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Coverage of Kalantry's Letter of Allegation to UN Regarding Chicago School Closures
July 31, 2013

Chicago human rights advocates are demanding a United Nations investigation into the human rights abuses stemming from the closure of 49 public schools throughout the city.

Kalantry Files Letter of Allegation with UN Regarding Chicago School Closures
July 24, 2013

Chicago-based human rights advocates have sent a letter to the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights asking the international body to monitor Chicago’s school closings.

Human Rights Clinic Saves Jamaican Man from Deportation, Likely Torture
July 18, 2013

Thanks to the hard work of the new International Human Rights Clinic, a Cleveland man no longer has to fear being deported to Jamaica, where he is likely to be tortured and killed. A violent gang that tortured him in 2003, shortly after killing his parents and brother, would likely terrorize him...

Maria Woltjen to Be Honored with Ruth Goldman Award by American Constitution Society
July 17, 2013

Maria Woltjen, Director of The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights at the University of Chicago Law School, will be honored with the Ruth Goldman Award given by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy on Thursday, July 18, at the ACS Legal Legends Luncheon.

Young Center's Maria Woltjen to be Honored at ACS Legal Legends Luncheon
July 1, 2013

Maria Woltjen, director of The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights at the Law School, will be honored with the 2013 Ruth Goldman Award on July 18 at the...

Sex-Workers, HIV and The Constitution: AID v. Alliance for Open Society International (#UChiLawSCt)
June 25, 2013

After a lengthy legal battle in the case of AID v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., the Supreme Court last week held unconstitutional the “anti-prostitution provision” of the United States Leadership Act of 2003. The Act required that non-governmental organizations in the...

FCJC's Amicus Brief in Alleyne Helps Revolutionize Federal Sentencing Law
June 18, 2013

Yesterday, in Alleyne v. United States, No. 11-9335, the Supreme Court revolutionized federal sentencing law, overruling prior precedent to hold that the Sixth Amendment requires the facts that set mandatory...

Maria Woltjen on Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth on WBEZ's 'The Afternoon Shift'
June 5, 2013

Illegal border crossings into the U.S. have been in decline overall, but the number of children seized by border control has nearly tripled in recent years. Many unaccompanied children end up in Chicago, where agencies are scrambling to handle the load.

Maria Woltjen Discusses Rise in Unaccompanied Minor Migrants on WBEZ
June 4, 2013

An often-forgotten fact in the immigration debate is that lately, illegal border crossings to the U.S. have stagnated. Except that’s not the case for one category of immigrants: unaccompanied children...

Clinic Files Suit on Behalf of Parents of Children Impacted by CPS Closings
May 16, 2013

The education of students with disabilities and race discrimination are the subjects of two class action lawsuits filed today in federal court against the Chicago Board of Education by parents of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students. The suit also has the support of the Chicago Teachers Union (...