2015 Raffle

2015 Annual Luncheon Raffle Buy your tickets now through Friday, October 16 at noon. 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.  Grand Prize: One w...
October 12, 2015

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
Illinois State Capitol, Photo by Daniel Schwen

Chicago Appleseed Placed on Study Committee for Drug Field-Testing Program

On August 21, 2015, HB356, a bill establishing a pilot drug field-testing program was enacted, having passed both houses of the Illinois legislature and being signed by Governor Rauner. The bill, chiefly sponsored by Representative Zalewski in the House and Senator Harmon in the Senate, was develope...
September 14, 2015

Law Professor Dan Coyne Named Independent Reviewer of Burge Torture Claims

On May 6, the Chicago City Council, after years of pressure by community organizations, passed the Budget Reparations Ordinance, a $5.5 million fund to make financial amends to black Chicagoans systematically tortured by former Chicago Police Commander John Burge and his officers between 1972 and 19...
July 1, 2015