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Request for Help on a Civil Rights Case
Dear NLG People: My name is Dave Rankin. I am part of a team of lawyers including Gideon Oliver and Rose Weber who are suing the City of New York ...
Posted Oct 6, 2009 5:40 AM by Cardozo NLG
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NYCLU
SUMMER 2010 LEGAL/LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT New York Civil Liberties UnionLegal DepartmentLaw Intern - unpaid The New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York state affiliate of the American ...
Posted Sep 22, 2009 6:57 AM by Cardozo NLG
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Volunteer Opportunity: New York Civil Rights Coalition’s Unlearning Stereotypes: Civil Rights and Race Relations Project.
Established in the wake of the infamous racial confrontation in Bensonhurst and killing of 16-year-old Yusef Hawkins in December 1989, the project trains and deploys teams of volunteers ...
Posted Sep 22, 2009 6:35 AM by Cardozo NLG
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posted Oct 6, 2009 5:40 AM by Cardozo NLG
Dear NLG People: My name is Dave Rankin. I am part of a team of lawyers including Gideon Oliver and Rose Weber who are suing the City of New York for all the folks that got arrested at Critical Mass bicycle rides between September 2004 and March 2006. We have around 90 plaintiffs and we are getting deep into depositions. What this means is we need help. Some of the things you could help out with include deposition preparation, document management, and other various tasks as we get to know you. If you have an interest in civil rights litigation and want to lend your shoulder to a great cause, please drop me a line at David@DRMTLaw.com or Mark@DRMTLaw.com. We can be reached by telephone at 212-226-4507 as well. Let us know your availability and background so we can see how best to plug you in. All the best, Dave
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posted Sep 22, 2009 6:54 AM by Cardozo NLG
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SUMMER 2010 LEGAL/LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
New York Civil Liberties Union
Legal Department
Law Intern - unpaid
The New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, seeks current law students for summer 2010 legal/legislative internships (unpaid).
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation’s foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. Founded in 1951 as the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, the NYCLU is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization with six chapters and approximately 50,000 members statewide. The NYCLU defends the rights and freedoms embodied in the state and federal constitutions. We focus on freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to privacy, reproductive rights, disability rights, youth and student rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, voting rights, and the protections afforded those who come into contact with the criminal justice system. The NYCLU engages in various forms of advocacy, including litigation, legislative and policy initiatives and public education. For more information about the NYCLU, please visit www.nyclu.org.
Applicants should have a commitment to public interest law and to civil liberties. Please send a resume, cover letter, two references, and writing sample to:
Summer Legal/Legislative Internship
New York Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, 19th floor
New York, NY 10004
Applications may also be faxed to (212) 607-3318 or emailed to internships@nyclu.org with “Summer Legal/Legislative Internship” as the subject line.
Positions will be filled on a rolling basis beginning in the fall semester. Second-year law students should apply as soon as possible; first-year law students as soon after December 1 as possible. No applications submitted after February 26, 2010 will be reviewed.
The NYCLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
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posted Sep 22, 2009 6:33 AM by Cardozo NLG
Established in the wake of the infamous racial confrontation in Bensonhurst and killing of 16-year-old Yusef Hawkins in December 1989, the project trains and deploys teams of volunteers (mostly lawyers, law and graduate students, community leaders and civic-minded professionals) to team-teach our award-winning Unlearning Stereotypes course at public high schools and junior high schools in New York City. Our program has been housed in some 40 public high schools throughout the five boroughs and two junior high schools in Manhattan, and continues the effort to confront the problems of bias and discrimination before they manifest into acts of violence and hatred.
Participation in our Unlearning Stereotypes program entails a weekly commitment for the current FALL-WINTER 2009 school semester, October-December. Volunteers will be assigned as two-person teams and as such will co-teach a regular high school or junior high school class. In order to visually promote our message of interracial cooperation and harmony, we try to make each team bi-racial as well as co-ed. Classes last approximately 40 minutes and are mostly held in the mornings, prior to working hours. However, our Unlearning Stereotypes volunteers' actual teaching schedules depend on the availability of the classes at the participating schools and some classes are in the early and mid-afternoon (prior to 3 PM). Including transportation and preparation time, our volunteers commit to approximately two to three hours per week.
The teaching approach of our program is non-traditional, and each class is intended to be a forum that develops students’ awareness and critical thinking through open dialogue and debate. Our volunteers do not lecture, but serve as facilitators of candid discussion—about current events and controversial topics of interest to the students, such as race relations, gender discrimination and religious bigotry.
Our volunteers use a type of an interactive Socratic teaching method, role-play exercises, and courtroom scenarios, including mock trials. The aim is to promote critical examination by the students of their own attitudes—as well as their classmates’—thereby learning about themselves and each other.
Our objective is not only to get high school and junior high school students to directly confront and evaluate the stereotypes and prejudices that contribute to ethnic polarization and intergroup conflicts, but to give them the knowledge and much needed opportunity to express their opinions and to think critically about these vexing human relations concerns and social problems.
Our volunteers have mostly been lawyers and law students. They do not necessarily need to have formal teaching experience. Rather, individuals who are dedicated to the careful examination of social problems and who have a broad knowledge of civics, law, and civil rights issues will be well-qualified to lead the weekly discussions. In addition, the curriculum in our program covers various other discrimination topics, such as sexual orientation, age, and disability matters. Thus, knowledge of the legal system is helpful, and we feel that lawyers, law students, and paralegals are ideally suited for this unique classroom teaching experience.
Because so many do not open attachments we have not included with this e-mail the flyer--a one-page description of our project--which can serve as an announcement of this volunteer opportunity. Therefore, we will send it to you once we know of your interest, for immediate and prominent posting. We need increased numbers of volunteers in order to meet the heavy demand from the schools. This program is offered at high schools citywide at no cost, and we need volunteers who work or live in every borough of our city.
Interested persons will need to contact us immediately for training prior to placement. They should email us: sgeller@nycivilrights.org or call Alex at 212-563-5636. In order to be accepted into the program and assigned to a school, all volunteers must register for and participate in a training session; trainings are held in September. We anticipate placing our volunteer teams in schools as early as the second week in October and no later than the third week in October. So, we need to hear from prospective volunteers at once!!
The New York Civil Rights Coalition (www.nycivilrights.org) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization. Thank you for your immediate attention to spreading the word about this program and for your anticipated assistance.
Sincerely yours,
Michael Meyers, Executive Director
New York Civil Rights Coalition
(212) 563-5636
CONTACT Alex, at 212-563-5636, for training or else send us an e-mail to: sgeller@nycivilrights.org
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