Jill graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1999. She became committed to legal aid after her first year of law school when she worked as an intern for Cabrini Green Legal Aid. She has continued to exhibit her dedication to public interest law since graduating despite an educational debt load and often an economy that made acting on that commitment a challenge.

After serving as a staff attorney at Prairie State Legal Services and CARPLS, a year ago she became the Legal Content Manager for Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO). In this position she maintains legal resources on 26 different areas of law for the three ILAO websites tailored to three distinct audiences – the general public (www.IllinoisLegalAid.org), legal aid advocates (www.IllinoisLegalAdvocate.org), and members of the legal community who want to become involved in pro bono (www.IllinoisProBono.org). Over 70,000 people a month visit ILAO’s website for the public. In this position Jill also supervises ILAO’s law student interns and performs community outreach. She relishes her role as a legal aid ambassador to the law students. She tries to create a rewarding experience for them so that she is cultivating a new group of lawyers who will be committed to legal aid. Her position at ILAO is an excellent fit for Jill’s broad experience in legal aid, and her colleagues from earlier positions in legal aid made clear how fortunate ILAO and the community are to have made good use of Jill’s talents and commitment.