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[Woods Fund Chicago @WoodsFundChi]

What We're Reading: Legal advocates discuss possible causes of the public defender shortfall in IL and other states, citing research from the @northwesternlaw Bluhm Legal Clinic (home to WFC grantee partner @CFJC_NULaw).

Learn more from @CourthouseNews: https://t.co/IwIxwyWDvM

[Restore Justice Foundation @JusticeRestore]

Read this wonderful article about our Board member Shobha Mahadev! Thank you for your tenacious advocacy, Shobha. We are grateful to work with you. https://t.co/56HUu1ZuUy

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

Congratulations to Prof. Mahadev, @ABALitigation #FearlessChildrensLawyer!

Per Shobha: "Nothing ever feels permanent, but I think we’ve planted seeds that have allowed for a different way to view sentencing of young people in Illinois." 🌱

More here:👇
https://t.co/CEnPPe1OC0

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

No better last word than from Julie herself - thank you @ABAJournal!

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

What's next on her agenda? Ask @SharoneMitchJr:

“[Ensuring] the state is funding public defenders...She’s completed one of the most complete datasets the state has seen when it comes to budget comparisons between the funding for public defenders as compared to prosecutors.”⚖️

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

Gatewood + CFJC Legal Director Ali Flaum describe the incredible work of Julie and her students - obtaining data from 99 of 102 IL counties to prove that only 3 of every 1,000 youth arrests were expunged, informing the passage of the Youth Opportunity and Fairness Act 📃✅

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

On policy: “She is extremely astute at identifying issues that need to be addressed,” says Paula Wolff, policy advisor at the Illinois Justice Project. “She’s got a great sense of humor as well as a great sense of outrage, which are two things that are good to combine.”😅🔥

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

One such young person represented by Julie and CFJC students, Diego Garcia-Cordero, is building his own future while looking to pay it forward:

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

per @GarienGatewood: "Not only has she shepherded an entire generation of young advocates throughout the city of Chicago, her biggest accomplishment has been how many kids she’s helped throughout the state of Illinois.” + https://t.co/9MTc7qvYMx

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

We're thrilled to share this writeup! It captures the enthusiasm for our clients and work that Julie brings to each interaction with her students, as well as with her colleagues around the city, state, and country.

[ABA Journal @ABAJournal]

Julie Biehl, an ABA member since 2006, is known as a straight shooter, whose presence fills a room. “She is so fiery and so full of passion and just cares.” https://t.co/dk8AClLUON #ABA #memberswhoinspire @juliannehill @ABAesq @NorthwesternLaw

[ABA Journal @ABAJournal]

Julie Biehl, an ABA member since 2006, is known as a straight shooter, whose presence fills a room. “She is so fiery and so full of passion and just cares.” https://t.co/dk8AClLUON #ABA #memberswhoinspire @juliannehill @ABAesq @NorthwesternLaw

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

NEW op-ed: CFJC Director Julie Biehl, Bruce Boyer of @CivitasChildLaw and Nicole Negrete of @Final5Campaign discuss the latest damning report on youth detention, urging significant improvement in management, transparency, and legal compliance. https://t.co/nl2iP34Eas

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

Prof. Biehl and colleagues Boyer and Negrete note that this latest report is "far from the first — or even the second — time that officials have been put on formal notice that Cook County is doing a dismal job of caring for the children being held," offering these solutions:

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

NEW op-ed: CFJC Director Julie Biehl, Bruce Boyer of @CivitasChildLaw and Nicole Negrete of @Final5Campaign discuss the latest damning report on youth detention, urging significant improvement in management, transparency, and legal compliance. https://t.co/nl2iP34Eas

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

As an @equip4equality investigation makes clear, the authors explain, "physical restraints and forced isolation are regularly employed at the same time that mental health services and educational support to youth with special learning needs are not, as required by law."

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

Those of you who attended our symposium on gun possession in Chicago last fall: check out the remarkable work people came together to produce afterward. 👇

[IL Blueprint for Peace @ILBlueprint]

NEW: #ILBlueprint released - a plan to build peace by decreasing #gunviolence, racism, and criminalization. Join the more than 60 organizations supporting the recommendations: https://t.co/68InYOsM7z

One important reason it's needed: young people https://t.co/nBklxxph2m

[SOUL @SOULInChicago]

Communities Call on Mayor to Focus on Investments to Address Gun Violence
More than 65 community, faith, legal and policy organizations from across Chicago have signed an open letter calling for the Mayor to address gun violence by focusing on addressing its root causes.(cont’d

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

NEW: as some IL lawmakers point to alleged Chicago crime trends as an excuse to resurrect failed policies - from penalty enhancements to sending youth to adult court without a hearing - it is important to look at them in context.

[CFJC Northwestern @CFJC_NULaw]

NEW: an opinion by the @Suntimes Editorial Board highlights points made in yesterday's op-ed by our @SLKollmann https://t.co/zY23OqiScQ