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Associate Judge Process Has Potential but Diversity Still Not Optimal
Posted by Elizabeth Monkus on June 12, 2018 Improving diversity on the bench requires critical assessment of how judges are elected and selected; citizen oversight and participation is necessary. We believe the associate judge process this year is [...]
Joint Statement of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice on the recent decision in Matter of A-B-
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers join with the immigration and domestic violence legal communities in condemning the U.S. Attorney General’s June 11, 2018 decision in Matter of A-B-, 27 [...]
Joint Statement Against Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in Illinois
Following the advancement of House Floor Amendment 1 to SB 2580, a wrong-headed measure to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois, Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice release the following statement in opposition: Joint Statement [...]
June 5th MCLE Opportunity: ICE Enforcement in Illinois: Challenges to Civil Rights and Access to Courts
Upcoming MCLE Opportunity: ICE Enforcement in Illinois: Challenge to Civil Rights and Access to Courts June 5, 2018, 1:00 pm-5:00pm Latham & Watkins, 330 N. Wabash You are cordially invited to attend ICE Enforcement in Illinois: Challenge [...]
Unofficial Judicial Election Results
Thank you to each of you who used the judicial evaluations of the Chicago Council of Lawyers to make informed decisions about judicial elections. The Council's evaluations were utilized by VoteforJudges.org, Chicago Votes, Ballot Ready, and [...]
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 [...]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Releases Judicial Evaluations for the March 20, 2018 Primary
Judges make all kinds of decisions, from the very personal, such as child custody decisions, to those with much broader impact. The decisions that judges make affect our lives, both directly and indirectly, often for [...]
Letter to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: We won’t know if bail reform is working until the public has the necessary data
This op-ed appeared in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on March 1, 2018. Last summer, Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued an order directing judges to set monetary bonds only in amounts that people [...]
Judicial Evaluation Results will be available by February 27, 2018
The Chicago Council of Lawyers will issue its judicial evaluations for the March 2018 primary by February 27, 2018. They will be available on the Council's website and through VoteforJudges.org.
CCL Joins Opposition to HB 4113
The Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice have released a statement on HB 4113. […]
