Drug Field-Testing Pilot Study Committee meeting minutes

The first meeting of the HB356 Drug Field Testing Pilot Study Committee met on November 13, 2015. The purpose of the pilot program is to being field testing of alleged drug samples shortly after arrest so that defendant may move to preliminary hearing more quickly than had otherwise been occurring a...
November 13, 2015

Stories from ACT Court Ambassadors

At the Collaboration for Justice's Annual Luncheon on Friday, October 16, we honored the Access to Community Treatment Court of Cook County with our Commitment to Justice Award. We also recognized three extraordinary graduates of the ACT Court--Lester, Angelique, and Cynthia--who attended the lunch...
October 27, 2015

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Supporting Field Testing Bill

  Today the Chicago Sun-Times issued an editorial in support of the Field Drug Testing Pilot Bill that Chicago Appleseed was instrumental in developing. The editorial can be found here and previous entries on our blog describing the issue can be found here.  The current version of the bill HB3...
May 5, 2015

2014 Program Report Now Available

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice does some of our social justice work through the Collaboration for Justice, a cooperative effort between Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers, a public interest bar association.  For a report on how this Collaboration works, how you can get involved...
March 20, 2015

The Search for Cook County’s New Public Defender

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 six-year term as Public Defender for Cook County will end. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has elected to replace Cunningham with...
January 13, 2015