Legal Aid Attorneys Get to Role Play in Trial Training Program

• Kirkland & Ellis offers program in conjunction with The Chicago Bar Foundation to train legal aid attorneys’ litigation skills

• Fills training gap that exists due to budget constraints many legal aid groups face

For the third year, Kirkland & Ellis’s Chicago office, along with the The Chicago Bar Foundation Legal Aid Academy, is volunteering to train legal aid attorneys in trial advocacy.

The training fills a gap that legal aid groups have identified, Angela Inzano, a senior manager with The Chicago Bar Foundation, told Bloomberg Law in an email.

We have a “long-existing collaboration” with Kirkland on pro bono ...