GENERAL MEETING
CHICAGO-KENT NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
SEPT 15TH|6:00PM|Room 570
followed by:
Social at Haymarket Pub & Brewery
737 West Randolph (Randolph & Halsted)
Join us, Save your lefty-bleeding heart from law school!
Participate in organizing and planning this year’s events
Get Information on the NLG-Chicago’s Law School Dis-Orientation
Become your Section’s 1L Representative
Come learn about the only juvenile, first-time offender in the United States who is serving a mandatory federal life sentence for a non-violent drug offense. Reynolds Wintersmith received a federal sentence of life without parole for a drug offense committed when he was 17. He remains in federal prison notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Graham v. Florida, which found it unconstitutional for juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole sentences. Come hear about his case from his federal defender, and learn about how you can help!
Date: Thursday, September 29
Time: 11:50-12:50
Room: DePaul Law, Lewis Building, 1 E. Jackson, Room 805
Snacks provided!
Welcome Back Guilders!
We held our first meeting today, and here are the minutes:
Disorientation occurring at Loyola Law School, 1-5pm on September 24th. Go!
National Convention – in Philly! In October! You should go!
COINTELPRO Movie Screening – October 7, at 5243 N. Clark, don’t know what time yet.
The Law of Prisons Event – a panel discussion on mass incarceration, prisoners’ rights, etc. Possibly first week of Nov. or late October. Need to start planning!
Prisoners’ book drive will be the next week.
Next meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 2pm. Room TBA.
Hi everyone! The new Board for 2011 is:
President – Katie Gaughan
Vice President – Diane O’Connell
Secretary – Shannon O’Keefe
Contact us: jmls.nlg@gmail.com
Whether you are an activist, organizer, or simply an ordinary person, it is essential that you know your rights and feel comfortable exercising them.
Don’t forget to check out NLG Chicago‘s resource page for information on knowing and asserting your rights!
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Next Gen folks who have completed the bar exam! Let’s get together for our monthly happy hour, and for a special post-bar celebration.
The Chicago Next Gen Committee hosts this monthly Happy Hour for young, progressive, and radical attorneys, legal workers, and law students. Come out for drinks and socializing with your community! And, drag along all the friends and co-workers that you can wrangle! Bring someone new along!
WHERE: El Cid II, 2645 N. Kedzie.
WHEN: Friday August 5th, 6-8 PM
SPECIALS: $4.75 Margaritas, other specials TBA
- A history of grand jury and executive power prosecutorial abuse, including the Palmer Raids, the McCarthy era, grand juries targeting Puerto Rican, civil rights and anti-war activists.
- The ABC’s of representing people before grand juries, including important First Amendment rights for organizations whose records are subpoenaed, implications of FBI infiltration, and how to use First Amendment rights to defend against grand jury subpoenas and prosecution.
- First Amendment and criminal defense issues raised by Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
- A client’s perspective.
Michael Deutsch is a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer at People’s Law Office who has written about grandjury abuse.Bernardine Dohrn is associate clinical professor at Northwestern’s Children and Family Justice Center, and was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in the early 1980’s but resisted and served time in prison for her refusal.Aziz Huq is an assistant professor at University of Chicago Law School, and previously litigated national security cases at the Brennan Center for Justice.Stan Willis is a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer, activist, and active member of NCBL.Susan Gzesh (moderator) is the director of the University of Chicago Human Rights Program and is a lawyer.
Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Presented by members of the Bay Area Military Law Panel.
An orientation to military law and discharges, and how to advise service members seeking discharge from the military.
Presented by: Rai Sue Sussman and Jane Kaplan of the Bay Area Military Law Panel
Tuition goes directly to pay cost and includes:
Printed material can be pre-ordered for an additional $50. Financial hardship assistance available.
Email chicago[@]nlg[.]org for more information.
Sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Co-sponsored by: Iraq Veterans Against the War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War Chicago, and Civilian-Solider Alliance.
