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March 29, 2011 by Admin

NLG Midwest Regional

2012 NLG Midwest Regional Conference:

Now’s the Time! Rising Up for Human Rights


March 23-25, 2012

IIT Chicago-Kent School of Law

565 West Adams Street

Chicago, Illinois

Brief Schedule

Friday Night, March 23  |  Welcome Social (hosted by Next Gen Chicago)
Saturday, March 24  |  Conference
Sunday, March 25  |  Caucuses & Trainings

Registration

To register, go to:  http://tinyurl.com/cknlg2012

Payment

Online payment is available!  Click the NLG Logo!

  • Registration fee includes light breakfast, coffee, and lunch.   All are welcome.  Financial assistance is available.

Nearby Hotels

http://tinyurl.com/cknlghotels

Panels

Which Way Forward for the Guild: Legal Work for the Movement in Times of Change

Workers Fighting Back: Responses to Austerity, Attacks on Unions, and Economic Inequality

Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Keeping Kids Out of Prison

Legal Response to Mass Political Protest, NSSEs, and the NATO/G8

Workshops

Crimmigration 101: A Primer on Navigating the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Cases

How To Win Section 1983 Wrongful Conviction Cases

Midwest Regional Logo 2012

Filed Under: Blog

February 10, 2011 by Admin

Oscar Needs Your Help!

UPDATE!  From the Boricua Human Rights Network:

As of today, there is no word from the United States Parole Board (USPC) regarding Oscar López Rivera’s release.  Please continue to call-in, mail and fax letters. The USPC is telling callers that they must write (only write, not call or fax).  PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL, part of our instance on calling is to offset the conservative and reactionary callers that are calling every day.

CONTINUE TO FAX THE LETTERS!  Here is a link to a petition you can send.  We have experienced, and heard from others across different countries that the fax lines are jammed. It often takes up to 1 hour or more to get through. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. It means that we are overwhelming them with faxes! Sympathizers, activists, students and organizers from Puerto Rico, the US, Mexico, Panama, Australia and Venezuela have been faxing, calling and mailing letters.

OUR ESTIMATE is that, since Oscar’s parole hearing on January 5, OVER 7000 letters have been faxed and mailed. The USPC has stated to te media that they have never had a case like this, with so much activity. We need to continue to apply the pressure! Please continue to fax, and mail letters! Please continue to call ONCE A DAY, EVERY DAY, UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE PAROLE BOARD.

For more information about Oscar, visit the National Boricua Human Rights Network.  Oscar is represented by NLG Chicago attorney Jan Susler, of the People’s Law Office.

Filed Under: Blog

February 6, 2011 by Admin

Law School Sections Under Construction

We are currently working on each of the law school chapter’s section of the website.

When we are finished each law school will be able to post event updates and general information about their school, their board members, and their mission.

Visitors will be able to keep track of updates posted from NLG Chicago and each of the individual law school chapters.

Stay posted!

Filed Under: Blog, Chicago-Kent, DePaul, John Marshall, Loyola, University of Chicago

February 4, 2011 by Admin

Solidarity Rally

Come out today and stand in solidarity with the Egyptian people as they demand an end to Mubarak’s oppressive regime.  Let us remember that freedom is an unalienable right for all.  Dress warmly, and join us in our demonstration of solidarity and support for the Egyptian Revolution!

WHEN: February, 4, 2011 @ 5 PM

WHERE: Upper E. Illinois Avenue and N. Michigan Avenue.

Bring as many Egyptian and American flags as you like

Event sponsored by:
CAIR-Chicago
Arab American Action Network (AAAN)
United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG)
International Socialist Organization
DePaul SJP
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC)
American Muslims For Palestine (AMP)

Filed Under: Blog, Events

January 29, 2011 by Admin

Support Oscar López Rivera

The U.S. Parole Commission is scheduled to make a determination as to the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera by February 1.  The Parole Commission is reviewing a biased and tainted recommendation to continue Oscar’s detention.

Please send this petition to the U.S. Parole Commission via fax — (301) 492-5307 — and demand that the Commission reject the Parole Examiner’s Recommendation and to order Oscar’s release on parole.  Time is running out.

For more information about Oscar, visit the National Boricua Human Rights Network.  Oscar is represented by NLG Chicago attorney Jan Susler, of the People’s Law Office.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Oscar López Rivera

December 22, 2010 by Admin

Peter Erlinder Holds Special Briefing in Chicago

Professor Peter Erlinder, Formerly Imprisoned in Rwanda, Holds Special Briefing in Chicago

The Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, in conjunction with the Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and Loyola University, hosted a Special Briefing with Professor Peter Erlinder and his Kenyan attorneys, Gershom Otachi Bw’Omanwa and Kennedy Ogeto.

View the videos of the special briefing at the Hotel Rwanda Foundation site here!

NLG Chicago and the Hotel Rwanda Foundation thank Loyola University for allowing the use of Kasbeer Hall at the Corboy Law Center (CLC) at the School’s Water Tower Campus.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: chicago, Peter Erlinder

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