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Alison Siegler

@alisonsiegler.bsky.social
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Prof and Founding Director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic @UChicagolaw, Federal Defender alum, Prettyman Fellow @georgetownlaw alum

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Alison Siegler @alisonsiegler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Incredibly excited and proud to share that last night, the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic’s groundbreaking litigation to end ATF’s discriminatory stash house stings—spanning four years and dozens of clients—was featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver! Watch the segment here at 9:05 (1 of 4)
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Alison Siegler @alisonsiegler.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Grateful for the opportunity to speak about my Federal Criminal Justice Clinic's Freedom Denied project and how we use transformative advocacy to effect systemic change at @UChicagoLaw's first-ever Endowed Chair Lecture: www.law.uchicago.edu/news/alison-...
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Alison Siegler Delivers Inaugural Endowed Chair Lecture on Transformative Advocacy and the Fight to Restore the Rule of Law | University of Chicago Law School
At the Endowed Chair Lecture marking her appointment as the Lillian E. Kraemer Clinical Professor in Public Interest Law, Alison Siegler shared the story of the Freedom Denied project, a seven-year, s...
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Alison Siegler @alisonsiegler.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Appreciate ABC7 giving me and my UChicago Fed Crim Justice Clinic the chance to highlight an example of the judiciary having the courage to do what the law requires and be the bulwark against incursions on our constitutional & statutorily protected rights & liberties
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Alison Siegler @alisonsiegler.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Loved having the chance to meet new Federal Public Defenders from across the country at the Baby Defender orientation seminar last week and train them on zealously litigating pretrial release using our @uchicagolaw.bsky.social Federal Crim Justice Clinic’s study: freedomdenied.law.uchicago.edu
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Freedom Denied
Freedom Denied How the Culture of Detention Created a Federal Jailing Crisis
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Lior Strahilevitz @thelior.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I'm happy to welcome the University of Chicago Law School, @uchicagolaw.bsky.social, to Bluesky! To celebrate the arrival of our official account, here is a starter pack with my faculty colleagues. go.bsky.app/L81ZCoX
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Alison Siegler @alisonsiegler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Yesterday I had the privilege of participating in the USSC’s Drug Sentencing Roundtable. Forty years into the failed War on Drugs, it is past time to rethink the drug Guidelines. Thankful to the Commission for hosting this conversation. 1/2
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