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- Other than making an interesting (I think)  local area connection, has our discussion been any help on the non-profit question, or more of an excercise in already-thought-of-that? Well I am very curious about these whales. If they really exist, it gives me hope that forming a 501(c)(3) may d...

The only thing I know about water testing is 1) It costs $200 to test water for explosives compounds one might find from 1,000,000 rounds of artillery being fired near ones municipal water treatment plant and that the closest lab is in Lincoln NE 2) The Highland Park water treatment plant only filte...

How about this for an executive summary: The Army created a hazardous waste landfill on the shore of Lake Michigan at Fort Sheridan.  Now they are trying to pass the property off to developers without having fully cleaned it according to federal environmental standards.  Worse still, the U...

I love the juxtaposition of selling Britta filters next to the donation button!  Pay once now or pay for life, you choose. The nice thing about having become a lawyer is that I can keep up this battle with little ongoing expense.  Besides the $350 case filing fee, the cost of printing moti...

You've got your law degree? Put on your barrister's hat and bill it through your firm. How? Hmmm...Highland Park, Glencoe, North Shore...seems to me there's as much money there as ---well, as army-dumped munitions perhaps.  So, you find a local firm to run it through that focuses on class acti...

I have been an environmental activist for about 10 years now.  I just graduated law school and want to continue doing pro bono environmental legal work.  My main site is w and concerns the cleanup of a closed army base near Chicago near where I live.  I am litigating this in federal c...