Join the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice for another round of community court watching! Starting in September, we’ll be watching pretrial hearings across the state to monitor the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act. Participants will receive training on how to record observations from these pretrial hearings.

Volunteers must be able to attend one training and take at least two shifts (each lasting between 2-3 hours) observing pretrial hearings in the county they were trained in between Monday and Friday during September or October. Trainings will take place virtually but all court watching will happen in-person.