New Directions for the Office of the Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court: Recommendations for Planning and Transitioning to New Leadership
Written by Sarah Bloomquist, Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020) Today, Chicago Council [...]
Judicial Evaluation Results for November 2020
Today, the Chicago Council of Lawyers releases our Judicial Evaluation Report of [...]
Examining “Cook County E-Court” and Looking Toward the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Written by Sarah Bloomquist and Allison Leon In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, [...]
Chicago Tribune Reports Excellent News about State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s Reformist Policies (Even if they Framed it as an Attack)
Both this morning and yesterday, the Chicago Tribune published an editorial and an analysis, respectively, [...]
Reallocating Priorities: Call for City of Chicago to Invest in Community-Based DV Prevention and Intervention
Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed are happy to [...]
We Should Not Declare Victory Prematurely: Fight Against COVID-19 at Cook County Jail is Far From Over
Following a recent report from the CDC that the Cook County Jail [...]
Court Costs, Fines, and Fees Are Bad Policy
Across the country, regressive court fines, administrative costs, and filing [...]
What’s Happening in Portland Matters
Two things are happening in Portland, Oregon, that bear close [...]
The United States is a Nation Ruled by Laws, Not Kings
AMERICANS EVERYWHERE MUST SPEAK UP ABOUT PORTLAND Americans everywhere should [...]
President Trump’s Commutation of Roger Stone’s Sentence Subverts the Rule of Law
Written by Robert E. Lehrer, Board Member of the Chicago [...]
