Stephanie Agnew -Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

About Stephanie Agnew

Stephanie Agnew (she/her) is the Co-Executive Director of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and a Licensed Social Worker (LSW). She leads all internal and external communications strategy and execution, and works with the program staff to successfully implement our advocacy strategies. View all posts by Stephanie Agnew →

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, Chicago Appleseed Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020) Today, Chicago Appleseed, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the Civic Federation release our joint report, New Directions for the Office of the Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court: Recommendations for Plann...

Court Costs, Fines, and Fees Are Bad Policy

Across the country, regressive court fines, administrative costs, and filing fees are functioning to penalize people solely for their poverty. Court costs, fines, and fees (also known as “monetary sanctions”) exist in both the civil and criminal realms of the justice system and are applied in al...

Chicago Council of Lawyers: Statement Condemning the Conduct of Chicago’s Police during Protests

Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers are in a collaboration for justice, dedicated to improving accountability, accessibility, and equity in the courts of Cook County and Illinois. We stand with the Council in solidarity with those on the front lines in defense of Black lives:...

We Can Do More to Protect Individuals, Workers, and Communities In and Around Illinois Prisons

Illinois must ensure that the rights and wellbeing of individuals living and working in prisons and the surrounding communities are protected. While Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) have taken some essential steps toward decarceration and transparency in detention...

Cook County’s Inadequate Response to the COVID-19 Crisis at Cook County Jail Continues to Put Lives at Risk

Joint Statement from Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Community Bond Fund For the last two weeks, over 100 advocacy, community, legal organizations, and unions have called on Cook County to release people from the jail to protect public health. In that time, Cook County courts have released...

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