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Mandel Clinic's Advocacy on Behalf of Individual Victims of Police Brutality

Anthony Boatwright

  1. Police Stories (The View From the Ground, 9/27/01)
  2. Law Students Defend Brutality Victim: $45,000 Awarded to Man Attacked by Police (Chicago Maroon, 12/5/03)
  3. Mandel Clinic Wins Settlement in Police Brutality Case
  4. U of C. Lawyers Win Settlement for Homeless Man (Hyde Park Herald, 12/10/03)

Nevles Traylor

  1. Clinic Wins Civil Rights Settlement After Freeing Wrongfully Accused Man
  2. U. of C. Clinic Wins Cop Abuse Suit for Stateway Man

Peter Vargas

  1. Mandel Clinic Wins $22,500 Settlement for Plaintiff in Police Brutality Lawsuitl
  2. University Employee Sues City for Police Abuse
  3. Latino Man Sues Sergeant for Police Brutality

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          • Mandel Clinic Assists Public Radio in Opening Illinois Juvenile Prisons to the Media
          • Mandel Clinic Challenges Illinois Forfeiture Law Before the United States Supreme Court
          • Mandel Clinic Reforms Chicago Settlements to Eliminate Unethical Clauses that Restrict Attornies' Right to Practice Law
          • Clinic Wins Public Release of List of Officers with Most Abuse Complaints in Chicago
          • Clinic Advocates for the Creation of an Independent Agency to Investigate Police Abuse in Chicago
          • Clinic Fights to Reform Police Department's Disciplinary and Supervisory Systems
          • Clinic Wins Justice for Stateway Gardens Residents After Police Raid of Community Basketball Tournament
          • Clinic Wins Million Dollar Settlement for Homeless Man Wrongfully Accused of Murder
          • Clinic Ends Chicago Police Practice of Holding Witnesses Incommunicado in Locked Interrogation Rooms without Access to Lawyers
          • 50-Year-Old Stateway Woman Charges Police with Repeated Sexual, Physical, & Mental Abuse in Public Housing
          • Clinic Wins Settlement Protecting First Amendment Free Speech Rights of Human Rights Worker
          • Clinic Proposes Reforms with Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago to Enhance Police Accountability
          • Manley High School Students Share Their Vision of Police/Youth Relations
          • Mandel Clinic's Advocacy on Behalf of Individual Victims of Police Brutality
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Recent Project News

  • Kane Center Clinics Hiring for Summer 2013
    January 8, 2013
  • Update on Prof. Futterman's Intervention in City's Attempt to Vacate Abbate Verdict
    December 10, 2012
  • Clinical Prof. Futterman Files Motion to Keep City from Vacating 'Code of Silence' Verdict
    December 6, 2012
  • Futterman Discusses CPD 'Code of Silence' with AP and ABC News
    November 16, 2012
  • Futterman, Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project Featured in Series of Reports on Drug Forfeiture Laws
    October 12, 2012

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