About PIRC
Our student-staffed office assists other students achieve their public service goals. We provide information for those who are interested in public interest, volunteerism, and pro bono legal work. Primarily, we help students find legal and non-legal projects, including one-time and ongoing service opportunities.
Our office also publishes the bi-weekly newsletter Public Interest Matters, which alerts the Kent community to upcoming service opportunities and other related news and events within the school and local area. Paper copies are available outside the Spak and in the student lounge. Electronic versions are distributed through our mailing list and are archived online.
Moreover, we administer the program that awards the Chicago-Kent Certificate of Service and the Dean’s Distinguished Public Service Award, which recognizes outstanding student volunteer efforts. Students can:
and review eligibility requirements online. Recipients of these awards are recognized at our annual reception.
Donate-A-Phone Project:
As an extension of the Wireless Foundation’s Call to Protect Program, PIRC collects used cell phones to aid victims of domestic violence. We accept broken cell phones, but do not accept car-installed bag phones. If possible, please provide the charger and other included accessories. Used cell phones will be rehabbed and programmed to dial emergency numbers.
Please drop phones off in Room 654 during office hours or mail them to our address below. This donation may be tax-deductible; an acknowledgement form is available upon request.
Join Our Mailing List: Members of the Kent community are invited to join our mailing list. To receive email updates, including our newsletter, send an email to listproc@chicagokent.kentlaw.edu. Leave the subject line blank, and write the following text in the body: "subscribe PIRC Firstname Lastname" (without quotes, but with your own first and last names). Students who are registered with our office will automatically receive these emails.
Contact Us: Office hours are held during the regular academic year. Also, you may email us to schedule an appointment outside of office hours.
If the office is locked, you may slip any paper timesheets under the door. Please note that the PIRC office is closed during the summer and winter intersessions and on days when no classes are scheduled during the regular academic year.
Public Interest Resource Center
Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 West Adams Street, Room 654
Chicago, Illinois 60661
312.906.5089
pirc@kentlaw.edu | 
