NLG CHICAGO

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(dis)Orientation 2013 — It’s Not You, It’s Law School!

Chicago City-wide National Lawyers Guild presents:

 (dis)Orientation *2013*

It’s not you, it’s law school.

Date: September 21, 11am-5pm (followed by HAPPY HOUR!). Lunch included.

Location: Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams St.

Panels Include:

*Welcome to the Guild!*
*Student Tips & Tricks–Surviving Law School without Losing Your Soul*
*Legal Observer AND First Defense Legal Aid Know Your Rights & Hotline Training!*
*Critical Theory: What You Won’t Hear in the Classroom*
*Radical Career Paths*

Interested in social justice lawyering?! NLG is the place to be! Get introduced to the Guild and find out what it’s all about. Plus, a chance to meet and network with NLG law students and Guild lawyers from all over the City!

 RSVP by filling out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JdJ2UAz0COdeDec6ucg7jlXR7wk4j_snXyw3fot460M/viewform

https://www.facebook.com/events/502601089831033/

In addition: NLG presents: LIVE Screen printing.

Upcycle your wardrobe with our live screen printing setup at (dis)Orientation! Bring your old clothes, pick an awesome design and ink color, and we’ll turn that forgotten sweater into something special.


Please join us afterwards for a special post Dis-O Next Gen Happy Hour with law students from all schools!

Come out to this special happy hour hosted by the Next Gen Committee and welcome students who have just completed the great DisOrientation program! Let’s show them the Guild community and and how great it is here in Chicago.

When: Saturday, Sept. 21st  5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Where: Dylan’s Tavern and Grill

118 South Clinton Street (DisOrientation is at Kent so we want to be nearby)

Specials: Great food and great beer, and a full bar

$5 Corona,

$5 Modelo 

$5 Dos Equis  

Other specials to be announced that day 

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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NextGen Happy Hour at Clark Street Ale House

Next Gen Post Bar Exam Celebratory Happy Hour at Clark Street Ale House! 

Come out and celebrate those who have finished the bar and enjoy a great summer happy hour! 

When: Friday, August 2nd, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Clark Street Ale House  742 North Clark Street

Hopefully on the back patio!

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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Anti-Eviction Campaign, Ben Austen, and Edward Voci to speak at Loyola

Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign

Join in a discussion with J.R. Fleming, Toussaint Losier, and other Anti-Eviction Campaign activists, attorney Edward Voci, and Ben Austen, author of the NYT article,

“The Death and Life of Chicago*”

*http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/magazine/how-chicagos-housing-crisis-ignited-a-new-form-of- activism.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Chicago has a shortage of 120,000 units of affordable housing and some 100,000 people sleeping in shelters or on the street each year. J.R. Fleming calls this a moral crisis rather than a housing crisis. Please come and explore the intersection of issues of homelessness, lack of affordable housing, and the mortgage foreclosure crisis in Chicago.

  • Loyola School of Law, 25 E Pearson(near the Chicago Red Line stop), Rm 1303 (13th floor)

  • Tuesday, June 25th, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.

  • Refreshments will be served (though you need not RSVP to attend, if you email emlynr@gmail.com no later than noon on Monday, June 24th, we’d appreciate it)

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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

 

Contact

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

(773) 492-1405
chicago[@]nlg.org