Links of Interest, October 15-19, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance Early voting in Cook County begins on Monday. The bar association recommendations are compiled at VoteForJudges.Org where you can also read the Judicial Performance Commission’s evaluations, which do not include voter recommendations. Immigration Reform The De...
October 19, 2012

Legal Current Events

The ISBA reported last week that Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride and the Illinois Supreme Court announced (.pdf download press release) the "formation of a long-range planning committee to serve as a 'think tank' to better adapt Illinois courts to future trends in economic, technological, scientifi...
October 18, 2012

Legal Current Events: Preliminary Injunction Denied in ILP v. Madigan

On Friday, a judge for the Northern District of Illinois denied Illinois Liberty PAC’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Illinois’ campaign donation limits in ILP v. Madigan. The court issued a 22-page opinion (.pdf download) along with the order denying the injunction. The campaign donat...
October 8, 2012

Links of Interest: October 1-5, 2012

Criminal Justice The Washington Post ran an editorial this week criticizing systemic barriers to restoring voting privileges to former inmates in Virginia. The NAACP is having an event in Richmond, Virginia on Friday to publicize its advocacy on the issue. Illinois restores voting rights to pris...
October 5, 2012

At 2012 Annual Meeting, Honorees Call for Criminal Justice Reform, Diversion

Speaking to over two hundred fifty lawyers hailing from across the city and legal disciplines this Wednesday, Assistant State's Attorney Kim Foxx contrasted the juvenile justice system with the adult criminal justice system. ASA Foxx, a ten-year veteran of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office...
October 5, 2012