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Three Reforms to Fines, Fees, and Debt Collection Practices
Along with our partner, Chicago Appleseed, the Council of Lawyers is a member of the Transit Table Coalition, working to eliminate transportation barriers that keep people out of work and in poverty. On Friday, the Transit [...]
Give $50 for 50
Our Presidents' Circle of donors celebrates the collaboration for justice between the Chicago Council of Lawyers and the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice. With a tax deductible donation to our Presidents' Circle $50 for 50 [...]
On the Table 2019 Memo to the Mayor: Our Courts are Our Community
Thanks to our guests for an exciting On the Table conversation on May 15th, discussing our courts as part of our community. This year, On the Table hosts are producing a Memo to the Mayor [...]
A Statement from the Chicago Council of Lawyers: Addressing Systemic Racism in the Cook County Criminal Justice System
Chicago Appleseed, along with Reclaim Chicago and the People’s Lobby, recently released the report: Exercising Full Powers: Recommendations to Kim Foxx on Addressing Systematic Racism in the Cook County Criminal Justice System. This is an editorial [...]
Proposed Law Would Guarantee Prompt Access to a Phone – and a Lawyer- for Arrestees
By Sarah Staudt, Senior Policy Analyst at Chicago Appleseed and Staff Liaison to the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee of Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers. One of the most timeworn media [...]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Releases its 2018 Judicial Evaluations for Judges Seeking Retention and Judicial Candidates Seeking to Fill Vacancies
The Chicago Council of Lawyers releases today its 2018 Judicial Evaluation Report of judges seeking retention and judicial candidates seeking to fill judicial vacancies. We also release our 2018 Judicial Ballot Summary. Judges make all kinds [...]
Supplemental Statement by the Federal Courts Committee of the Chicago Council of Lawyers Opposing the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
The Chicago Council of Lawyers issued its Supreme Court Nominee Report: Judge Brett Kavanaugh on August 31, 2018, days before Judge Kavanaugh sat before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee for a [...]
Comments on the Confirmation Hearings for Judge Kavanaugh
On Friday, the Chicago Council of Lawyers submitted a letter to Congress concerning the confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, scheduled to begin today. The 18-page judicial evaluation report is available for download here. After [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
