Access to Justice

• The Case for Recording Devices in Cook County Eviction Courts (July 2016)
• Policy Brief: Judicial Recusal (December 2012)
• Electing Judges in Cook County: The Role of Money, Political Party, and the Voters (April 2003)
  • Executive Summary
• Central Panel Report (a research report examining the central panel system of utilizing administrative law judges)
  • Central Panel Report Executive Summary

Child & Family Law 

• Attorneys’ Guide to the Illinois Administrative Order Establishment and Enforcement Remedies Processes (November 2019)
• Users’ Guide to the Illinois Administrative Order Establishment and Enforcement Remedies Processes (November 2019)
• The Early Resolution Program: Observations and Assessment (August 2019)
  • Executive Summary of the Early Resolution Program: Observations and Assessment
• Change in the Domestic Relations Division: The New Role of Hearing Officers (March 2018)
• Bringing Domestic Relations hearing officers under the County’s Judiciary Budget (November 2017)
• A Constitutionality Analysis of the Cook County Parentage Court (2012)
• Improving Parental Involvement in Illinois Under the No Child Left Behind Act: An Illinois Action Plan (2007)
• Child Support in Cook County: A Call for Reform (2002)
  • A Call For Reform – Executive Summary (2002)
  • Op-Ed: Enough is Enough: Reform the Child Support System Now (2002)

Immigration Court Reform

• Getting Off The Assembly Line: Overcoming Immigration Court Obstacles in Individual Cases (December 2016)
  • Accompanying Training Video 
• Reimagining the Immigration Court Assembly Line (May 2012)
• Assembly Line Injustice (June 2009)
  • Key Findings
  • Press Release
• Videoconferencing in Removal Proceedings: A Case Study of the Chicago Immigration Court (August 2005)
  • Executive Summary
  • Press Release
• Complaint filed by NIJC Against ICE Regarding ICE Arrests

Public Education Materials

• Know Your College Options! DREAM Your Future in Illinois ( English | Spanish )
• AVVO Legal Immigration Interview Tips

Criminal Justice

Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel

• A Report on Stationhouse Representation in Cook County (March 2019)
• Ensuring the Public Defense of Indigent Criminal Defendants in Cook County  (August 2015)
  • Executive Summary
• Memo & Proposed General Order: Constitutional Violations in Cook County: Denying A Public Defender to Indigent Criminal Defendants Who Post Bond (June 2013)

Pretrial Justice

• Vision for a Just Pretrial System: How to End Money Bond and Increase Pretrial Freedom (January 2020)
• Protecting Pretrial Freedom: Two Years of Bond Reform in Cook County (September 2019)
• Pursuing Pretrial Freedom: The Urgent Need for Bond Reform in Illinois (June 2019)
• Monitoring Cook County’s Central Bond Court: A Community Courtwatching Initiative (February 2018)
  • Download a two-page “Key Takeaways” FAQ created by Chicago Community Bond Fund
  • Download an infographic summary created by The Next Movement
• Letter to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee In Support of Affordable Bail Rule (November 2017)
  • Attachment: Proposed Supreme Court Rule
  • Attachment: Cook County’s Wealth-Based Pretrial System (Analysis by Eric Holder, Jr.)
• Principles of Bail Reform in Cook County (April 2017)
• Legislation Policy Brief: Proposal to Reduce Time to Preliminary Hearings (2014)
• Pre-Trial Delay and Length of Stay in Cook County Jail (October 2013)
  • Executive Summary
• Public Testimony on Illinois Supreme Court Proposal 12-01 (P.R. 0196) — Defendant’s Appearance by Videoconference (November 2012)
• Court Watching Report: Cook County Central Bond Court (November 2011)

Court Fines, Fees, and Costs

• Common Issues with Criminal Court Fines, Fees, and Costs in Cook County: A practice guide for criminal defense attorneys (January 2018)
• Statement on Excessive Court Fines, Fees, and Costs (May 2016)
  • Executive Summary
  • Attachment: Catalogue of fines, fees, and costs imposed by Illinois criminal courts
  • Letter to the Editor (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin)

Prosecutorial Accountability

• Creating a Culture of Fairness and Accountability: Defense Attorneys Report of Kim Foxx’s Progress toward Transforming the Priorities of Her Office (October 2019)
• Sentences of Incarceration Decline Sharply, Public Safety Improves during Kim Foxx’s Second Year in Office: New data portal demonstrates benefit of criminal justice reform, transparency (July 2019)
• Exercising Full Powers: Recommendations to Kim Foxx on Addressing Systemic Racism in the Cook County Criminal Justice System (January 2019)
• A Step in the Right Direction: An Analysis of Felony Prosecution Data in Cook County (May 2018)
• In Pursuit of Justice for All: An Evaluation of Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office (December 2017)

General Court Performance

• Illinois Supreme Court Proposal: Going to Scale: Coordinating Criminal Justice Reform in Cook County (September 2013)
• Policy Brief: Community Courts in Cook County, Part I (February 2013)
• Policy Brief: Community Courts in Cook County, Part II  (February 2013)
• Policy Brief: Use of Data in Criminal Court Performance Measurement (November 2012)
• Policy Brief: Early Criminal Case Assessment in Urban Jurisdictions (August 2012)
• A Report on Chicago’s Felony Courts (December 2007)
  • Executive Summary

Diversion Programs

• Access to Community-Based Treatment (ACT) Court: Preliminary Research on Target Population (June 2013)
• Report: Strategies to Enhance and Coordinate Cook County Diversion Programs (June 2012)
  • Executive Summary
• Report: Cook County Diversion Court: Proposal and Implementation Plan (October 2010)

Juvenile Justice

• Memo to Illinois Supreme Court on Impact of Shackling Juveniles During Hearings (October 2015)