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Follow Up to Police Accountability Forum, Part 2
By Gordon Waldron. Chicago Needs to Report More Comprehensive Data About How It Processess Complaints About Police Officers.
Follow Up to Police Accountability Forum
The Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs Does Not Report Data That Would Allow The Public To Evaluate Whether It Is Processing Complaints of Police Misconduct Fairly. --Gordon Waldron Processing of complaints against police [...]
Annual Report for 2014 Now Available
The Chicago Council of Lawyers works cooperatively with Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice on social justice issues through the Collaboration for Justice. For a report on how this Collaboration works, how you can get involved, [...]
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 & [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
