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Thank you for supporting our Pro Bono Spotlight!

Every year, our Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers hosts a Pro Bono Spotlight event. This year, we featured two two virtual events to celebrate and recognize the incredible work our volunteers, staff, and community partners. If yo...

Criminal Justice Advisory Committee Co-Chair Appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court’s Statutory Court Fees Task Force by the Governor

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts congratulates Jonathan Pilsner, a co-chair of the Collaboration for Justice’s Criminal Justice Advisory Committee and attorney with the Office of the Appellate Defender, on his appointment to the Illinois Supreme Court’s Statutory Court Fees Task Force (“Task...

Progress Report: First 100 Days of the New Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County

On December 1, 2020, Iris Martinez took office of Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court. The Clerk plays an essential function as the “official record keeper” for the court, responsible for collecting and disbursing all filing fees and fines, managing legal records for all court divisions, and atte...

Support for SB 0563: The Judicial Quality Act

Published: March 31, 2021 Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts urges legislators to pass the Judicial Quality Act (SB 0563). The Act, sponsored by Senators Aquino and Hunter, mandates the “develop[ment] and implement[ation]” of “an ongoing education and training program for judges and rel...

Waiting for Justice: An examination of the Cook County Criminal Court backlog in the age of COVID-19

The content in this article was originally submitted as testimony to the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ Criminal Justice Committee meeting on January 27, 2020, about peoples' lengths of stay in Cook County Jail and on electronic monitoring, and the effect COVID-19 has had on the growing jail po...

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