About Elizabeth Monkus

Elizabeth Monkus (she/her) is the Senior Attorney & Project Director for Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts. Elizabeth came to Chicago Appleseed in 2010 to manage the Judicial Performance Commission Demonstration project. She currently focuses on domestic relations and judicial elections in her program work.

On the Table 2019 Memo to the Mayor: Our Courts are Our Community

Thanks to our guests for an exciting On the Table conversation on May 15th, discussing our courts as part of our community. This year, On the Table hosts are producing a Memo to the Mayor and our guests particularly appreciate how a change in government can offer the best time to create a change in...
May 20, 2019

License to Work

Chicago Appleseed is a coalition member of License2Work Illinois, a group working to eliminate inequities in the judicial process by eliminating drivers licenses suspensions as a punishment for debt owed the city, such as court debt, administrative fees and unpaid fines. The License2Work coalition c...
April 11, 2019

Family Law Committee Update

The Family Law Committee of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice have been participating in a project to improve the process of enforcing spousal maintenance (formerly known as alimony) orders in Illinois. The Illinois State Disbursement Unit (“SDU”) collects and dis...
January 28, 2019

Letter to the Daily Law Bulletin–Domestic Relations

Last week, the Daily Law Bulletin ran a letter from our Staff Attorney and Program Manager, Elizabeth Monkus, describing the launch of a new court-based assistance program from pro se litigants in the consolidation Domestic Relations Division at the Daley Center....
December 27, 2018

Clean Slate Subcommittee for Child Support

Chicago Appleseed is proud to participate in the Clean Slate Subcommittee for the Child Support Advisory Committee to HFS and the courts in Illinois. Clean Slate is a program intended to help parents with child support debt clear the money owed to the state and end their cycle of debt. The subcommit...
November 19, 2018
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