The ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter held a very successful meeting on the issues of Police Accountability in Chicago under a new administration charged with creating a more accountable culture within the police department. The room was packed with over 70 attendees from all three sponsoring organizations, and some members of the very interested public. The program featured the new head of the recently created Bureau of Professional Standards for the Chicago police department, Peter Brust. The seminar also featured Ilana Rosenzweig the new head of the recently strengthened City of Chicago Independent Police Review Authority, a civilian review organization separate from the police department. There were many questions and comments from the actively involved audience. Many conversations continued long after the program closed. This seminar clearly illustrated what is a major change in efforts to professionalize the Chicago Police Department, and the challenges that presents.

On April 11, the Chicago Lawyer Chapter joined with the Northwestern School of Law ACS Chapter, Northwestern University School of Law, the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, the American Medical Students' Association, the Advocates for Reproductive Freedom and the Program on Global Health Law and Policy to host nearly 500 people to hear Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives address the subject "Ending the U.S. Health Care Crisis: Reforming Health Care in 2008."

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