Clifford Helm
Senior Counsel at Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Attorney
ARDC: Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of IllinoisMay, 2015- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Counsel
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Program Counsel
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May 2018 - Jan 2023
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Chicago United for Equity
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Fellow
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May 2021 - Present
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Fellow
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2019 - May 2021
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State Matters
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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Secretary of the Board of Directors
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Jan 2018 - Mar 2020
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Clinical Fellow
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Oct 2017 - May 2018
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Attorney
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May 2015 - May 2018
Serving small businesses and non-profits in Chicago. Serving small businesses and non-profits in Chicago.
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Lawyers Trust Fund Illinois
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Consultant
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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.
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The Law Project
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United States
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Legal Services
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JEP Resident Attorney
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May 2015 - Jan 2016
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Creative Rights
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United States
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Legal Services
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Staff Attorney
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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.
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Project Leader
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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.
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Student Attorney
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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.
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Editor-in-Chief
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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.
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ACLU of Northern California
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Technology and Civil Liberties Project Policy Intern
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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/).
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Illinois Legal Aid Online
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Summer Associate
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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.
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Centerforce
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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AmeriCorps VISTA
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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.
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Education
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University of Michigan Law School
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Copyright, Entrepreneurship, First Amendment -
University of Southern California
Bachelor's Degree, Political Science and Government