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July 08 |
In this e-Newsletter:
Council Receives the Legal Leadership
Award
2008 Annual Luncheon Tickets Now
on Sale!
Introducing Our Summer Interns,
Fellows and Staff |
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May 08 |
In this e-Newsletter:
Increasing the
Effectiveness of Parental Involvement in Education
Chicago Appleseed Begins Court Watching Initiative at 26th Street
Preparαte Conference Features Chicago Appleseed's Policy Work
Foundation Grants Awarded to Chicago Appleseed
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March 08 |
In this e-Newsletter:
Get Involved: Volunteer
Opportunity for the Criminal
Justice Project
Get Involved: Volunteer Opportunity for the Parental Involvement
Program
Get Involved: Attend Our Fundraising Event "Building Strong
Communities"
Get Involved: Attend a MCLE Forum on Police Accountability in
Chicago |
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September 07 |
In this e-Alert:
•
Volunteer Opportunities |
August 07 |
In this e-Newsletter:
• The 2007 Annual Luncheon is only weeks away!
• Chicago Appleseed in the News
• The 2007 Judicial Directory is Now Online!
• Thanks to our summer interns and PILI Fellows! |
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July 07 |
In this e-Newsletter:
• A First Step
Toward Eliminating Rogue Cops
• Long-term Solutions for
NCLB Must Include Parental Involvement
• Council Vice President Named
"Faculty Member of the Year"
• Double Your Donation With A
Matching Gift! |
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July 07 |
In this e-Alert:
•
Changing the Way Police Officers are
Disciplined in Chicago |
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June 07 |
In this e-Newsletter:
•
Financial Education Brochures in Chicago Public
Libraries
• Civil
Liberties Committee Is Looking for New Members
• State Street Foundation Awards
Grant to Chicago Appleseed
• CCL Announcement: Board of
Governors |
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May 07 |
In this e-Newsletter:
•
Police Oversight in
Chicago: Should the Office of Professional Standards be Changed or
Replaced?
• Save the Date for the 2007
Annual Luncheon!
• Chicago Appleseed Takes Its
Parental Involvement Model on the Road
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Apr 07 |
In this e-Newsletter:
•
Appleseed and Chicago Appleseed Release
Report Detailing the "Fair Exchange" Pilot Program
• A Request from the Council's
Civil Liberties Committee
• Parental Involvement under the
No Child Left Behind Act
• Save the Date for the 2007
Annual Luncheon!
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29 Mar 07 |
In this e-Newsletter:
•
Give Juvenile Offenders a Chance
• Updates on Parental Involvement
Initiative under NCLB
• Chicago Appleseed: A Decade of Growth
• Donor Spotlight: Gary Elden, Grippo &
Elden LLC
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15 Feb 07 |
In this e-Newsletter: •
Parental Involvement Under No Child Left Behind
• "Chicago Appleseed:
A Decade of Growth" Gala Event on March 7!
• Donor Spotlight: Patricia
Bronte, Jenner & Block LLP
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7 Feb 07 |
In
this e-Alert:
•
Balancing the Cook County Budget Without Sacrificing Justice
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1 Feb 07 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
• The Council recommends changes in
the way bond hearings are conducted in Cook County
• Chicago Appleseed: A Decade of
Growth" Gala Event on March 7!
• The 2007 Membership Drive is
Underway!
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8 Dec 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
• A Statement to the Members of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and
Friends of Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
•
Legislative Priorities of the Chicago Council of Lawyers in regard
to Persons Claimed To Be Enemy Combatants or Subject to Extraordinary
Rendition
• 20 Years
of Service for Executive Director Malcolm C. Rich
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12 Oct 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
• 2006 Annual Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Lynn Sweet
•
Council’s Judicial Evaluations Now Available
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29 Sept 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
• 2006 Annual Luncheon--Confirm your attendance today!
•
Chicago Council of Lawyers urges the legislators to reject
legislation that would strip courts of jurisdiction to consider a
Habeas Corpus petition
• Council releases policy statement on Military Commissions in trials
of Guatanamo detainees
• Council
to initiate the Criminal Law Committee |
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14 Sept 06 |
In this e-Alert:
• Urgent message from Council President, Carrie Huff
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| 4
Aug 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
The Council Wants Your Opinion on MCLE Credit Courses!
•
Trials of Guantanamo Detainees and the Reach of the Hamdan Decision:
A Council Forum
•
The Future of Judicial Selection in Illinois
• Upcoming
Events for the Council and Chicago Appleseed
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| 17
Jul 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
Annual Luncheon to be held on October 17, 2006
•
Council to Sponsor Discussion on Trials of Guatanamo Detainees
•
Council Inaugurates its Children and Family Law Committee
• 2006 Summer
Staff and Projects
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| 10
Apr 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
2006 Federal Judicial Evaluations
•
State Judicial Evaluations
•
Council policy statement on the retirement of Justice McMorrow
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| 21
Feb 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
Chicago
Council of Lawyers
•
Council Supports Federal Legislation That Would Adopt Journalist/Source
Privilege
Chicago
Appleseed Fund for Justice
•
VoteForJudges.org Kicks Off a New Season on February 23
Chicago Council of Lawyers & Chicago Appleseed
•
Chicago Appleseed and the Council Have a New Look!
A Message from Development Director, Amanda Grant
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| 25
Jan 06 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
Chicago
Council of Lawyers
•
The Chicago Council of Lawyers seeks comments regarding the reappointment
process for Magistrate Judges Nolan and Schenkier
•
The Council's Federal Courts Committee to meet on January 27
Chicago
Appleseed Fund for Justice
•
Chicago Appleseed and Appleseed Foundation Release Report Calling
for Transparency in the United States—Mexico Remittance Market
Chicago Council of Lawyers & Chicago Appleseed
•
The Council, Chicago Appleseed, and the Legal Assistance Foundation
of Metropolitan Chicago issue a policy statement on the use of videoconferencing
in deportation hearings
• An invitation
to all friends of Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers
-- Appleseed Information Series: Voter Education in Judicial
Elections
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| 16
Sep 05 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
Chicago
Council of Lawyers
• Council and the Cook County Bar Association Co-Sponsoring
Forum on Racial Profiling
Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice
& Chicago Council of Lawyers
• Reminder: Annual Fundraising Luncheon September 28, 2005
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| 12
Aug 05 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
Chicago
Council of Lawyers
• Council Seeking Candidates for Board of Governors
• Council
Begins Evaluation of Federal District Court Judges
Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice
• Chicago Appleseed and Legal Assistance Foundation Release
Report on Using Videoconferencing for Deportation Hearings
Save The Date
• September 28, 2005 - Annual Fundraising Luncheon
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| 15
Jun 05 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
Chicago
Council of Lawyers
•
President's Column: Lawyers Must Be Guardians of Liberty
• The
Chicago Council of Lawyers announce the availability of the Sixth
(2005) Edition of the Directory of State Judges in Chicago
• Council
Speaks Out on the Actions of the Cook County Sheriff
• Council
Speaks Out on No Doubt Legislation
Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice
• Chicago
Appleseed Comments on Proposed Changes to the Regulation of the
Community Reinvestment Act
• Chicago
Appleseed Receives Grant from the Chicago Community Trust for Criminal
Justice Project
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| 30
Mar 05 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
The Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of
Lawyers announce the availability of the 2005 Edition of the Legal
Services Directory of free and low cost legal services in the Chicago
metropolitan area.
• Chicago
Sun-Times publishes the Council's letter on the "outsourcing
of torture."
• Volunteers
Needed: First Defense Legal Aid
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| 24
Aug 04 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
Evaluation
of Judges Seeking Retention Have Begun.
We need your help -- from your opinions about the judges seeking
retention to assisting in the voter education efforts
•
Follow-up: The
Governor has signed into law legislation regulating the sometimes
shameful business practices of private child support collection agencies
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| 29
Jul 04 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
2004
Annual Luncheon held on July 15th
•
Chicago
Appleseed issues comments on Proposed Changes in the Food Stamp
Rules Affecting Individual Development Accounts
•
Criminal
Justice Project receives $25,000 grant
•
New
publications available
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| 05
Jun 04 |
In
this e-Newsletter:
•
Save
the Date: 2004 Annual Luncheon to be held on July 15th
•
Report
from our Forum on The Future of Protest in Chicago
•
Civil
Liberties Committee Looking for New Members
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| 30
Apr 04 |
In this e-Newsletter:
•
President's
Column -- An Important Subject for Research: Is There
a Rising Tide of Prosecutorial Misconduct? by Chicago
Council of Lawyers President, Locke E. Bowman
•
From
the Council: A Call for Judicial Evaluation Investigators
•
From Chicago Appleseed: Financial
Education Project -- Comments Submitted in Response to Proposed
Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act
•
From the Council: April 20th
Press Conference on Civil Liberties
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| 30
Mar 04 |
In
this issue:
•
President's Column -- Depoprtation Hearings and Due Process:
The Role of Video Teleconferencing, by Chicago Appleseed
Fund For Justice President, Diana C. White
• From
the Council: Results of the March 2004 Judicial Primary Elections
• Looking
for Suggestions: Prospective Recipients of the Commitment
To Justice Award
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| 19
Feb 04 |
In this
Issue:
• President's Column -- It is Time to Make Changes to the
Way We Evaluate Judges, by Chicago Council of Lawyers President,
Locke E. Bowman
• Speaking
Out: The Council and the Cook County Bar Association Oppose
the Use of Subpoena Power Against the National Lawyers Guild in
Iowa.
• A March
3, 2004 Forum: The Future of Protest In Chicago
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| 21
Jan 04 |
In this
Issue:
• President's Column -- Examining
the Criminal Justice System in Cook County, by Chicago
Appleseed Fund For Justice President, Diana C. White
• From the Council: The
list of judicial candidates running in the March 2004 primary --
If you are familiar with the professional work of one or more of
these candidates, we need your input.
• New initiative: Examining
Immigration Court's Video Teleconferencing Hearings in Deportation
Proceedings.
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| 10
Dec 03 |
In this
Issue:
• Special Request: We
are looking for investigators to interview lawyers who have practiced
against judicial candidates running in the March Primary.
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| 04
Dec 03 |
In this
Issue:
• President's Column -- Protecting Judicial Independence,
by new Council President, Locke E. Bowman
• Change
of Leadership for the Council and Chicago Appleseed
• Council
response to beatings of inmates at the Cook County Jail
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| 27
Oct 03 |
In
this Issue:
• Reminder:
Joint Annual Meeting of the Council and Chicago Appleseed
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| 01
Aug 03 |
In this
Issue:
• Annual Luncheon: Professor Geoffrey R. Stone discusses
"Civil Liberties in Time of War." Commitment to Justice
Award Presented to Lawrence C. Marshall.
• Council's
Letter to the Editor on affirmative action published in the
Chicago Tribune.
•
Pro Bono Opportunities with the Chicago Council of Lawyers and the
Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice
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| 08
Apr 03 |
In this
Issue:
• Special Announcement regarding the need for pro bono counsel
to represent protesters arrested on March 20, 2003
|
| 24
Mar 03 |
In this
Issue:
• Chicago Council of Lawyers and the Chicago Chapter of
the National Lawyers Guild Present: INS Special Registration,
Secret Hearings & Indefinite Detentions: What’s Next?
• Council
Once Again Mobilizing Lawyers to Offer Free Legal Services for Individuals
Targeted For FBI Interview
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| 21
Feb 03 |
In this
Issue:
• Legislation incorporating the Chicago Appleseed/Chicago
Council model child support system becomes law.
• The
Law Watchdog Program of the Council: Our Views About Protecting
Civil Liberties.
• The
Council and Chicago Appleseed would like your views on how we can
better serve you and the public.
• Order
your copy of the Fifth Edition of the Tenant-Landlord
Handbook.
• Join
our Young Lawyers Division
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| 22
Nov 02 |
In this
Issue:
• Council and Chicago Appleseed release comprehensive report
on the inadequacies of child support enforcement and collection
in Cook County.
• The
Fifth Edition of the Tenant-Landlord Handbook
is now available.
• The
Council, with the research assistance of the Chicago Appleseed Fund
For Justice, begins its Court Watching Program.
• All
judges retained in the November election -- a message from the Council.
• Fundraising
luncheon features Sen. Barack Obama and honors the law firm of Holland
& Knight.
• Council
announces the inuauguration of our Young Lawyers Division -- first
meeting on December 5th
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| 29
Jul 02 |
In this
Issue:
• Current Status of Child Support Legislation
• Volunteer
Opportunities
- State Judicial
Evaluation
- Task Force
on Judicial Campaign Finance Reform Strategies
- Task Force
on Child Support Reform Strategies
• Chicago
Council of Lawyers Seeking Applicants for Board positions
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