The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Alex Elson. State Judicial Evaluations. Council evaluates candidates running to fill vacancies in both countywide and subcircuit elections. Council files amicus brief claiming that the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act applies to lawyers. Council and the Appleseed Fund agree to co-sponsor with the Northwestern University Law School legal clinic a national conference on wrongful conviction and the death penalty.
Council offers recommendations on the federal appeals courts.
The Council offers testimony before the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeal which was created by Congress to receive the input of judges and practitioners about the performance of the federal courts of appeal. Council and Chicago Appleseed release Pro Bono Opportunities , a comprehensive listing of civil and criminal legal assistance agencies in the Chicago metropolitan area that seek the pro bono time of attorneys and law students. The booklet stresses the need for pro bono assistance in doing both individual representation and in bringing about systemic reform. 1999 Death Penalty Moratorium. We saw in 1999 some positive results of our 1997 call for a moratorium on the death penalty and an accompanying study commission.