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Upcoming Events

MCLE on the Administrative Process for Child Support Enforcement Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed will be putting on a free CLE panel discussion about the administrative process for child support enforcement. Latham & Watkins have generously offered to host the event, February 2...

Chicago Appleseed & Chicago Council of Lawyers Join in Amicus Brief on Judicial Campaign Spending

By: Elizabeth Monkus Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers are signatories on an amicus brief submitted in Williams-Yulee vs. Florida Bar before the Supreme Court this term. We join 9 other state and local nonpartisan organizations committed to creating and maintaining an ethical...

Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers Participate in the Search for Cook County’s New Public Defender

Published on: January 13, 2015 By: Ali Abid Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has started a search process for the new Public Defender in Cook County. On March 31, 2015, Abishi Cunningham’s six-year term as Public Defender for Cook County will end. Cook County Board Preside...

Torture and the State Secret Doctrine

Gordon Waldron, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Civil Liberties Committee. In 2005, the Chicago Council of Lawyers issued a statement urging the United States to comply with the Convention against Torture, a treaty that the United States ratified in 1994. In 2013, the Council issued a Posi...

Chicago Appleseed & Chicago Council of Lawyers Join in Amicus Brief

Published on: December 22, 2014 By: Elizabeth Monkus Posted Under: Center for Judicial Performance and Integrity, Chicago Appleseed, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Judicial Campaigns, Elections, and Selection, News Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers are signatories on an amicus brief...

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers Express Concern Over Bill Which May Reduce Minority Representation on Juries

On December 19, 2014, Governor Quinn signed into law SB 3075 that reduces the size of juries in civil case from twelve to six members. The law, which takes effect June 1, 2015, also includes a provision increasing the compensation of jurors. While Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawye...

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...

Matching Contribution Opportunity for the Collaboration for Justice

We are excited to announce that an anonymous donor has offered to match every contribution made to Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers – the Collaboration for Justice -- between October 1 and December 31, 2014, up to $40,000. Please help us maximize this match with a donation befor...

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...