Illinois Domestic Violence Act Archives - Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

NEW REPORT | “Slipping Through the Cracks” – Evaluation of the Cook County Domestic Violence Division in Chicago

Since early 2020, Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers have been evaluating the Domestic Violence Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, with a specific focus on the Domestic Violence Courthouse at 555 West Harrison in Chicago. Today, we release our find...

Barriers to Justice: Identifying the Hidden Ways Survivors are Punished in Domestic Violence Court

This article was researched and written by Jenna Grace Piehl (rising fourth-year in Journalism and Legal Studies) & Mariana Leone (rising fourth year in Political Science and Theatre), Northwestern University students and Summer 2021 Communications Interns for Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair C...

Amicus Joined by Chicago Council of Lawyers is Successful

In August, our partner organization—the Chicago Council of Lawyers—joined an amicus brief authored by LAF in a wrongful death suit against the City of Chicago, involving a question about the Illinois Domestic Violence Act. In the trial court, the City of Chicago won a motion to dismiss a family’s w...