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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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2014 Judicial Evaluations and Results
For the November 4, 2014 General Election, the Chicago Council of Lawyers has evaluated the judges seeking retention and the candidates seeking to become judges.