Partner Reena Bajowala was elected to the Legal Services Corporation Emerging Leaders Council.
 
The Emerging Leaders Council brings together rising leaders in the legal industry across the United States to help increase public awareness of the civil legal aid crisis and the importance of providing equal access to justice to all low-income Americans. The council, formed in early 2019, seeks to not only tap into the next generation of advocates, but to bring together leaders from diverse professional backgrounds, such as technology, business and academia.
 
Though the council is still in its early development, co-chairs hope to provide congressional briefings, speak publicly about the value of civil legal aid, write op-eds, help LSC outreach activities and collaborate on ways to expand access to justice for low-income Americans.
 
The Legal Services Corporation is the single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans in the nation. The non-profit organization promotes equal access to justice by awarding grants to legal services providers through a competitive grants process, conducting compliance reviews and program visits to oversee program quality and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and by providing training and technical assistance to programs.
 
Reena Bajowala is a partner in Ice Miller’s Litigation Group and a member of the Firm’s Data Security and Privacy and Benefit Disputes groups. With a broad-based background in complex dispute resolution, Reena represents clients in technology matters involving Information Technology (IT) disputes, data security and privacy issues. Reena is a Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). She is one of the two Chicago Office Recruiting Partners.
 
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