NLG CHICAGO

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Winning Case Analysis & Dynamic Witness Examination – Practice and Ethics

 

 

 

Join us for a fantastic NPAP CLE seminar with Criminal Defense Attorney James McComas. Rick Friedman calls Jim McComas “the best criminal defense lawyer I’ve ever known, one of the best trial lawyers I’ve ever known, brilliant, creative, innovative and fearless.” 

 

 

 

Jim will be tailoring his approach to police misconduct cases; he will be assisted by NPAP President Michael Haddad. 

 

 

 

This seminar was approved by the Illinois MCLE Board for 10.5 general credit hours.  

 

An application for 2 ethics credits is pending.

 

Register here: http://nlg-npap.org/civicrm/event/info?id=12&reset=1

 

 

 

You will learn:

 

 

 

— To take your Cross-Exam method out of the last century, and learn how to make this weapon into an even more effective, powerful tool.

 

 

 

— How to transform your Cross-Exams into consistently outcome determining events, without taking any excessive risks.

This remarkable 1 1/2 day CLE includes:

 

  • A complete presentation of Case Analysis & Dynamic Cross Exam (Friday)
  • Demonstrations of Dynamic Cross Exam (Friday)
  • Group discussion by all participants and presenters, and preparation of Dynamic Cross & Direct Exams in a specific case (Saturday morning)
  • Multiple cross examinations of police officers and a defense police practices expert

The result?  You will be ready and able to examine witnesses in a new, hugely effective way.  You will be on the cutting edge of advocacy and your clients will benefit right away as you join the vanguard of Dynamic Lawyers for the People.

 
This is Jim’s second seminar with NPAP.  Rick Friedman and Jim McComas were part of our last highly praised NPAP seminar held on February 15 in New Orleans.

WHEN:  May 17th, 8:45 AM through May 18th, 12:00 PM

LOCATION:  Inn of Chicago / 162 East Ohio Street / Chicago, IL 60611
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Hotel Information: NPAP has set aside a limited number of rooms for a discounted rate of $169 (single & double occupancy) at the Inn of Chicago, where the seminar will be held. Please call (212) 630 9939 or email director.npap@nlg.org  Executive Director Brigitt Keller to make a reservation for a room at the Inn of Chicago. Please make your reservation as soon as possible.

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May 11th – NLG Puerto Rican Community Walking Tour

We are writing to invite you to join us for a one hour guided walking tour of the Puerto Rican community in Chicago on Saturday, May 11th.  We will meet at noon at Nellies, 2458 W. Division.

During the tour you will see and hear about the incredible work done by the Puerto Rican community to build a vibrant, sustaining community that meets the needs of the Puerto Rican community. We will see the alternative high school, child care center, the first housing for gay, lesbian, transgendered youth, and the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture. We will also learn about the history of the community and the Puerto Rican people in Chicago.
If you would like to go on the tour or have questions, please contact us at chicago[@]nlg.org
 Regards,

NLG Chicago

 

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Next Gen Happy Hour at Haymarket!

Haymarket Pub & Brewery

Come out and celebrate a belated May Day with Next Gen, the NLG Labor and Employment subcommittee and Wobblies! 

When: Friday, May 3, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Haymarket Pub and Brewery, 737 W Randolph

Specials: Haymarket offers 32 tap handles featuring more than 10 house brewed varieties, including classic Belgian and American beer styles.

The Next Gen Happy Hour:  Every month, the Next Gen Committee of the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago throws a happy hour to bring together young, progressive, and radical attorneys, law students, and legal workers to drink, socialize, organize, and relax. Join us!

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CLE on 5/13: From Puerto Rico to Palestine: Colonial Domination and Political Prisoners

NLG Chicago’s The United People of Color Caucus and the Palestine Solidarity Committee present

From Puerto Rico to Palestine: Colonial Domination and Political Prisoners
Monday, May 13th, 4-6pm
John Marshall Law School, 304 S. State St, Room 420

Puerto Ricans and Palestinians have experienced decades of colonization by foreign powers. Their movements for independence have been suppressed through a variety of means, the imprisonment of political activists being a primary one.  This CLE will explore the commonalities in the Puerto Rican and Palestinian experiences and the intersections between colonization and political repression. Some of the questions explored will include: What is the legal status of the colonization and occupation of these lands?  What are the respective independence movements trying to achieve? What are the legal and other tools the colonial powers use to maintain their authority over colonized populations without granting them the same rights and privileges as their own citizens?  How do the colonial powers, the US and Israel in this case, continue to evade legal and moral accountability for their treatment of their colonial subjects?  How have the colonial powers dealt with decades of resistance? How have independence movements in Puerto Rico and Palestine, as well as in the US, been repressed by the Israeli and US government? What is being done to address the situation of Puerto Rican and Palestinian political prisoners?

Sahar Francis is the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a Palestinian NGO providing legal and advocacy support to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons.

José E. López is the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and has been a leading figure in the struggle for Puerto Rican human rights for the past 30 years.

Jan Susler is an attorney with the People’s Law Office, she has worked with the Puerto Rican Independence Movement challenging U.S. foreign and domestic policies for over 30 years. She has represented Puerto Rican political prisoners and has served as lead counsel in the efforts culminating in the 1999 presidential commutation of their sentences. She continues to represent those who remain imprisoned.

 

REGISTRATION:
Please register online at http://tinyurl.com/cleprtopalestine  

Free for those who do not want CLE credits.
2 CLE Credits available – $20. Pay online http://tinyurl.com/paypalcleprtopalestine or pay at the door.

*Please see NLG Chicago’s financial hardship policy for more information: http://tinyurl.com/NLG-hardship-policy  No one will be turned away.

If you do not register, please come prepared to show ID in order to enter the building.

 

For more information: chicagonlgtupocc@gmail.com

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Crossroads Annual Benefit: Seeds of Change

NLG Chicago invites you to join us for this event! Crossroads generously provided a grant that helped fund our work during the NATO Summit and it is honoring us this year at its annual benefit! Details are below.

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Join grantees, board members, and friends of Crossroads Fund as we celebrate our annual benefit.

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
At The Chicago Cultural Center
GAR Hall, 77 East Randolph Street
Chicago, Illinois

For more information and to buy tickets visit
http://www.crossroadsfund.org/seedsofchange2013

5:30 P.M. Reception: live music from
the Chicago Cuatro Orchestra Ensemble,
silent auction, buffet dinner and open bar

7:30 P.M. Awards Presentation

8:30 P.M. Music from DJ Chapulin

9:30 P.M. Event Concludes

2013 Seeds of Change Award Winners

KAREN LEWIS & THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
BLOCKS TOGETHER
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, CHICAGO CHAPTER

Contact

637 S. Dearborn St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605

chicago[@]nlg.org