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Clinic Honors Tom Peters, Longtime Friend and Co-Counsel
January 15, 2013

Clinical Professor Craig Futterman was feeling a bit desperate the first time he asked civil rights attorney Tom Peters for help. Futterman was new to the Law School and had just started the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project, the first clinic of its kind in the country.

Kane Center Clinics Hiring for Summer 2013
January 8, 2013

In summer 2013 the clinical law program plans to hire a number of law students to work in the various clinics in the Kane Center.  Positions will be open for the following clinics:

Abrams Environmental Law Clinic Files Lawsuit to Protect Starved Rock State Park
December 21, 2012

On December 12th, on behalf of the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, and Openlands, the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic filed a complaint in Circuit Court in Springfield, Illinois demanding judicial review of a massive open pit...

Tribune and Sun-Times Report on Futterman's Amicus Brief in Abbate Case
December 13, 2012

The Chicago Tribune and the ...

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...