Village, Greater Chicago Legal Clinic to Host ’Know Your Rights’ Works

Published on February 13, 2025

The Village of Oak Park has partnered with the Greater Chicago Legal Clinic to host a series of free workshops that will focus on immigration issues in and around the community.

The first workshop has been scheduled for Tues., Feb. 18 from 6-7 p.m. in the Community Room (room 101) at Village Hall (123 Madison St.). The workshop is free, open to the public and no registration is required.

Additional workshops in the series are still being planned. More information about dates, times, locations and topics will be shared by the Village of Oak Park once finalized.

Greater Chicago Legal Clinic has assisted more than 500,000 clients with civil legal matters since its founding in 1981. It began as the South Chicago Legal Clinic, a storefront office helping members of the community impacted by the reduction in the operation of the steel mills. Since the Clinic has grown into a regional provider of legal services in neighborhoods across Chicagoland. For more information, please visit www.gclclaw.org.

For more information or to find additional resources from the Village of Oak Park, please visit www.oak-park.us/welcoming.

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About Oak Park

The Village of Oak Park, located just nine miles west of downtown Chicago, offers a distinctive urban/suburban lifestyle in a thriving, multi-cultural community. Well-known for progressive values, tree-lined streets and bustling business districts, Oak Park serves as an ideal place to live, work and play. As a longstanding community of choice, the Village benefits from convenient access to local and regional transit, high-quality public schools, and arts and cultural attractions, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio and his acclaimed Unity Temple, which was recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.