Bess Schenkier
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Experience
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Legal Assistance Foundation
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United States
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Public Policy Offices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer
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2018 - Present
I am working with clients to help them prepare Advance Directives. I am working with clients to help them prepare Advance Directives.
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Compassion & Choices
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer
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2010 - Present
I am working with Compassion & Choices to advocate and educate for end of life choices. I am working with Compassion & Choices to advocate and educate for end of life choices.
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Northshore University Hospice
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Skokie, IL
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Volunteer
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Sep 2000 - Present
I assist hospice patients and their families in a variety of ways, including patient support and caregiver respite. I also attend training and educational activities related to end of life issues. I assist hospice patients and their families in a variety of ways, including patient support and caregiver respite. I also attend training and educational activities related to end of life issues.
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Greater Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc.
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Staff Attorney
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2000 - 2011
While at the Clinic, I specialized in pro bono environmental law, assisting not-for-profits, community groups and individuals facing environmental threats in the Chicago metro area. While at the Clinic, I specialized in pro bono environmental law, assisting not-for-profits, community groups and individuals facing environmental threats in the Chicago metro area.
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Assistant General Counsel
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Jun 1979 - Feb 1990
As an attorney at U.S. EPA, I strove to enforce federal environmental laws and regulations in the five-states that made up Region V. I took several years off when my children were young (1981 - 1986), but returned to continue my work until I left the agency. As an attorney at U.S. EPA, I strove to enforce federal environmental laws and regulations in the five-states that made up Region V. I took several years off when my children were young (1981 - 1986), but returned to continue my work until I left the agency.
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Education
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Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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Northwestern University