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Update on Prof. Futterman's Intervention in City's Attempt to Vacate Abbate Verdict
December 10, 2012

Judge Amy St. Eve has given Clinical Prof.

Exoneration Project Clients to be Featured on '60 Minutes'
December 7, 2012

This Sunday, CBS' 60 Minutes will include a story titled "The False Confession Capital," about the many cases of in Chicago of convictions overturned due to coerced confessions.

Clinical Prof. Futterman Files Motion to Keep City from Vacating 'Code of Silence' Verdict
December 6, 2012

Yesterday, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Civil Rights and Director of the Mandel Clinic's Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project Craig Futterman,...

Federal Criminal Justice Clinic Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Sentencing Case
December 5, 2012

The Federal Criminal Justice Clinic has filed an amicus brief on behalf of The Sentencing Project and the ACLU in Alleyne v....

University Community Service Center Profiles Young Center's Kristin Love '09
November 20, 2012

The University Community Service Center has posted a profile of Kristin Love, '09, Staff Attorney at the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.

Futterman Discusses CPD 'Code of Silence' with AP and ABC News
November 16, 2012

Craig Futterman, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Mandel Clinic's Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project, has been a popular source for commentary in...

Housing Initiative Clinic weighs in on Cook County Land Bank Proposal
November 15, 2012

On behalf of the Housing Initiative Clinic, Sarah Iftekhar '14 and Stephanie Yesnik '14 have completed a...

Huffington Post Highlights Exoneration Project Client's First Vote for President
November 14, 2012

The article, by the Chicago Innocence Project's David Protess, describes the first experience of voting in a presidential election by Exoneration...

Corporate Lab in ABA Criminal Justice Section Newsletter
November 7, 2012

The work of the Corporate Lab was recently recognized in the ABA's Criminal Justice Section Newsletter:

Futterman, Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project Featured in Series of Reports on Drug Forfeiture Laws
October 12, 2012

A recent series of investigative reports in the Galesburg Register-Mail on the Illinois Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act featured a number of quotes from Clinical Professor Craig Futterman, director of the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project, and...