Fredrick is a champion; a former Gold Gloves boxer, former client of LCLC and now a staff member of LCLC and...
The Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund partners with The Bail Project and Lawndale Christian Legal Center to support public safety through apartments that stabilize lives. CHICAGO (July 20, 2022) People who leave Cook County Jail on...
Check out our very own Amy Campanelli on WGN Radio with Karen Conti discussing the reaction that now-confirmed and soon-to-be-sworn-in as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received during her hearing for having worked as a public...
Cliff Nellis, LCLC's Executive Director, was featured on Akin Law's Chicagoans You Should Know! This video talks about Cliff's journey with Lawndale Community Church in founding Lawndale Christian Legal Center.https://vimeo.com/675650517...
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...
For Deshawn Nelson, like so many young people growing up in North Lawndale, a Chicago neighborhood desecrated by the effects of systemic economic and racial injustice, gangs and drugs, unemployment and poverty were simply a...
To reduce violence in the city, the answers lie in the same place the acts occur: the community....
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...
If you have a passion to make a difference in the world and want to be a part of making sure that everyone, from every zip code in Chicago, no matter the color of their...
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...
April 4th marked the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s tragic death. That day was a time for many of us to reflect on Dr. King and his tireless work fighting for equal voting...
