Subject: FW: legal assistance & potential grantees Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:55:06 -0600 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE92101826A5C@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Bernstein, Rick A - WHS" <Rick.Bernstein@wisconsinhistory.org>
FYI
Rick Bernstein
Field Services-Southern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
608 264 6583
Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories Since 1846
Marquette launches new legal assistance program for nonprofits
http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2008/12/4/#
<http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2008/12/4/>
"Marquette University Law School has established a new program to
provide pro bono legal assistance to Milwaukee's nonprofit
organizations. The Milwaukee Legal Initiative for Nonprofit Corporations
(M-LINC) is the only source of its kind in the state, connecting
attorneys and law students willing to donate their time and expertise
with charities unable to afford legal help. M-LINC facilitates pro bono
legal services for eligible nonprofit corporations and hosts educational
programs on nonprofit legal issues. In addition, M-LINC hosts a clinical
program each semester that brings together the expertise of students and
faculty from Marquette's Law School, College of Business Administration,
College of Professional Studies and J. William and Mary Diederich
College of Communication to benefit the multi-faceted needs of a
nonprofit client. "Marquette Law School is uniquely positioned to
provide this link among attorneys, law students and nonprofits in need.
Exposing students to different examples of public service in the legal
profession is an important part of our mission," said Marquette Law
School dean Joseph Kearney. Attorneys and law firms throughout the state
have signed on to assist with clients as needed. Law students from
Marquette participate in administering the pro bono legal services
program, helping staff a legal assistance phone line, assisting
volunteer attorneys with research on pro bono cases and working in the
nonprofit clinic, all under the direction of attorney Karin Werner and
an advisory council. M-LINC has secured funding through 2010 with a lead
grant from the Helen Bader Foundation and additional assistance from the
Pro Bono Initiative Fund of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Nonprofit
corporations may inquire about pro bono legal services by calling M-LINC
at (414) 288-6331 or at (888) 530-5462."
On another note, the February 1st, 2009, deadline for our Preservation
Fund grant is coming up and I still have a larger pool of funding to
distribute. I think it is a combination of factors why I can't get this
distributed. Poor economy, past applicants that could not fulfill their
grant, and increasingly complex projects that are "do it yourself".
Just inquiring if in your outreach you are familiar with any groups or
projects that might be interested in this grant, again primarily used
for planning documents or education or public preservation outreach
programs. thanks, trent
Trent Margrif | Director, Wisconsin Field Office
National Trust for Historic Preservation
516 Algoma Blvd. #312 Oshkosh WI 54901
Phone: 920.233.0995 | Email: Trent_Margrif@nthp.org
<mailto:Trent_Margrif@nthp.org> | www.PreservationNation.org
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