Stephanie Agnew -Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

About Stephanie Agnew

Stephanie Agnew (she/her) is the Co-Executive Director of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and a Licensed Social Worker (LSW). She leads all internal and external communications strategy and execution, and works with the program staff to successfully implement our advocacy strategies. View all posts by Stephanie Agnew →

After years of advocacy, the recording systems in Chicago’s eviction courtrooms are officially operational as of October 25, 2019.

Chicago Reader columnist Maya Dukmasova published an article on Wednesday, October 30, exposing the fact that, “for the first time in 16 years, Chicago eviction court is on tape.” Chicago Appleseed & Chicago Council of Lawyers established a coalition that has continuously advocated the court...

Victory in the Effort to Reform Chicago’s Ticket and Collection Practices

Following testimony earlier in the week, the Chicago City Council voted 49-1 to pass ordinance O2019-5547 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The ordinance takes the first steps toward reforming ticketing, payment plans, and ticket debt collection practices in the City of Chicago. The ordi...

Data Transparency around the use of Electronic Monitoring in Illinois (Policy Statement in Support of HB 0386)

Data Transparency around the use of Electronic Monitoring in Illinois: Policy Statement in Support of HB 0386 On August 9, 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill (HB) 0386 into law. The legislation, which will go into effect on January 1, 2020, requires that the Illinois Departmen...

ABA Resolution 100A: A Victory in the Fight for Procedural Justice, Fairness, and the Independence of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)

A Victory in the Fight for Procedural Justice, Fairness, and the Independence of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs): ABA Resolution 100A, August 12, 2019 In February of 2019, we released a report entitled The Need for a Central Panel Approach to Administrative Adjudication: Pros, Cons, an...

“Accountability Monday” Press Conference on the Inaccuracies of CPD’s “Gun Offender Dashboard,” August 12, 2019.

On Monday, August 12, we stood with community advocates and fellow members of the Coalition to End Money Bond to speak out against CPD’s inaccurate and misleading use of data on the “Gun Offender Dashboard.” In the attached video, Sarah Staudt, Senior Policy Analyst and Staff Attorney for Chicago A...

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