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Progress Report: First 100 Days of the New Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
On December 1, 2020, Iris Martinez took office of Clerk [...]
Demanding Justice for Adam Toledo
On March 29, 2021, a Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer [...]
Chicago Council of Lawyers’ Statement in Support of the Judicial Quality Act (SB 0563)
The Chicago Council of Lawyers strongly supports passage of SB [...]
Ending Money Bail Makes Communities Safer, Fairer, and Protects Due Process
This statement from the Chicago Council of Lawyers was originally [...]
Findings: Access to Diversion Programs for Low-Level, “Non-Violent” Felonies has Improved since Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Took Office
The Chicago Council of Lawyers and our collaboration partners, Chicago [...]
Legislation Alert!
The Chicago Council of Lawyers is urging its members to [...]
VICTORY: Governor Pritzker Abolishes Money Bail by Signing HB 3653 – The SAFE-T Act – into Law
On Monday, February 22, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed HB 3653 SFA2: [...]
Letter to Governor Pritzker: Support for HB 3653
On January 13, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed a [...]
Waiting for Justice: An examination of the Cook County Criminal Court backlog in the age of COVID-19
People – both those accused and the victims of crime – are waiting increasingly long periods of time for justice, as COVID-19 has slowed court processing to a crawl.