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1. Most Important Considerations When Starting and Operating a Small Business
   Video training describing the important things to know when starting and running a small business.
   Presenter(s): The Law Project
   Updated: 03/18/2013
2. Legal Steps to Starting a Small Business in Illinois
   
   Presenter(s): The Law Project
   Updated: 02/06/2013
3. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting: Community Collaboration
   This meeting focuses on creating partnerships between legal aid and other community organizations for the benefit of clients.
   Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
   Updated: 05/16/2012
4. Sample Nonprofit Bylaws
   Use these sample bylaws as a guide when preparing or reviewing the bylaws of an Illinois nonprofit, nonmember organization.
   Author: The Law Project
   Updated: 05/04/2012
5. How To Get Pro Bono Legal Services for Your New Nonprofit
   This training explains the pro bono application components and legal information about starting a charity.
   Presenter(s): The Law Project
   Updated: 05/02/2012
6. Political Activity for Charitable Organizations
   There is a strict prohibition against campaign activity for public charities, but what does that mean? This webcasts explains which activities are allowed and which will jeopardize a 501(c)(3)tax exemption.
   Presenter(s): The Law Project
   Updated: 03/12/2012
7. Nonprofit Legal Assessment Score Card
   Use this Score Card as a guide to conducting a Nonprofit Legal Assessment. The Score Card includes background information on each of the assessment areas, as well as a mechanism to track the progress of the assessment.
   Author: The Law Project
   Updated: 02/24/2012
8. Nonprofit Legal Assessment Training
   Guidance on how to do a comprehensive legal assessment of a tax exempt organization's policies and procedures, enabling them to build internal capacity in management areas.
   Presenter(s): The Law Project
   Updated: 01/03/2012
9. A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations: General Charitable Organization Compliance
   Overview of general legal issues facing Illinois nonprofit, nonmember organizations.
   Author: The Law Project
   Updated: 12/07/2011
10. Sample Employment Applications
    Sample employment application forms appropriate for use by an Illinois nonprofit organization.
    Author: The Law Project
    Updated: 12/07/2011
11. Guides for Nonprofit Organizations
    Guides to helping Illinois nonprofit organizations deal with compliance and employment issues.
    Author: The Law Project
    Updated: 12/07/2011
12. Sample Language for Article of Incorporation Number 5
    Example of language that is customary and appropriate for Article 5 of an Illinois nonprofit organization's Articles of Incorporation.
    Author: The Law Project
    Updated: 12/07/2011
13. Sample Employment Application (Long Form)
    A sample long-form employment application appropriate for use by an Illinois nonprofit organization.
    Author: The Law Project
    Updated: 12/07/2011
14. Sample Employment Application (Short Form)
    A sample short-form employment application appropriate for use by an Illinois nonprofit organization.
    Author: The Law Project
    Updated: 12/07/2011
15. A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations: Employment Issues
    Overview of employment issues facing Illinois nonprofit organizations.
    Author: The Law Project
    Updated: 12/07/2011
16. ¿Será una Organización No Lucrativa la Mejor Opción?
    Explica cómo determinar si una organización no lucrativa es la adecuada para sus necesidades
    Author: Community Economic Development Law Project
    Updated: 11/11/2011
17. Holistic Advocacy
    Directory of non-legal support services for use by legal aid attorneys
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 01/21/2011
18. Miscellaneous Contract Defenses
    Information about the law of unconscionability and common law defenses for breaking a contract.
    Author: Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Updated: 08/03/2010
19. Hurricane Katrina Resources for Attorneys
    Information for attorneys assisting victims of Katrina as well as attorneys who have become victims of the disaster themselves
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/02/2010
20. Illinois Victim’s Economic Security and Safety Act (“VESSA”)
    This training provides information regarding victims’ rights and employers’ obligations under VESSA.
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for civil Rights Under the Law
    Updated: 07/29/2010
21. Highlights of Health Insurance Market Changes Resulting from National Health Insurance Reform
    Reviews the effect that the national Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on small business and medical insurance companies based on the dates that these effects will become active
    Author: Illinois Department of Insurance
    Updated: 07/20/2010
22. What You Need to Know about the Revised NFP Act
    This training covers what you need to know about the Revised NFP Act.
    Presenter(s): Community Economic Development Law Project
    Updated: 04/13/2010
23. Disaster Legal Services Manual
    Provides general information helpful to disaster relief in Illinois on various topics, including public benefits, housing, consumer protection, and other vital issues
    Author: The Illinois State Bar Association
    Updated: 04/08/2010
24. CBA Legal Aid Committee: Understanding the Issues in Illinois’ Budget
    Provides information about how the legal aid community is affected by the current budget crisis in Illinois
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 12/18/2009
25. Introducing the Illinois L3C
    A free seminar about the new L3C structure for socially beneficial businesses.
    Presenter(s): Community Economic Development Law Project
    Updated: 10/06/2009

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