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Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers Urge Governor Quinn to Veto Bill Which Will Reduce Minority Representation on Juries

Published on: December 12, 2014 On December 11, 2014, Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers sent the following request to Governor Quinn: ___________________ Dear Governor Quinn: On behalf of Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers, I am writing to ur...

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 by the Chicago Council of Lawyers' Civil Liberties Committee I. Recommendation. Consistent with the March 2014 ruling of the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court in Kalven v. City of Chic...

[VIDEO] Chicago Appleseed on “In The Loop” Channel 20 (PBS WYCC), discussing Bond Court

I was a panelist on the November 20th episode of "In The Loop" on Channel 20 (PBS Chicago, WYCC) at 7:00pm CST. My co-panelists were former Public Defender of Cook County, Professor Randolph Stone and Commissioner John Fritchey. The topic was reforming Cook County's Bond Court. As we've discusse...

Congratulations to Staff Attorney Ali Abid on Partner of the Year Award

On Saturday October 4th, at their 132nd Annual Assembly, the Community Renewal Society honored Chicago Appleseed Staff Attorney, Ali Abid, with their Partner of the Year Award. The Community Renewal Society is a progressive, faith-based organization that works to eliminate race and class barriers....

Annual Luncheon

We are looking forward to our annual luncheon next week and we'd like to take a moment thank our generous sponsors: Chicago-Kent College of Law Dentons DLA Piper Epstein Becker & Green PC Grippo & Elden LLC Harrison & Held Jenner & Block Jones Day Kirkland & Ellis LLP...

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