Raffle Tickets!

There is still time to purchase tickets for our annual raffle: $20 each or 3 for $50.  Raffle ticket purchases should include contact information (in case you win!) and will be acknowledged with an email receipt showing your purchased raffle tickets. You need not be present to win. The grand prize...
October 9, 2015

Annual Luncheon

Our Annual Luncheon is in a month! We will be honoring the achievements of the Access to Community Treatment Court and the career dedication to the public interest of Miner Barnhill & Galland PC. Please use the Paypal form below to purchase luncheon tickets or raffle tickets. October 16, 2015...
September 14, 2015

Victory for Fair Sentencing of Children

Last month, Illinois Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Children, Restore Justice Illinois and the Bluhm Legal Clinic celebrated the passage of their House Bill 2741. The Bill eliminates mandatory life-without-parole sentences for youth under 18 at the time of the offense and requires judges to co...
August 13, 2015

Amicus joined in the Illinois Appellate Court

Chicago Appleseed joined an amicus brief in Sanchez v Torres, in the Appellate Court of Illinois.  We joined with Loyola University Civitas ChildLaw Center, the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, the John Marshall Law School Domestic Vi...
August 11, 2015

Save the Date, October 16th

Save the Date! October 16, 2015 Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers will host their annual luncheon on Friday, October 16, 2015 at Maggiano’s Banquets on Grand Avenue. The reception begins at 11:30, with the lunch program beginning at 12:00. This year, we are honoring the success...
August 2, 2015