Clifford Helm

Senior Counsel at Chicago Lawyers'​ Committee for Civil Rights
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Credentials

  • Attorney
    ARDC: Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
    May, 2015
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Counsel
      • Jan 2023 - Present

    • Program Counsel
      • May 2018 - Jan 2023

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Fellow
      • May 2021 - Present

    • Fellow
      • 2019 - May 2021

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • Secretary of the Board of Directors
      • Jan 2018 - Mar 2020
    • Attorney
      • May 2015 - May 2018

      Serving small businesses and non-profits in Chicago. Serving small businesses and non-profits in Chicago.

    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Consultant
      • Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

      Project consultant to develop the Ready to Work Program, which funded legal aid organizations to partner with workforce development agencies and provide free legal services for people facing legal barriers to employment. Project consultant to develop the Ready to Work Program, which funded legal aid organizations to partner with workforce development agencies and provide free legal services for people facing legal barriers to employment.

    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • JEP Resident Attorney
      • May 2015 - Jan 2016
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • Staff Attorney
      • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

      Creative Rights provides free legal services to the creative community of Greater Detroit. Additionally, I frequently present seminars and workshops on legal topics in the arts at community group events, conferences, and classes. We also create and develop legal tools and projects to help artists and musicians better understand and utilize their rights. Creative Rights provides free legal services to the creative community of Greater Detroit. Additionally, I frequently present seminars and workshops on legal topics in the arts at community group events, conferences, and classes. We also create and develop legal tools and projects to help artists and musicians better understand and utilize their rights.

    • Project Leader
      • Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

      ArtsLab is an educational project to encourage entrepreneurship in the arts on campus which I developed. Over the past year, students in the project have started a record label, experimented with alternative distribution techniques for digital content, attended seminars and workshops, and researched the problems with metadata in digital content. ArtsLab is an educational project to encourage entrepreneurship in the arts on campus which I developed. Over the past year, students in the project have started a record label, experimented with alternative distribution techniques for digital content, attended seminars and workshops, and researched the problems with metadata in digital content.

    • Student Attorney
      • Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

      As a student attorney, I provided legal advice to small businesses and start-ups. I drafted contracts, operating agreements, and licensing agreements while providing legal advice on a broad range of topics from consumer privacy to organizational structure. As a student attorney, I provided legal advice to small businesses and start-ups. I drafted contracts, operating agreements, and licensing agreements while providing legal advice on a broad range of topics from consumer privacy to organizational structure.

    • Editor-in-Chief
      • Jan 2012 - May 2013

      As Editor-in-Chief, I was responsible for the publication of volume 19 of MTTLR (http://www.mttlr.org/html/archive/volume19.html). The journal had a staff of around 60 students working on publishing articles by leading scholars in the field of IP and technology. As Editor-in-Chief, I was responsible for the publication of volume 19 of MTTLR (http://www.mttlr.org/html/archive/volume19.html). The journal had a staff of around 60 students working on publishing articles by leading scholars in the field of IP and technology.

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Technology and Civil Liberties Project Policy Intern
      • May 2012 - Aug 2012

      While at the ACLU, I researched free speech and privacy policies at businesses. During the summer, we published “Privacy and Free Speech: It’s Good for Business” (aclunc-tech.org/primer/). While at the ACLU, I researched free speech and privacy policies at businesses. During the summer, we published “Privacy and Free Speech: It’s Good for Business” (aclunc-tech.org/primer/).

    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Summer Associate
      • May 2011 - Aug 2011

      As a summer intern, I contributed to a number of legal guides for ILAO (http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/) designed to assist pro se litigants have equal access to justice. Topics ranged from expungement to eviction. As a summer intern, I contributed to a number of legal guides for ILAO (http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/) designed to assist pro se litigants have equal access to justice. Topics ranged from expungement to eviction.

    • United States
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • AmeriCorps VISTA
      • Jun 2008 - Jul 2009

      The Centerforce LIFE Project is a mentoring program for San Francisco Bay Area youth who have a parent in prison. I worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer to help administer the program, supervise volunteer mentors, and expand the services the program could offer. The Centerforce LIFE Project is a mentoring program for San Francisco Bay Area youth who have a parent in prison. I worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer to help administer the program, supervise volunteer mentors, and expand the services the program could offer.

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School
    Juris Doctor (J.D.), Copyright, Entrepreneurship, First Amendment
    2011 - 2013
  • University of Southern California
    Bachelor's Degree, Political Science and Government
    2003 - 2007

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