Institute of Politics

Past Events

Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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Inside the Progressive Prosecutors Movement: An Assessment

January 16, 2024

  • law/courts
  • criminal justice/policing

Race, Police and Violence: The Killing of Tyre Nichols

February 07, 2023

  • race
  • criminal justice/policing

Decriminalization

November 01, 2022

  • drugs
  • criminal justice/policing

Chicago Style: Passing Police Reform in Illinois

February 18, 2022

  • Chicago Style
  • criminal justice/policing

Defund or Reform the Police?

April 26, 2021

  • criminal justice/policing

Incarceration and COVID-19

May 26, 2020

  • criminal justice/policing
  • health care

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson

November 07, 2019

  • Chicago/Illinois
  • criminal justice/policing

Chicago Style: Injustice, Racism, and Violence in Chicago with Father Pfleiger

May 18, 2015

  • race
  • Chicago Style
  • criminal justice/policing

Inside America's Criminal Justice System featuring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Bill Keller

May 11, 2015

  • criminal justice/policing

Closing Guantanamo: An Open Promise?

February 06, 2015

  • criminal justice/policing

Lessons from Ferguson

January 28, 2015

  • criminal justice/policing

Inside the Chicago Police Department: Combating Violence and Engaging the Community featuring: Garry McCarthy, CPD Superintendent

November 03, 2014

  • Chicago/Illinois
  • criminal justice/policing

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