MCLE Forums
MCLE Forum on Judicial Retention
The Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed, in conjunction with the Public Affairs Judiciary Subcommittee of the Union League Club, are pleased to announce the upcoming "Forum on Judicial Retention"
Date: Monday, May 23, 2011
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd.
MCLE Credit: 2 Hours
Cost: Free, Reservations Required by Thursday, May 19th.
RSVP to: PublicAffairs@ulcc.org; Subject: "May 23 Judicial Retention Forum"
About the Forum: Every six years, a circuit judge in Illinois must face the voters and achieve a 60 percent "YES" vote in order to retain his or her seat on the bench. But in every retention election, many voters abandon the ballot, frustrated by its length - there are some 70 judges to vote upon in Cook County - and by the lack of useful information with which to make an informed decision.
In this context, the Union League Club's Public Affairs Judiciary Subcommittee and the Chicago Council of Lawyers will present an afternoon forum on May 23 examining a reform proposal that would alter the way in which judges are evaluated and limit the number of judges who must stand for retention in elections. The forum will review a proposal to establish a judicial retention system featuring a commission that would evaluate sitting judges and which would require only those judges who fail to achieve a qualified ranking to stand for retention on the ballot.
Our panelists for this discussion include: Justice Gino DiVito, who served as a judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County for 12 years and as a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court for eight years, and Judge William Hooks, who currently serves as a Judge assigned to the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. The discussion will be moderated by J. Timothy Eaton, past-president of the Illinois State Bar Association and current secretary of the Chicago Bar Association.
MCLE Forum on Police Accountability
The Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed, in conjunction with the American Constitution Society (Chicago chapter), are pleased to announce the upcoming "Forum on Police Accountability."
Date: Monday June 28, 2010
Time: 12-1:30pm
Location: Sidley Austin LLP, 1 South Dearborn, Chicago
Speakers:
Ilana B.R. Rosenzweig, Chief Administrator of the Chicago Independent Police Review Authority
Peter Brust, Deputy Superintendent, Chicago Police Department
MCLE credit will be provided by Sidley Austin LLP. Attendees are welcome to bring their own sack lunch. Please RSVP to Lisa Stoller at lstoller@chicagocouncil.org by Thursday, June 24.
Diversion of Non-violent Offenders: Restructuring the Cook County Criminal Court
Date: March 31, 2010
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois
Credit: 1 hour
Speakers:
The Honorable Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Malcolm Rich, Executive Director, Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers
Bridget Gainer, Cook County Commissioner
Creasie Finney Hairston, Dean, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago
Daniel Coyne, Chair, Criminal Justice Committee, Chicago Council of Lawyers and Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Moderator:
Edward Mogul, Past President, Illinois Academy of Criminology
Transforming the Immigration Court System
Date: October 29, 2009
Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm
Location: Chicago-Kent College of Law, Auditorium, 565 W. Adams, Chicago IL 60661
Credit: 2 hours
Speakers:
James F. Rogers, Latham & Watkins
Hon. Dana Marks, President, National Association of Immigration Judges
Mary Meg McCarthy, Director, National Immigrant Justice Center, Heartland Alliance
Lisa J. Palumbo, Supervisory Attorney of the Immigration Project, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Tanya Nair, Latham & Watkins
Moderator:
Daniel Glad, Latham & Watkins
Transforming Cook County's Criminal Justice System: The Role of Probation
Date: May 27, 2009
Time: 2:30 to 5:00 pm
Location: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 300 N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60654
Speakers:
Michael Bacula, Cook County Adult Probation
Paula Wolff, Senior Executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020
Maggie Peck, Program Associate, Vera Institute Center on Sentencing and Corrections
Charles Loeffler, PhD Candidate, Harvard University and Research Consultant for Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers
Moderator:
Randolph Stone, Clinical Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Is Illinois Ready for a Judicial Performance Commission?
Date: April 20, 2009
Time: 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Location: Law offices of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, 200 W. Madison St., Suite 3900, Chicago, IL 60606
Speakers:
Elizabeth Coulson, Illinois State Representative
Kathleen A. Ryg, Illinois State Representative
Jane B. Howell, Executive Director, Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance
Dr. Laurie Bergner, League of Women Voters of Illinois
Michelle Jordan, League of Women Voters of Illinois
Cynthia Canary, Executive Director, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Edward Malone, Chicago Council of Lawyers
David Orr, Cook County Clerk
Representing and Treating the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Courts
Date: March 2, 2009
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Location: Chicago-Kent College of Law Auditorium, 565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661
Speakers:
Amy Campanelli, Acting Chief, Cook County Public Defender Bridgeview Courthouse
Jason Grebasch, Jail Linkage Team Leader at Thresholds
Mark Heyrman, Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Chicago's Mandel Clinic
Mark Kammerer, Director, Treatment Programs, Cook County State's Attorney's Office