News Room

The Circuit Court of Cook County presented a DUI crash reenactment and assembly on May 15, 2001, to eight hundred students from Alan B. Shepard High School as part of the school's two week Prom Promise anti-alcohol and drug campaign designed to help juniors and seniors make good decisions when faced with the pressure to use alcohol or drugs. 

Cook County Chief Judge Donald P. O'Connell and Chicago Traffic Center Supervising Judge Patrick E. McGann today announced general information concerning traffic violations cases can now be accessed online under the new Traffic Court section of the Circuit Court's web site www.cookcountycourt.org.

Cook County Chief Judge Donald P. O'Connell and the Chicago Coalition for Law-Related Education are pleased to announce the individual student and team winners of the Circuit Court of Cook County's Citywide Mock Trial 2001 Competition for Chicago public high school students held May 1, 2001, in the Richard J. Daley Center. 

Cook County Chief Judge Donald P. O'Connell announced today that the Circuit Court of Cook County will host the Third Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Courthouse Tours on May 23 and May 24, 2001. Chief Judge O'Connell also announced the Circuit Court's popular informational guide has been translated into Chinese and Korean and will be released in conjunction with the tours to commemorate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. 

To educate young drivers on the dangers of alcohol, speed and poor judgement, the Circuit Court of Cook County will conduct its annual Smart Choices traffic safety program for approximately 800 Chicago public high school students from April 30, 2001, through May 4, 2001, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. 

The nine-member Associate Judge Nominating Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County today announced the names of the 22 candidates whose names will be on the ballot from which the circuit judges will select the new 11 associate judges. The Committee is comprised of the following individuals:

The Circuit Court of Cook County introduced the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program, a new component of the court's Drive Wise, Stay Alive traffic safety awareness campaign to combat dangerous driving practices. 

The Circuit Court of Cook County today presented the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program to a group of seniors at the Howard Moore Community Center in Forest Park.

Cook County Chief Judge Donald P. O'Connell and Chicago Traffic Center Supervising Judge Patrick E. McGann today announced the Circuit Court of Cook County will implement the Have a Heart program in which traffic violators found guilty of not properly restraining their infants or toddlers will be given the option to purchase a new child safety car seat at a reduced cost. 

Cook County Chief Judge Donald P. O'Connell announced the Circuit Court of Cook County will begin a Child Protection Mediation Program and a Benchmark Permanency Hearing Program in the Child Protection Division effective February 6, 2001.