Letter to the Governor

  Chicago Council of Lawyers Chicago's Public Interest Bar Association 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Fourth Floor Chicago, Illinois 60611 Telephone: (312) 988-6565 Fax (312) 397-1338 E-mail: ccl@chicagocouncil.org Website: www.chicagocouncil.org     January 19, 2011 Governor Pa...
January 20, 2011

Bet On Bank On Chicago

Underbanked. Unbanked. These terms, collectively, refer to individuals in our society who have limited or no relationship with a traditional bank. Yet, because banking transactions—money transfers, paycheck cashing, non-cash payments, and small loans—are an essential part of modern life, those witho...
January 20, 2011

Parents, Communities, and Chicago Public Schools: A Promising Partnership

Long-struggling Chicago Public Schools may find promise in the prospect of partnering with parents and community organizations. Research has shown that parental and community involvement yields tremendous benefits for under-resourced schools, students, parents, and communities. And the concept has l...
January 12, 2011

Court Reform is Cost Reform

New Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle initially called for budget cuts of up to 21 percent, to combat a budget deficit of nearly 500 million dollars. In the last weeks of 2010, the Board president was still waiting for ideas from the Sheriff’s Office, the State’s Attorney, and the Clerk o...
January 10, 2011

A DREAM Deferred: Federal DREAM Act Fades in Lame Duck Congress

With student and adult protestors surrounding the Capitol, the Federal Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act died in Congress’s latest lame duck—albeit, unusually productive—session. Senate Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture—the procedure...
January 5, 2011