NLG CHICAGO

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May Day Party: April 30 2016

May Day 2016

THANK YOU so much to everyone who came out Saturday night to help us celebrate the people power in our beautiful city and raise some resources for NLG Chicago! We raised over $1800 dollars that will help us keep doing our work. Chicago Community Bond Fund made over $200 just selling t-shirts! Enjoy this Love & Struggle Photos album from that night, and tag yourself and your friends! Special thanks is due to Sarah-Ji (our photographer), Lifted Voices (our guest speakers), our DJs, and Lagunitas Brewing Company and Anarchist Brewing Collective for the beer and cider. Thanks again to everyone who showed up to build community towards resistance, and see you next year!

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More photos here!

 

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Prison Abolition: A Discussion for the Legal Community

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In support of the recently passed resolution supporting prison abolition, the Chicago NLG hosted a teach-in on prison abolition on January 21, 2016 at DePaul University. In addition to providing information about mass incarceration, the prison industrial complex, and abolition as a concept, the NextGen Committee facilitated a community discussion about what it means for us as legal professionals to support the abolition of prisons.
Panelists included:

  • Pooja Gehi, Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild (and former member of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project);
  • Lark Mulligan, law student and collective member, Transformative Justice Law Project (*invited); and
  • Erica Meiners, Critical Resistance (*invited).

Please feel free to read the Resolution Supporting the Abolition of Prisons.

If you were unable to attend the event, you can access the presenters’ materials here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_xinf4U3jqXaDR0RkI3cFRQdXc

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(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!

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(dis)Orientation 2014 — It’s Not You, It’s Law School!

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The National Lawyers Guild Chicago Chapter is proud to announce our 2014 city wide DisOrientation!!!
 
Saturday, October 4th @1:00 p.m.
Loyola University, Corboy Law Center, 25 E. Pearson

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
2:30-3:30 Student Panel
3:45-4:45 Attorney Panel
5-6 Legal Observer & Know Your Rights Trainings

Happy Hour to follow!
Clark Street Ale House
742 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
6:30 p.m.

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All-Chapter Pre-Convention Super Social

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The Chicago Chapter NLG Board and Next Gen invite you to our All-Chapter Pre-Convention Super-Social at Jak’s Tap located at 901 W Jackson Blvd. on Thursday, August 14th 2014 from 5:30-9pm.  Come learn about what is in store for our national convention, which is right around the corner. Don’t miss the chance to grab a drink (cash bar) and connect with all of your favorite NLG people.
 
Please help us spread the word about this amazing All Chapter Pre-Convention Super-Social and the upcoming Law for the People 2014 Convention. 

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NextGen Happy Hour Friday May 2!

The next Happy Hour has been set for First Friday May 2nd!  In honor of the date’s proximity to May Day this month’s Happy Hour is co-sponsered by Chicago NLG’s Labor & Employment Committee!

We are first meeting at The Haymarket Memorial: 175 N. Desplaines St. Chicago, IL 60661 at 5:30 PM.  Many people haven’t seen it and it will be a nice reminder of the rich history of Labor in Chicago!

Then we will be walking over to the nearby Dylan’s Tavern and Grill for the rest of the festivities!  Dylan’s is located at 118 S. Clinton St, Chicago, IL 60661 for anyone who can’t make it to the memorial.

We hope to see you there!

Contact

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

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