posted Oct 19, 2009 1:42 PM by Cardozo NLG
Join the Cardozo National Lawyers Guild for our next general meeting Wednesday, October 21st at Noon in Room 304.
Pasta and salad will be served!
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posted Oct 7, 2009 5:12 AM by Cardozo NLG
ATTENTION CARDOZO NLG MEMBERS:
We have been invited to a special free advance screening of WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE for New York City law school students. The screening will be followed by a panel with the filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, and Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights.
***Print out the attached email for entrance.
Seating is limited and is on a first come, first serve basis, so arrive EARLY!***
Thursday, October 22nd at 7:00 p.m.
Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall Room 101
435 West 116th Street (corner of Amsterdam Avenue)
Synopsis of the film (www.disturbingtheuniverse.com):
"In William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed 'Chicago 8' activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer.
To his daughters, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for; it also reveals a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who risked public outrage and the safety of his family so that justice could serve all."
For additional information please email cardozo.nlg@gmail.com
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posted Oct 4, 2009 5:14 PM by Cardozo NLG
Come Learn how to be a Housing Court Observer
This Wednesday, Oct 7th, 6PM – Room 303
Most tenants in NYC Housing court are unrepresented by counsel. This program will observe the treatment of pro se litigants by judges and court personnel. Make sure people in danger of losing their homes are being treated fairly!
Can’t make it but want to get involved? Email mdjones@yu.edu |
posted Oct 4, 2009 5:12 PM by Cardozo NLG
Hey, you know what's awesome? The freedom of speech and assembly! Help protect this right by being a legal observer with the NYC-National Lawyers Guild. Come to our training Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. in VH 204, and then you'll be able to serve as a legal observer at protests, demonstrations, and Critical Mass rallies in New York and elsewhere, working with the Mass Defense Committee of the NYC-NLG.
There's no time commitment, since you sign up to observe at protests when it fits your schedule. So, even if you're not totally sure you can take on another commitment, you should come to the training anyway just in case. At any rate, there'll be dinner and drinks served, and you'll get to hear from experienced legal observers and learn about NYC police tactics at protests.
Once again, the details: National Lawyers Guild legal observer training, next Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 6-8 p.m, in VH 204
If you think you're into coming, it would be greatly appreciated if you could e-mail Caroline, at caroline.nagy@nyu.edu, so NYU will have an idea of how much food to get. Or just show up! |
posted Oct 4, 2009 5:04 PM by Cardozo NLG
Cardozo's Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild Presents...
The 2nd Annual NLG Faculty-Student Schmooze
Tuesday, October 6th, 5 - 7 p.m. in the Cardozo Lobby
Refreshments will be provided
Cardozo's chapter of the National Lawyers Guild invites all students and faculty to enjoy refreshments and good company. The Faculty Schmooze is meant to provide students with the unique opportunity to meet Cardozo faculty and fellow students and interact with them in an informal and social setting.*** The Cardozo Law School chapter of the National Lawyers Guild organizes events that promote social and economic justice. We coordinate with organizations that work on issues such as environmental justice, voting rights, civil rights, criminal justice advocacy, LGBTQ rights, law reform, landlord/tenant issues, legal observer trainings (protecting free speech), and much more.
For additional information please contact: cardozo.nlg@gmail.com Visit our website at http://sites.google.com/site/cardozonlg/Visit the national website at www.nlg.org |
posted Sep 22, 2009 7:48 AM by Cardozo NLG
Cardozo NLG* Presents: NLG 101
Become Part of a 70+ Year History of Progressive Lawyering
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 12 Noon - Room 303
Pasta will be served
Guest speaker: Susan Tipograph, Long-time NLG member and NYC attorney
Ms. Tipograph has represented controversial figures including Lynne Stewart, an attorney charged criminally for providing material aid to terrorism; demonstrators against the New School; protestors against globalization, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; people subpoenaed to federal grand juries investigating the Puerto Rican independence movement; and the Ohio 7.
* The Cardozo Law School chapter of the National Lawyers Guild organizes events that promote social and economic justice. We coordinate with organizations that work on issues such as environmental justice, voting rights, civil rights, criminal justice advocacy, LGBTQ rights, law reform, landlord/tenant issues, legal observer trainings (protecting free speech), and much more.
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