Keynote: Dr. Traci Burch (Virtual Pro Bono Spotlight)

Virtual Pro Bono Spotlight Event - Keynote: Dr. Traci Burch Wednesday, May 19, 2021 (12-1:30 PM) – Keynote Presentation Traci Burch, PhD, Associate Professor, Northwestern University Department of Political Science & Research Professor, American Bar Foundation Click here to...
February 16, 2021

Criminal Justice Panel (Virtual Pro Bono Spotlight)

Virtual Pro Bono Spotlight Event - Criminal Justice Panel Wednesday, May 12, 2021 (12-1:30 PM) – Criminal Justice Panel  Panelists: Sarah Staudt, Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts & Chicago Council of Lawyers; Cathryn Crawford, Lawndale Christian...
February 16, 2021

Report on the Impact of Court Fines, Fees and Costs

The Collaboration for Justice—the joint social justice effort of Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers—has released a report on the impact and legality of court fines, fees and costs. The report details how the recent trend of shifting court costs to low-income and in...
May 26, 2016

Collaboration for Justice: Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice began in 1970 as the Fund for Justice, a nonprofit research group, dedicated to finding solutions for inadequacies in the legal system. In 1997, the Fund for Justice joined the National Appleseed network to become the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice. Since then,...
May 15, 2013
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