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October 24, 2011 by John Marshall

Mass Incarceration Symposium

Mass Incarceration Symposium
Saturday, November 5th, 11:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
At the John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Court, Room 420

Agenda:
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Panel

Featuring Defense Attorney MiAngel Cody; State’s Attorney Steve Rosenblum; and Federal Defender Carol Brook

12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m. – Free Lunch
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Prison Conditions Panel

Featuring Steven Shobat, Defense Attorney and Professor of Prisoners’ Rights; Nathson Fields, who has brought prison conditions lawsuits while in prison and on death row for a crime he did not commit; Jim Chapman, prison conditions litigator and teacher at Stateville Correctional Center; Dr. Scott Chavez, Vice President of National Commission on Correctional Health Care; and Alan Mills, legal director of Uptown People’s Law Center.


Click the photo for more information.

The Symposium is in conjunction with the Prisoners Book Drive.
Bring any books you wish to donate to the event!

Email jmls.nlg@gmail.com to register for CLE Credit.
Free and open to the public.
RSVP: jmls.nlg@gmail.com

Sponsored by the John Marshall Chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild and the John Marshall Democrats

Filed Under: John Marshall Tagged With: mass incarceration, prison

August 31, 2011 by John Marshall

Fall 2011 is Underway

Welcome Back Guilders!

We held our first meeting today, and here are the minutes:

Disorientation occurring at Loyola Law School, 1-5pm on September 24th.  Go!

National Convention – in Philly! In October!  You should go!

COINTELPRO Movie Screening – October 7,  at 5243 N. Clark, don’t know what time yet.

The Law of Prisons Event – a panel discussion on mass incarceration, prisoners’ rights, etc.  Possibly first week of Nov. or late October.  Need to start planning!
Prisoners’ book drive will be the next week.

 

Next meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 2pm.  Room TBA.

 

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August 31, 2011 by John Marshall

2011 Board

Hi everyone! The new Board for 2011 is:


President – Katie Gaughan


Vice President – Diane O’Connell


Secretary – Shannon O’Keefe


Contact us: jmls.nlg@gmail.com

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