Federal Work Study Organizations

Below is a list of eligible federal work study organizations. If a government or nonprofit organization is not on the list below and you would like to use federal work study money to work with them, please send Michelle Vodenik via email at mvodenik@kentlaw.iit.edu with the name of the organization and your contact at the organization, and she will invite them to join Chicago-Kent’s FWS program. You should also fill out this form. Please note that there are limited federal work study funds available and deadlines for approval every semester and for the summer; therefore, approval of payment depends on availability of funds. 

Eligible Federal Work Study Organizations

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona
  • Ascend Justice
  • Beyond Legal Aid (formerly Community Activism Law Alliance)
  • Black and Pink Chicago Chapter
  • Cabrini Green Legal Aid
  • Campaign for Better Health Care
  • Center for Conflict Resolution
  • Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL)
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, at the University of Chicago
  • Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE)
  • Chicago Community Bond Fund
  • Chicago Council on Global Affairs
  • Chicago Law and Education Foundation (CLEF)
  • Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
  • Chicago Property Tax Appeal Project (PTAP)—A project of The Coalition for Property Tax Justice
  • Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS)
  • Children's Legal Center
  • Citizen Advocacy Center
  • Citizen Works
  • Civic Legal Corp
  • CARPLS: Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services
  • Collection Defense Lab (formerly Debtors Legal Clinic)
  • Conservation International Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
  • Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
  • Equip for Equality
  • Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project
  • First Defense Legal Aid
  • Friends of the Hammond Legal Aid Clinic
  • Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
  • Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
  • Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO)
  • Immigrants Like Us
  • John Howard Association (JHA)
  • Ladder Up (formerly the Center for Economic Progress)
  • Latinos Progresando
  • Lawndale Christian Legal Center (LCLC)
  • Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH)
  • Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA)
  • Legal Aid Chicago
  • Legal Aid Society (LAS)—Metropolitan Family Services
  • Legal Council for Health Justice (LCHJ)
  • Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy
  • Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
  • National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
  • National Legal Advocacy Network (NLAN)
  • Natural Resources Defense Counsel (NRDC)
  • Openlands
  • Preston Bradley Center
  • Raise the Floor Alliance (formerly Working Hands Legal Clinic)
  • Shriver Center on Poverty Law
  • Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools
  • Chicago Office of the City Treasurer
  • Chicago Park District
  • Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
  • City of Chicago, Department of Law
  • City of Evanston, Law Department
  • Cook County Office of the Public Guardian
  • Cook County Public Defender’s Office
  • Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
  • Douglas County Attorney's Office, Omaha
  • DuPage County Public Defender’s Office, Wheaton, Illinois
  • DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, Wheaton, Illinois
  • Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, St. Charles, Illinois
  • Kane County Public Defender’s Office, St. Charles, Illinois
  • Lake County Public Defender’s Office, Waukegan, Illinois
  • Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, Waukegan, Illinois
  • Lake County Commissioners, Crown Point, Indiana
  • McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office, Bloomington, Illinois
  • Will County Public Defender’s Office, Joliet, Illinois
  • Will County State's Attorney’s Office, Joliet, Illinois
  • Committee for Public Counsel Services, The Public Defender Agency ofMassachusetts
  • Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS)
  • Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPF)
  • Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Service (IDHFS)
  • Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)
  • Illinois Department of Revenue (IDR)
  • Illinois Office of Trade and Investment, Department of Commerce, and Economic Opportunity
  • Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB)
  • Illinois State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor (ILSAAP)
  • Indiana Department of Child Services
  • Office of the State Appellate Defender, Illinois (OSAD)
  • Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, Offices Across the State of Wisconsin
  • Federal Defender Program, Chicago
  • Federal Defender for the Eastern District of Missouri
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
  • Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago
  • Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C.
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Commerce, Firstnet, Washington, D.C.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel
  • U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Milwaukee
  • U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois-Chicago
  • U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service
  • U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Trustee Office
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Region V
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission