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NLG Midwest Regional

2012 NLG Midwest Regional Conference:

Now’s the Time! Rising Up for Human Rights


March 23-25, 2012

IIT Chicago-Kent School of Law

565 West Adams Street

Chicago, Illinois

Brief Schedule

Friday Night, March 23  |  Welcome Social (hosted by Next Gen Chicago)
Saturday, March 24  |  Conference
Sunday, March 25  |  Caucuses & Trainings

Registration

To register, go to:  http://tinyurl.com/cknlg2012

Payment

Online payment is available!  Click the NLG Logo!

  • Registration fee includes light breakfast, coffee, and lunch.   All are welcome.  Financial assistance is available.

Nearby Hotels

http://tinyurl.com/cknlghotels

Panels

Which Way Forward for the Guild: Legal Work for the Movement in Times of Change

Workers Fighting Back: Responses to Austerity, Attacks on Unions, and Economic Inequality

Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Keeping Kids Out of Prison

Legal Response to Mass Political Protest, NSSEs, and the NATO/G8

Workshops

Crimmigration 101: A Primer on Navigating the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Cases

How To Win Section 1983 Wrongful Conviction Cases

Midwest Regional Logo 2012

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Oscar Needs Your Help!

UPDATE!  From the Boricua Human Rights Network:

As of today, there is no word from the United States Parole Board (USPC) regarding Oscar López Rivera’s release.  Please continue to call-in, mail and fax letters. The USPC is telling callers that they must write (only write, not call or fax).  PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL, part of our instance on calling is to offset the conservative and reactionary callers that are calling every day.

CONTINUE TO FAX THE LETTERS!  Here is a link to a petition you can send.  We have experienced, and heard from others across different countries that the fax lines are jammed. It often takes up to 1 hour or more to get through. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. It means that we are overwhelming them with faxes! Sympathizers, activists, students and organizers from Puerto Rico, the US, Mexico, Panama, Australia and Venezuela have been faxing, calling and mailing letters.

OUR ESTIMATE is that, since Oscar’s parole hearing on January 5, OVER 7000 letters have been faxed and mailed. The USPC has stated to te media that they have never had a case like this, with so much activity. We need to continue to apply the pressure! Please continue to fax, and mail letters! Please continue to call ONCE A DAY, EVERY DAY, UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE PAROLE BOARD.

For more information about Oscar, visit the National Boricua Human Rights Network.  Oscar is represented by NLG Chicago attorney Jan Susler, of the People’s Law Office.

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Housing is a Human Right

The War at Home: Fighting for Jobs and Housing in Chicago

Support the national movement to restore housing rights.  Help keep Chicago residents in their homes.  Canvas to inform tenants & homeowners of their rights.

Join the discussion about the economic and economic crisis in Chicago and learn how you can get involved in the movement to fight against it.

Learn about the Problem:

Come to the Community Meeting, Thursday, February 10, 6 PM @ Workers United Hall, 333 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago.  Learn more about the meeting here.

Work to Solve it

Help with Community Outreach to foreclosed homeowners and tenants on Saturday, February 12.

10 a.m. | One hour training session, DePaul College of Law, 25 E. Jackson, 7th Floor Lounge

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Door-to-Door Canvassing, South/West side of Chicago, car pool from training session

For more information, contact depaulnlg@gmail.com.

Sponsored by:

  • DePaul NLG
  • Anti-Eviction Campaign
  • CORE
  • Bridgepoint Unemployed Action Center
  • Jobs With Justice

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John Mearsheimer Lecture

The Bleak Future of Greater Israel: A Lecture by Professor John Mearsheimer

WHEN: 6 pm, Monday, February 7th – 2011

WHERE: Kasbeer Hall – 15th Floor | Corboy Law Center  | Loyola University of Chicago School of Law | Water Tower Campus, 25 E. Pearson, Chicago, IL 60611

One of this nation’s leading scholars, John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr. Mearsheimer’s books have helped reshape the debate on power and foreign relations. Recently Dr. Mearsheimer has attracted attention and controversy for co-authoring the New York Times best seller, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.

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Law School Sections Under Construction

We are currently working on each of the law school chapter’s section of the website.

When we are finished each law school will be able to post event updates and general information about their school, their board members, and their mission.

Visitors will be able to keep track of updates posted from NLG Chicago and each of the individual law school chapters.

Stay posted!

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Solidarity Rally

Come out today and stand in solidarity with the Egyptian people as they demand an end to Mubarak’s oppressive regime.  Let us remember that freedom is an unalienable right for all.  Dress warmly, and join us in our demonstration of solidarity and support for the Egyptian Revolution!

WHEN: February, 4, 2011 @ 5 PM

WHERE: Upper E. Illinois Avenue and N. Michigan Avenue.

Bring as many Egyptian and American flags as you like

Event sponsored by:
CAIR-Chicago
Arab American Action Network (AAAN)
United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG)
International Socialist Organization
DePaul SJP
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC)
American Muslims For Palestine (AMP)

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Support Oscar López Rivera

The U.S. Parole Commission is scheduled to make a determination as to the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera by February 1.  The Parole Commission is reviewing a biased and tainted recommendation to continue Oscar’s detention.

Please send this petition to the U.S. Parole Commission via fax — (301) 492-5307 — and demand that the Commission reject the Parole Examiner’s Recommendation and to order Oscar’s release on parole.  Time is running out.

For more information about Oscar, visit the National Boricua Human Rights Network.  Oscar is represented by NLG Chicago attorney Jan Susler, of the People’s Law Office.

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Peter Erlinder Holds Special Briefing in Chicago

Professor Peter Erlinder, Formerly Imprisoned in Rwanda, Holds Special Briefing in Chicago

The Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, in conjunction with the Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and Loyola University, hosted a Special Briefing with Professor Peter Erlinder and his Kenyan attorneys, Gershom Otachi Bw’Omanwa and Kennedy Ogeto.

View the videos of the special briefing at the Hotel Rwanda Foundation site here!

NLG Chicago and the Hotel Rwanda Foundation thank Loyola University for allowing the use of Kasbeer Hall at the Corboy Law Center (CLC) at the School’s Water Tower Campus.

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Support Peter Erlinder

About Professor Erlinder

American law professor C. Peter Erlinder (William Mitchell College of Law — Minnesota) was imprisoned in Rwanda over accusations related to negating the Rwandan genocide. The Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation deplores this clearly politically-motivated arrest, and implores the international community to act quickly and decisively to demand Professor Erlinder’s immediate release from custody.

Prof. Erlinder, an outspoken critic of the Kagame regime, is frequently criticized by the Rwandan government. His name recently appeared on a publicized list of foreigners whom the Rwandan government allegedly wants silenced for their views. Erlinder traveled to Rwanda last month to defend presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire on the charges brought against her by the Rwandan government. Mrs. Ingabire, a political opponent of current President Kagame, was jailed recently and is currently under house arrest for expressing her political views, which are in opposition to official government policies.

Prof. Erlinder is a defense lawyer and leader of the association of defense attorneys at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. His current trip to Rwanda was intended to provide defense counsel in a peaceful legal process, but, with this arrest, his human rights, liberty and, possibly, his personal safety are in danger.

Prof. Erlinder was reportedly arrested on charges of “genocide negationism,” which means that he disagrees with the official version of the 1994 genocide perpetuated by the current Rwandan regime. This law is frequently applied to silence critics of the regime. In the past it has been applied to Mrs. Ingabire, Human Rights Watch investigators, and even the BBC.

About the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagin Foundation

The Chicago-based Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation was founded by Paul Rusesabagina, the real- life hero of the acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda. Rusesabagina, portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film, saved the lives of more than 1,200 people during the Rwandan genocide and has been honored internationally for his heroism. The Foundation works to prevent future genocides and to raise awareness of the need for a new truth and reconciliation process in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

Contact

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

chicago[@]nlg.org