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2006 Annual Luncheon--Confirm your attendance
today!
Reception begins at 11:30am
The 2006 Annual
Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, October 17th. Our keynote speaker is
Lynn Sweet, D.C. Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times. We will be
presenting the Commitment to Justice Award to the Honorable Paul Biebel,
Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division, for his exemplary
accomplishments in improving the
Cook
County criminal
justice system. The program will mark the 37th Annual Meeting of the
Council and the 9th Annual Meeting of Chicago Appleseed.
To date, the following firms and companies have sponsored tables for our
2006 Annual Luncheon:
Contributor Level
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Grippo & Elden LLC
Holland + Knight
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Miner Barnhill & Galland PC
Schiff Hardin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Friend Level
The Boeing Company
Chicago-Kent College of Law
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown
Meites Mulder Mollica & Glink
Metroplex, Inc.
Miller Shakman & Beem LLP
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Novack & Macey LLP
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Torshen Slobig Genden Dragutinovich & Axel Ltd.
Reserve your seat by contacting Amanda Grant at 312-988-6599 or agrant@chicagoappleseed.org
today!
Chicago Council of Lawyers urges the legislators
to reject legislation that would strip courts of jurisdiction to
consider a Habeas Corpus petition
On September 13, 2006,
the Council sent to Senator Richard Durbin, Senator Barack Obama, the
Illinois Congressional delegation and selected legislators in other
jurisdictions a letter outlining our view that legislation containing
provisions stripping the courts of the ability to consider a Habeas
Corpus petition should be rejected. For a copy of the letter,
click here, or contact
Executive Director
Malcolm Rich to receive a
copy.
Council releases policy statement on Military
Commissions in trials of Guatanamo detainees
On September 11, 2006,
the Council sent to Senator Richard Durbin, Senator Barack Obama, the
Illinois Congressional delegation and selected legislators in other
jurisdictions its recommendations on procedures to be followed by
military commissions in trials of Guantanamo detainees charged with war
crimes. For a copy of the full report,
click here, or contact
Executive Director
Malcolm Rich to receive a
copy.
Council to initiate the Criminal
Law Committee
The Chicago Council of
Lawyers is pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the Criminal Law
Committee on:
October 11, 2006
4:00 pm
Law offices of Skadden Arps Slate
Meagher & Flom, 333 W. Wacker Dr., 19th Floor
A light dinner will be available.
At this first meeting of the committee, we will discuss our role in the
Cook County Criminal Justice Project, a research and advocacy effort
aimed at identifying and exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the
Cook County criminal justice system, particularly related to the judging
and lawyering in felony cases tried at the Criminal Courts Building at
26th and California Ave. The research portion of the project is being
conducted by Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice and the advocacy portion
is a joint effort of Chicago Appleseed and the Council. The project is
being overseen by a community advisory committee co-chaired by Professor
Jack Heinz of Northwestern University School of Law and the American Bar
Foundation, and Tom Geraghty of Northwestern University School of Law.
We will also be discussing the CLEAR initiative:
From the website of the CLEAR Initiative: “The goal of the CLEAR
Initiative is to create a politically viable process to review and
reform the entire Illinois Criminal Code. The Initiative will examine
changes made through legislation over the past forty years, in an effort
to edit and better align the Code to make it more readable,
understandable, consistent and just.”
To RSVP for the meeting and for more information, please contact Sean
Collins-Stapleton (Phone: 312- 814-7110; email: scstapleton@yahoo.com).