UPLC advocates for prisoners, tenants, and disabled people denied public benefits. We assist clients in fighting illegal evictions, recovering security deposits, and working with tenants …

UPLC assists prisoners in various matters, including denial of adequate medical care, excessive force matters, denial of religious rights, discrimination, access to the courts, due process and cruel and unusual punishment. UPLC does not represent individuals in criminal appeals.

With more than seven years in private litigation and governmental work, Jim now leads UPLC’s housing work, fighting to keep tenants in their homes. He also works heavily in UPLC’s outreach efforts to extend community engagement and education. Jim graduated from DePaul University College of Law. Eryn joined UPLC in August 2023 as a staff attorney.

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) are both commonly used techniques when it comes to separating components. Given their common purpose, it can be hard for some people to differentiate between the two.

Every year, UPLC provides referrals, legal advice, and direct representation to hundreds of individuals and families seeking Social Security disability income and/or who are enduring landlord-tenant disputes.

UPLC advocates for prisoners, tenants, and disabled people denied public benefits. Everyone has fundamental human rights which deserve protection, including people in prison, people experiencing...

Uptown People's Law Center, Chicago, Illinois. 4,145 likes · 5 talking about this · 161 were here. Uptown People's Law Center is a nonprofit legal aid...

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The head of the Uptown People’s Law Center (UPLC) is retiring after four-and-a-half decades with the nonprofit, which provides legal help to prisoners and the poor....

UPLC has been fighting gentrification in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago for over 40 years. How did UPLC come to do prisoners' rights work? The cover of Heather Ann Thompson’s Pulitzer Prize winning book on the Attica prison riot. Following a lawsuit settlement, every prison library in Illinois is getting a copy of the book.

UPLC is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit storefront legal clinic. UPLC advocates for prisoners, tenants, and disabled people denied public benefits. Our representation in social security and landlord-tenant.