NLG CHICAGO

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2011 (Dis)Orientation

At NLG Chicago’s 2011 Citywide (Dis)orientation, we’ll have a number of great panels aimed at helping law students survive law school with their values intact. Come meet other law students, legal workers, and lawyers challenging the status quo and fighting for social justice.

Sept. 24, 2011, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
25 E. Pearson Street

Free lunch and mingling begins at 12:30. Register HERE!

Sessions Include:

— Welcome to the Guild: What It Means To Be a People’s Lawyer

Featuring: Jan Susler, Joey Mogul, and Bernardine Dohrn

— Tips & Tricks to Survive Law School and Keep Your Soul

— Raise Your Hand! Critical Theory & What You Won’t Hear in the Classroom

Featuring: Juan Perea and Owen Daniel-McCarter

— Legal Observer Training

— Happy Hour to follow @ Clark Street Ale House (742 North Clark Street).

Plus, a chance to meet and network with NLG law students from all over the City! All are welcome!

Register HERE!

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FA 2011 Kick-Off Meeting and Happy Hour!

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

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Justice for Reynolds Wintersmith

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!

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Fall 2011 is Underway

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.

 

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2011 Board

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

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Know Your Rights Materials

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!

Know Your Rights

 

 

 

 

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August 30: Kent Awards 2010 Palmer Prize for Civil Liberties Scholarship

On Tuesday August 30th Harvard Law Professor Gabriella Blum, along with her colleague Philip Heymann, is this year’s winner of the 2010 Palmer Prize, which we annually award for the best writing on civil liberties during the prior year. At 12:00 in the courtroom, the authors will present their book, Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists: Lessons from the War on Terrorism. Professors Blum and Heymann reject the argument that traditional American values embodied in domestic and international law can be ignored in any sustainable effort to keep the United States safe from terrorism. They argue that the costs are great and the benefits slight from separating security and the rule of law.

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Next Gen Post Bar Celebration/Happy Hour!

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

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Grand Jury CLE

On Tuesday, May 10, join the Chicago Chapters of the National Lawyers Guild and the American Constitution Society, ACLU of Illinois, National Conference of Black Lawyers, and CAIR-Chicago as we sponsor a fantastic CLE about the grand jury and current abuses thereof.
WHAT: Representing Clients In a Grand Jury Investigation Implicating Political Conduct.  Exploring:
  • 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.
SPEAKERS:
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.

WHEN:  Tuesday, May 10, 5:30-7:30

WHERE:  Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Street, 1st Floor

2 CLE Credits!  Free!

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REGISTER! Military Law Training (CLE)

GETTING OUT OF THE MILITARY

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.

REGISTER NOW! Fill out the registration form here.

Friday, May 20, 2011

10 am – 4 pm

Loyola University Corboy Law Center

25 E. Pearson, Room 208

Chicago Illinois

Presented by: Rai Sue Sussman and Jane Kaplan of the Bay Area Military Law Panel

  • Members, minority bars, non-profits, public defenders | $100 ($150 late)
  • Other attorneys | $125 ($175 late)
  • Law students, legal workers, and low income | $50  ($75 late)

Tuition goes directly to pay cost and includes:

  • a CD of all presented material
  • a delicious lunch provided by Haifa Cafe, a local Middle Eastern restaurant.

Printed material can be pre-ordered for an additional $50.  Financial hardship assistance available.

Register Now! Fill out the registration form here.

You can pay your registration in advance online via Paypal:


Price


 

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.

Contact

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

chicago[@]nlg.org