NLG Chicago, in partnership with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, The Center for Constitutional Rights, and Palestine Legal, are demanding that the Chicago Bar Association’s March CLE conference be moved out of Jerusalem. The National Lawyers Guild Chicago is deeply concerned that the Jerusalem CLE Conference discriminates against Chicago Bar members who would be denied the right to attend due to their religion, race or national origin, and lends legitimacy to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, in violation of international law.
Please sign our petition to move the CLE.
If you are a member of the Chicago Bar Association, please contact president Steven Elrod at steven.elrod@hklaw.com and tell him you want the CLE to be moved.
Read the full list of signatories to our letter.
Read our full letter to the Chicago Bar Association here. NLG Letter to Chicago Bar Association.2.20.2019_Final
