Comments on Proposed July 27 Consent Decree regarding the Chicago Police

The Chicago Council of Lawyers Civil Liberties Committee has reviewed the provisions of the proposed consent decree between the Illinois attorney General’s Office and the City of Chicago regarding reforms to the Chicago Police Department. In the Committee’s view, the proposed consent decree would re...
August 19, 2018
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Protecting Immigration Court Due Process

Protecting Immigration Court Due Process:  A Policy Statement from the Immigration Court Reform Program Committee of the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers Prepared by PILI Fellow Vinita Singh...
August 7, 2018
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Due Process Must Be Protected

–Sadaf Misbah, summer fellow at Chicago Appleseed   Over the weekend, President Trump proposed depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights. In this message via Twitter, the President announced his intention to implement “zero tolerance” when it comes to immigrants crossing t...
June 26, 2018
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Associate Judge Process Has Potential but Diversity Still Not Optimal

Posted by Elizabeth Monkus on June 12, 2018 Improving diversity on the bench requires critical assessment of how judges are elected and selected; citizen oversight and participation is necessary. We believe the associate judge process this year is a reminder toward vigilance in improving represen...
June 15, 2018
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Joint Statement Against Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in Illinois

Following the advancement of House Floor Amendment 1 to SB 2580, a wrong-headed measure to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois, Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice release the following statement in opposition: Joint Statement Against Reinstating the Death Penalty i...
May 22, 2018
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Unofficial Judicial Election Results

Thank you to each of you who used the judicial evaluations of the Chicago Council of Lawyers to make informed decisions about judicial elections.  The Council's evaluations were utilized by VoteforJudges.org, Chicago Votes, Ballot Ready, and Injustice Watch.  More than 100,000 persons saw the Counci...
March 23, 2018
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Evidence-Based Reform and Gun Violence

Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers have joined a letter urging Congress to formally repeal the Dickey Amendment that currently creates an effective ban on federal health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) from conducting research into the causes, effects, and evidence-...
March 22, 2018
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