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06.22.09
2009 Legal Services Directory is Available Online
Category: Press Releases
Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers are proud to announce that the 2009 Legal Services Directory is available for download free of charge through the Chicago Appleseed website.
06.22.09
The American Dream is a Dark and Twisted Nightmare for Some Seeking Justice in Immigration Courts
Category: Chicago Appleseed In The News
Immigrants need all the help they can get to find justice in Immigration Court according to recent reports released by TRAC and Appleseed.
06.11.09
Chicago Appleseed recommends sweeping immigration reforms
Category: Chicago Appleseed In The News
The process for the selection of immigration judges needs to be reformed to promote impartiality, according to a study released Wednesday.
06.10.09
Assembly Line Injustice: Chicago Appleseed Tackles Problems in Immigration Court
Category: Press Releases
Chicago Appleseed and Appleseed released a groundbreaking assessment of the Immigration Court system, presenting a comprehensive slate of recommendations to redress problems at all stages of the adjudicatory process: from court proceedings and staffing, to representation, recordkeeping and even translation.
06.10.09
Group recommends immigration court improvements (Dallas Morning News)
Category: Chicago Appleseed In The News
A national advocacy group recommended Wednesday improving the country's beleaguered immigration court system by reforming how judges are selected and promoting impartiality.
06.10.09
Group recommends immigration court improvements (KDBC)
Category: Chicago Appleseed In The News
A national advocacy group is recommending improving the country's beleaguered immigration court system by reforming how judges are selected and promoting impartiality.
06.10.09
It is Time to Reform the Assembly Line Injustice of our Immigration Courts
Category: Policy Statements
Our immigration courts are too often assembly lines dispensing injustice - a system that mistreats immigrants and at the same time wastes valuable public resources. It is time to bring reforms to this huge bureaucracy so that immigration courts can become a proud part of the American justice system instead of a dysfunctional backwater.
06.08.09
ICPR Says Court Ruling Demonstrates Need for Public Financing
Category: Chicago Appleseed In The News
ICPR joined a national coalition of concerned groups, including Justice At Stake, Appleseed, Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, in an amicus curiae brief asserting that Benjamin should not have participated in the decision involving Massey.
04.30.09
Progress Through Partnership
Category: E-Newsletters
E-Newsletter for members and friends of Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers
04.21.09
Bar Association, State Groups Explore Illinois Judicial Performance Commission
Category: Chicago Appleseed In The News
Twenty-one states use judicial performance commissions, nonpartisan groups that conduct evaluations of judges. Illinois is one of them, but unlike some other states, it requires evaluations to be conducted confidentially. Information from the reviews is used solely for the purpose of judges' self-improvement and public information about the reviews is limited.