By Becky Beaupre Gillespie, Director of Content July 14, 2021 The American Constitution Society’s Chicago Lawyer Chapter will honor Clinical Professor Craig Futterman, the founder and director of the Law School’s Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project and one of the nation’s leading advocates for police reform, with an Abner J. Mikva Award at their annual Legal Legends Luncheon on July 21. The award recognizes Chicago-area lawyers and judges who have made extraordinary contributions to progressive legal causes. It is named for the late Hon. Abner J. Mikva, ’51, a former congressman, federal judge, White House legal counsel, and University of Chicago Law School professor who was instrumental in ACS’s creation. Mikva taught courses in legislative process at the Law School for many years and served as senior director and director of the Appellate Advocacy Project at the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic.