Recent Press – Chicago Council of Lawyers

New Research Documents Need For Deep Reform of Cook County Criminal Court Culture

In their new study documenting a litany of failings in the operation of the Cook County Felony Courts at 26th Street and California Avenue in Chicago, "How Culture Impacts Courtrooms: An Empirical Study of Alienation and Detachment in the Cook County Court System" ("study"), four law faculty authors...

License to Work Act Passes

License to Work Act: SB 1786, the License to Work Act, passed in the Illinois legislature veto session on Tuesday, October 29. Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed are proud to have worked as members of the Transit Table Coalition on this important legislation to end the practice of s...

Letter to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: We won’t know if bail reform is working until the public has the necessary data

This op-ed appeared in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on March 1, 2018. Last summer, Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued an order directing judges to set monetary bonds only in amounts that people can pay. The order was designed to bring judicial practice in line with state la...

A Police Accountability Policy Recommendation from the Chicago Council of Lawyers

Chicago Should Annually Disclose Police Officers Named in a High Number of Complaints December 2014 I. Recommendation. Consistent with the March 2014 ruling of the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court in Kalven v. City of Chicago,[1] Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago City Council should requ...

Judge Chevere, Found Unqualified for Retention in 2012, Now Re-Assigned for Wrongfully Jailing Defendants

Published on December 2, 2014 on the Collaboration for Justice Blog By: Elizabeth Monkus Recently, the Chicago Tribune reported that Cook County Criminal Court Judge Gloria Chevere was re-assigned to a non-trial civil administration call, following a report that she was wrongly jailing defenda...

Essential Components for Bond Court Reform

Essential Components for Bond Court Reform A Policy Statement from the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers This Policy Statement was published as a Letter to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on October 29, 2014. By Ali Abid, Staff...

2014 Judicial Evaluations and Results

Judicial Election Results for the November 4, 2014 General Election All judges running for retention in Cook County were retained. There were two contested elections. In the Fourth Subcircuit, John J. Mahoney won the election to fill the Billik Vacancy. In the Twelfth Subcircu...

2014 Annual Luncheon

Thank you to those of you who supported our successful Annual Fundraising Luncheon held on October 1st. For a copy of the keynote address by Juliana Stratton on criminal justice reform in Cook County, please CLICK HERE. We distributed at the Luncheon a description of the accomplishments of the Col...

Collaboration for Justice Advisory Committees

The Chicago Council of Lawyers invites you to participate in Collaboration for Justice Advisory Committees through which you can get involved in meaningful systemic reform pro bono work. For more information, please CLICK HERE....

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