Public Access to Data Archives - Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

Collaboration for Justice and the Court Transparency Coalition

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers—the Collaboration for Justice—are pleased to be part of the Court Transparency Coalition, led by the Better Government Association. As advocates for fair and open courts, Chicago Appleseed and the Council of Lawyers h...

Public (In)Access to Judicial Branch Data in Illinois

In 2019, Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and our pro bono partner, DLA Piper, looked at the open records laws, the Freedom of Information Act, and other public access policies in all 50 states to determine where Illinois stands in terms of judicial transparency. We found that Illin...