ISBA grants available for affiliate bar activities

The Illinois State Bar Association Standing Committee on Bar Services and Activities is pleased to announce the Affiliated Bar Association grant program. The grant program provides up to $750 to an affiliated bar association to plan activities which promote your bar association, the ISBA and the legal profession. To qualify for the grant, the following requirements must be met:

1. The activities to be funded by the grant must impact the general public and not solely the legal profession. Requests for monies to be used for food or other refreshments will not be granted. Additionally, judicial appreciation nights, bar association social events, bar association retreats, or other programs that are closed to the public and attended only by members of the legal profession will not be funded.
2. The ISBA must be recognized as a sponsor along with your affiliated bar association in any publicity and other printed materials.
3. You must submit a report regarding the completed activity within 30 days of the event/activity. Copies of all publicity and other printed materials must be submitted with the report.

To participate in this year’s grant program, please complete an application in its entirety and return to: Janet Sosin, ISBA, Bar Services Department, 20 S. Clark St. Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60603. There is no deadline, but applications should be received well in advance of the planned activities. Please note the grant guidelines are enclosed. If you have any questions, please contact Janet M. Sosin, Director of Bar Services, 312-726-8775, 800-678-4009 or jsosin@isba.org.