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CDEL Community Clinic

About Us

The Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL) was founded in 1984 by the Chicago Bar Association to provide FREE legal services to low-income seniors and/or persons with disabilities who live in Cook County. CDEL’s focuses its legal services on issues which have a significant impact on the people we serve-such as:

  1. Housing
  2. Financial Matter
    1. Collections
    2. Consumer Fraud
  3. End of Life Planning
    1. Powers of Attorney
    2. Living Will Declarations
    3. Transfer on Death Instruments
    4. Simple Wills
  4. Financial Exploitation & Abuse

Community Clinics

CDEL hosts several community clinics throughout Cook County so that seniors may access our services more conveniently and receive responses to requests for assistance more quickly. CDEL provides four (4) clinics to senior centers in suburban Cook County and four (4) clinics in Chicago. Additionally, we host our monthly Proud to Thrive clinic at the Center on Addison, a LGBT-affirming location, for LGBT elders and persons with disabilities. Finally, we host monthly Veteran clinics at Jesse Brown VA and Hines VA. During the on-going pandemic, most of our clinics went virtual and were conducted via the telephone. We are excited to return to our in-person community clinics in 2022!

Requesting Legal Assistance

If you would like to request legal assistance through one of the clinics, please:

  • Call us at 312-376-1880 Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon
  • If we are able to assist you, we will schedule an appointment for you to come to the clinic when we are in your area; so that you may meet with an attorney and discuss your legal issue

OR

  • If we are NOT able to assist you, we will provide you with a referral to another organization or service, which may be able to provide legal assistance to you.

Contact Info

  • Website: cdelaw.org
  • Address: 205 W. Randolph, Suite 1610, Chicago, IL 60606
  • Phone #: (312) 376-1880
  • Fax #: (312) 376-1885

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