1. "Policing the Police," by Ethan Frenchman, University of Chicago Magazine (Nov/Dec 2007)
2. Police Accountability Clinic Wins 2004 CLEA Excellence Award for Stateway Civil Rights Project
3. Law Students Counsel the Needy Through Legal Aid Clinic
4. Police Accountability Project wins Community Appreciation Award

University of Chicago Releases Major Study on Chicago Police Department, 11/14/07

1. "The Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Supervisory and Disciplinary Practices: The Chicago Police Department’s Broken System," by Craig B. Futterman, H. Melissa Mather, and Melanie Miles
2. "Chicago Police Abuse Cases Exceed Average," by Susan Saulny, New York Times
3. Certain Areas have More Bad Cops, by Michael Higgins, Chicago Tribune
4. Watch Fox TV News Video: University of Chicago Releases Report Critical of Chicago Police Brutality
   

Clinic wins Public Release of List of Officers with most Abuse Complaints in Chicago

1. "Chicago Revamps Investigations of Police Abuse, but Privacy Fight continues," Libby Sander, New York Times.
2. "Judge Orders Release of Police Data," by Curtis Black, Community Media Workshop.
3. "What are they Hiding? List of Officers with more than 10 Complaints Remains a Secret," Chicago Sun-times article by Frank Main and Abdon Pallasch:
4. "City Holds up Details on Cop Investigations," Chicago Tribune article by David Heinzmann
5. "Elite Cops Rack Up complaints," by David Heinzmann, et al., in the Chicago Tribune:
6. "Hard to Trust Daley 'Reform,'" by Carol Marin, Chicago, Sun -Times

Clinic Advocates for the Creation of an Independent Agency to Investigate Police Abuse in Chicago

1. "City Aims to Stop Rogue Cops," by Gary Washburn and David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune
2. "The Need for Independent Civilian Review of the Chicago Police Department" by Criag Futterman and Jamie Kalven
3. "Policing the Police", by James Foley, Ryan Gallagher, & Phillip Kaplan, Medill News Service
4. Chicago Public Radio, Sonari Glinton, on Proposed Ordinance to Establish Independent Police Oversight
5. CBS 2 Chicago Report, "City Seeks New Police Brutality Oversight"
6. Listen to Dave Stewart's Report on WGN-Radio, "City Seeks Higher Standards for Cops-- Public Clamor, Plus Political Embarrassment Prompts New OPS Ordinance"

1. Law Professors Successfully Argue Case to Protect Local Citizens' Constitutional Rights
   
2. University of Chicago Clinic Wins Half Million Dollar Settlement for Police Raid of Stateway Basketball Tournament
   
3. Legal Aid Clinic at U of C Awarded $500,000
   
4. Listen to Diantha Parker of Chicago Public Radio report on the Clinic's Historic Settlement related to the Chicago Police Raid of the Stateway Basketball Tournament Copyright 2003, WBEZ Alliance, Inc.
   
5. Lawsuit over police search after game to go to trial
   
6. The View from the Ground: Police Raid Stateway Basketball Tournament
   
7. Hear Craig Futterman discuss the significance of the police raid at Stateway on the Cliff Kelley Show on WVON 1450 AM
   
8. Listen to Steve Edwards on WBEZ 91.5 FM Eight Forty Eight show reporting on the Chicago Police Raid of Stateway Fieldhouse. Copyright 2001, WBEZ Alliance, Inc.

Corethian Bell

1. Cops Urged To Tape Their Interrogations; City Videotapes Only Confessions
   
2. DNA Voids Murder Confession
   
3. Wrongfully Accused Man Sues Cops
   
4. Wrongly Imprisoned Man Sues CPD
5. Confession Forced, Freed Man Says, Chicago Tribune
6. University's Collaborative Efforts Win Justice for Gentle Giant

Anthony Boatwright

1. Police Stories
   
2. Law Students Defend Brutality Victim: $45,000 Awarded to Man Attacked by Police
   
3. Mandel Clinic Wins Settlement in Police Brutality Case.
   
4. U of C. Lawyers Win Settlement for Homeless Man

First Defense Legal Aid

1. Stay Denied on Witness Rights No Pressure Yet to Enforce Order
   
2. Police Blasted on Witness Rights Chicago Cops, County Prosecutors Handle Them Like Suspects, Court Says
   
3. Granting Permanent Injunction Opinion (FDLA v. City of Chicago)
   
4. U.S. Judge Slams Law Enforcement Officers
   
5. Police Block Lawyers From Clients, Suit Alleges

Kenya Richmond

1. Law Clinic Wins Settlement Protecting Free Speech Rights of Human Rights Worker.
   
2. University Law School Clinic Files Suit Against CPD
   
3. Suit Filed in Alleged False Arrest
   
4. 6 Cops Face False-Arrest Lawsuit
   
5. Suit Alleges Abuse by Police at CHA Site
   
6. Police Accountability Project Defends Residents' Right to Document Abuse

In re: Special Prosecuter

1. Cop Brutality Investigation must be Thorough, Fair; Public Confidence in our Justice System is at Stake .

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
   
4. ABC News Video Clip - Copyright ©2002 ABC Inc., WLS Television, Inc.

Jose Garnica

1. ABC News Video Clip - Copyright ©2002 ABC Inc., WLS Television, Inc.

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
   
3. Special Investigative Report by Channel 2 News Reporter Pam Zekman, regarding systemic deficiencies in the Chicago Police Department's Police Misconduct Investigations, featuring the Nevles Traylor case (Quicktime)
   [ Download Part I | Download Part II ]

Police Detention of Witnesses

1. CPD Slammed for Holding Witnesses too Long
   
2. Listen to Craig Futterman discuss CPD practice of isolating witnesses in locked interrogation rooms on the Cliff Kelley Show on WVON-1450 AM (Quicktime)
   
3. "Locking up Witnesses and Throwing Away the Key"
   
4. "How Long is Too Long with police? Case Seeks Change in Way Material Witnesses are Treated," ABA Journal, Stephanie Francis Ward
   
5. "NBC 5 Special Investigative Report by Marion Brooks regarding CPD Practice of Locking Witnesses in Interrogation Rooms" [download Windows Movie file]

50-Year-Old Stateway Woman Charges Police with Repeated Sexual, Physical, & Mental Abuse in Public Housing

1. The Lawsuit [PDF]
   
2. "Kicking the Pigeon," by Jamie Kalven
3. "Chicago's Police Problem," by Kari Lyderson, published in Colorlines-- The national newsmagazine on race and politics.
4. "Chicago Public Radio report on Chicago Police Defendants' Attempt to Obtain Reporter's Confidential Notes," WBEZ Alliance, copyright 2006

Reforms to Police Department's Disciplinary & Monitoring Systems

1. Why You Should Care About Police Corruption, Chicago Tribune
2. A Portrait of Impunity
3. Listen to Chicago Public Radio report on enhancing accountability in the Chicago Police Department, WBEZ Alliance, copyright 2006.
4. Listen to Chicago Public Radio to hear Craig Futterman and Prof. Dennis Rosenbaum discuss reforming the Chicago Police Department.
5. Breaking the Blue Wall, The Economist