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2026 Future Justice Lawyers of Chicago Student Reports: Available Now!

The Future Justice Lawyers of Chicago is proud to present the 2026 Cohorts' research reports spanning from research on immigration inequalities to tax inequality. Undergraduate Research Chicago Public School Security [PDF] Environmental Injustice and Data Centers [PDF] Reimagining the I...

Introducing Rachel Lyons as Chicago Appleseed’s New Executive Director

Rachel Lyons (she/her), Executive Director The Board of Directors of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts is excited to introduce Rachel Lyons as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective today, Monday, April 13, 2026. Rachel will take over from immediate past co-executive director...

Domestic Violence Court in Cook County: Innovation Without Integration

Written by Elizabeth Harris, University of Michigan, and Elizabeth Monkus, Senior Attorney & Project Director at Chicago Appleseed. Cook County's Domestic Violence Division was created in 2010 to make the domestic violence courthouse—opened in 2005—more responsive to survivors of domestic...

One Year Later, Still “Punishing Fear”: How the Criminalization of Gun Possession Has Changed in a Year

One year ago, Chicago Appleseed published a report about the rampant criminalization of gun possession in Cook County, titled Punishing Fear: The Devastating Impacts of the War on Gun Possession in Chicago. One week later, Eileen O’Neill Burke was elected as Cook County State’s Attorney, and her adm...

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday

Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 2nd, is Giving Tuesday. The #GivingTuesday movement, which started in 2012, follows Thanksgiving annually as a day focused on radical generosity—small acts of “care, love, and understanding extended outward” in support of one’s community. This year, w...

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