How Court-Watching Supports Our Work

To support its mission of research-based advocacy, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice operates several court-watching programs. Court-watching serves Appleseed’s dual purposes of research and advocacy particularly well and is a central component of all our research into how the courts are functionin...
May 3, 2011

A DREAM Deferred: Federal DREAM Act Fades in Lame Duck Congress

With student and adult protestors surrounding the Capitol, the Federal Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act died in Congress’s latest lame duck—albeit, unusually productive—session. Senate Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture—the procedure...
January 5, 2011

Transforming Immigration Court–Upcoming MCLE Forum

The Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed are pleased to present our upcoming MCLE forum Transforming Immigration Court.Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009Time: 12:00 to 2:00pmLocation: Chicago-Kent College of Law, Auditorium, 565 W. Adams, Chicago Illinois 60661.Speakers:James F. Rogers, La...
October 16, 2009