Category Archives: Access to Justice

We must not fund our courts, nor our government, through systems of fines and fees that present a disproportionate burden to our economically vulnerable community members. Reducing punitive fines and fees and restructuring enforcement mechanisms to relieve burdens on the most economically vulner...

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:...

Since the passage of the License to Work Act earlier this year, the Transit Table has been preparing for its July 1 effective date, when people who have had their driver’s licenses suspended for failure to pay fines or other non-moving violation fees can have their licenses reinstated. In the meanti...

The Collaboration for Justice—Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers—works to promote equity and full access to justice for all in our courts and regulatory systems. We promote reforms that recognize the intersection of social, economic justice and the court system. Our judicial system...