nonprofit civil legal-aid organization
Legal Aid Chicago
Industry Legal
A Chicago nonprofit providing free civil legal assistance to people in Chicago and suburban Cook County. It scores this way because full-time legal aid for poverty, housing, health care, work, safety, and economic-stability cases is strongly pro-client, while the public record shows nonprofit governance rather than democratic ownership.
Why this matters: Legal Aid Chicago adds a major Cook County civil legal-aid anchor to the Illinois map.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
Final Score
61* A - Good
A* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Extraction; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.
Strengths
- Extraction8/10
- Ownership7/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
Penalties
- No penalties applied in this version.
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims7
- Direct axis claims7
- Coverage7/12
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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7 / 10 |
Legal Aid Chicago presents itself as a legal-aid nonprofit relying on donations and public-interest legal work. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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8 / 10 |
Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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4 / 7 |
Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability. Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
Legal Aid Chicago says legal aid is free representation in civil matters for clients who lack resources to hire attorneys. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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7 / 7 |
Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
Legal Aid Chicago provides free legal assistance in civil cases to people living in Chicago and suburban Cook County. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability. Linked evidence
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Penalties
No penalties applied in this version.
Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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2 / 3 |
Legal Aid Chicago describes litigation and advocacy that fights for individual rights against poverty-related legal barriers. Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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3 / 3 |
Legal Aid Chicago frames its work around equal justice and participation in the legal system for people blocked by cost. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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3 / 3 |
Legal Aid Chicago services are free and can be accessed remotely or in person through clinics and help desks. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 74/100
7 verified linked claims 7 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 7/12 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 20/20
7 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 9/18
7 direct claims across 12 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 15, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 6/10
7/12 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Correction routeUse “Challenge this rating” for
factual errors, missing counterevidence, source problems, or calculation
mistakes.
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submit source-backed corrections; payment never changes scores or
reviewer authority.
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Legal Aid Chicago presents itself as a legal-aid nonprofit relying on donations and public-interest legal work.
- Legal Aid Chicago who we areGeneral web source · 58%
2Legal Aid Chicago provides free legal assistance in civil cases to people living in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
- Legal Aid Chicago contactGeneral web source · 58%
3Legal Aid Chicago's core work includes litigation and advocacy for affordable housing, health care, fair working conditions, protection from abuse, and economic stability.
- Legal Aid Chicago who we areGeneral web source · 58%
4Legal Aid Chicago says legal aid is free representation in civil matters for clients who lack resources to hire attorneys.
- Legal Aid Chicago who we areGeneral web source · 58%
5Legal Aid Chicago describes litigation and advocacy that fights for individual rights against poverty-related legal barriers.
- Legal Aid Chicago who we areGeneral web source · 58%
6Legal Aid Chicago frames its work around equal justice and participation in the legal system for people blocked by cost.
- Legal Aid Chicago who we areGeneral web source · 58%
7Legal Aid Chicago services are free and can be accessed remotely or in person through clinics and help desks.
- Legal Aid Chicago contactGeneral web source · 58%
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