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September 30, 2015 by Admin

(dis)Orientation 2015 — It’s Not You, It’s Law School!

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The National Lawyers Guild Chicago Chapter is proud to announce our 2015 city wide DisOrientation!!!11!!

Saturday, October 10th @1:00 p.m.
John Marshall Law School,  315 S Plymouth Ct (enter at Jackson & State)

Disorientation is an event for students to discuss surviving law school with our values and commitment to social justice intact. Come meet NLG law students, legal workers, and attorneys, while attending various panels and trainings on how to become a peoples lawyer.

The NLG is dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers to function as an effective force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.

Our aim is to bring together all those who recognize the importance of safeguarding and extending the rights of workers, women, farmers, people with disabilities, and people of color, upon whom the welfare of the entire nation depends; who seek actively to eliminate racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for their repression.

Schedule:

1-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:15 Welcome
2:15-3:15 Student Panel
3:30-4:30 Attorney Panel
4:45-5:45 Legal Observer Training


Happy Hour to follow!

Facebook event page here!

Filed Under: Blog, Events, Featured Articles, John Marshall, Law Schools, Next Gen

April 6, 2015 by Admin

Chicago NLG May Day Party!

NLG May Day Party

The National Lawyers Guild of Chicago invites you to a night of merriment and camaraderie at its first ever May Day fundraising party. Celebrate International Workers’ Day and dance the night away alongside fellow Chicago radicals.

Friday, May 1, 7pm-12am
Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor

Beer/wine and light snacks will be available.

Updates on Facebook

Please feel free to circulate the flyer widely!


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Filed Under: Blog, Events, Featured Articles

March 20, 2015 by Admin

Police Brutality Panel March 24, w/ free CLE Credit

The National Lawyers Guild chapter at John Marshall Law School is hosting a free CLE on police brutality, focusing on community organizing and litigation as avenues for justice.
The event, also co-sponsored by Chicago TUPOCC, will feature NLG Chicago members: Joey Mogul and Iveliz Orrellano. The panel will also include excellent community member and organizer speakers.

Tuesday, March 24

5:00-7:00 pm

John Marshall Law School
304 S. State St, 2nd Floor Lounge
Food and beverage will be provided
2 CLE credits available
Please RSVP by emailing: jmls.nlg@gmail.com
Facebook event: NLG Police Brutality panel

Featured Speakers:
Joey Mogul: Civil rights attorney at People’s Law Office, member of National Lawyers Guild, co-author of Queer (In)Justice
Iveliz Orrellano: Civil rights attorney at Dvorak Law Offices. member of National Lawyers Guild
Page May: Organizer with We Charge Genocide
Mariame Kaba: Activist, writer, and co-founder of Project NIA
Rozette Long: Aunt of Desean Pittman who was killed by Chicago Police. She was arrested when police disrupted Desean’s vigil

Food and beverages will be provided.

**This event is co-sponsored by the Black Law Students Association, the Latino Law Students Association, the Middle Eastern Law Students Association, the Public Interest Law Council, the South Asian Law Students Association, TUPOCC and the American Constitution Society**

 

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Filed Under: Blog, Events, Featured Articles, John Marshall, Law Schools

March 12, 2015 by Admin

WED 3/18: TUPOCC teach-in on Chicago Police Torture

A Teach-In on the history of Chicago Police Torture at the John Marshall Law School.

Between 1972 and 1991, Chicago Police Department Officers tortured at least 112 African American men and youth.

Chicago Police Detective Jon Burge was primarily responsible for introducing the torture techniques, which included electric shock, suffocation, burns, beatings, use of cattle prods, use of nooses, and mock executions with guns.

This teach-in will take place at John Marshall Law School, Room 201, on Wednesday, March 18th from 12pm to 1:30pm. Please circulate to your networks. TUPOCC is collaborating with First Defense Legal Aid as well as Lyons McCray Legal LLP and Dominguez Legal Justice Center (both of which are Justice Entrepreneur Project participants). John Marshall’s Black Law Student Association and Latino Law Student Association are also co-sponsoring.

Facebook event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1579849715635073/

(Folks have to rsvp on Facebook by 3/16 or bring photo ID the day of the event because of John Marshall’s security set-up.)

 

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Filed Under: Blog, Events, Featured Articles, John Marshall, Law Schools

February 27, 2015 by Admin

Ferguson & Beyond: NLG Midwest Regional Conference in St. Louis – March 20-22

Registration is now open for the 2015 NLG Midwest Regional Conference:  “Ferguson and Beyond.”  March 20–22, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The St. Louis chapter has put together a fantastic agenda centered around the events in Ferguson and the legal response.  We also will have great panels dealing with the environmental justice issues confronting our region and immigration considerations for non-citizen activists.  There will also be CLE credit available.

REGISTER TODAY!

Now, more than ever, we need to forge strong relationships across the Midwest.  Please join us to stand in solidarity, expand your knowledge, build the Guild, and have rocking good time!

Conference information

Attached please find detailed information about the weekend, including the Friday night welcome party, Saturday night gathering, and Sunday morning meetings.

For additional information, visit:  www.nlgstl.org/midwest-conference

Registration Information
To register, go to: http://www.nlgstl.org/midwest-conference/registration/    |  Online payment is available!

$20 | law students, legal worker, low income, community organizer
$40-60 | lawyers and others
NOTE:  Registration fee includes 2 continental breakfasts, and lunch.

REGISTER TODAY

Housing
For information on alternative housing, please email:  conferencehousing@nlgstl.org

There are a number of union hotels and family-owned establishments close by to the conference site (Saint Louis University School of Law (100 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63101).  To verify union status of a hotel, you can always visit Unite Here!

NLG Midwest Regional 2015

 

Filed Under: Blog, Events, Featured Articles

February 27, 2015 by Admin

Justice for All? Animal Rights Panel

Chicago viewing of
Justice for All? Race, Class, Gender, Disability and Animal Liberation
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A Panel on Animal Liberation and Intersectionality

Monday, March 2
5:30 p.m.
304 S. State St.
Room 529

View the Facebook event

Is animal rights a feminist issue? If we deny animals rights because they lack the abilities humans possess, are we being ableist? Does supporting animal liberation detract from human liberation struggles? Or could it help human rights causes?

The New York City chapter of National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Animal Rights Activism Committee is hosting this discussion with long-time activists, writers, and advocates Timothy Pachirat, pattrice jones, Christopher-Sebastian McJetters, and Sunaura Taylor. Our panelists will explore how speciesism and non-human animal exploitation intersect with other forms of oppression.

This Chicago based viewing is hosted by the Chicago Chapter of NLG’s Animal Rights Activism Committee and co-sponsored by The John Marshall National Lawyers Guild, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at the John Marshall Law School

Filed Under: Blog, Events, Featured Articles, John Marshall, Law Schools

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