National Lawyers Guild, Cardozo Chapter (Cardozo NLG)

NYC Tomorrow! Citywide National Lawyers Guild DisOrientation! Trainings on Legal Observing, Copwatching, Critical Race Theory, and more! Flier on the left, schedule on the right.... Register here > https://nationallawyersguildnycchapter.wildapricot.org/even

Join us and the National Lawyers Guild Chapters from Fordham, Brooklyn, and Pace law schools for a symposium on Critical Race Theoryspecifically the effects of social stigma and the role of intersectionality in developing proposals for institutional changes.

Here's one of our Executive Board membersKeegan Stephanexplaining why a political organizer and activist might go to law school: "To help the next wave of activists!"

Hey everyone! Make sure to RSVP to this year's Citywide Disorientation Saturday, Oct. 7th! There will be great panels, free food, and legal observer training! RSVP here > https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSf1AdCLjDMXCwDcy3/viewform

Tonight! Please join us for a discussion on various ways to create positive social change as a lawyer, from working as a staff attorney at a non-profit like the NAACP, to working as pro bono counsel at a large firm, to going into solo practice and working as a movement lawyer. Our panel will feature experts in each of those areas. 6 p.m., Room 423, Indian food will be served!

This coming Monday, please join the Cardozo chapter of the NLG for a discussion on various ways to stay politically engaged as a lawyer. Our panelists represent lawyers from across the spectrum of ways to create positive change as a lawyer, from Monique Lin-Luse, assistant counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; to Alison McKinnell King, pro bono counsel for Arnold & Porter Kaye Sholer; to Gideon Oliver, a solo practitioner and former President of the NYC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, who has served as a "movement lawyer" for Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter.

Reminder about our event! https://www.facebook.com/events/228999187529760/?ti=cl

Mark your calendars: On Wednesday, March 15, the Cardozo Public Service Scholars will be hosting "Priming for Advocacy" a day of panels & workshops to develop skills to respond to the new administration. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/priming-for-advocacy-tickets-3

The Cardozo Environmental Law Society, Cardozo National Lawyers Guild, Cardozo Students For Human Rights, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, South Asian Law Society, Criminal Law Society, Women's Law Initiative, Latin American Law Student Association, Minority Law Student Alliance, and OUTLaw Present: Protest! Dissent! and Civil Disobedience! // A Legal Panel Discussion Join the Cardozo Environmental Law Society and co-sponsoring student clubs for a discussion on the laws sur...rounding protest, dissent and civil disobedience in the Trump era, with Constitutional Law Professor Michel Rosenfeld (Cardozo Law), attorney Martin Stolar (National Lawyer's Guild), and attorney Rodrigo Bacus (Urban Justice Center). Thursday, March 2nd Room 1008 @ 6:00 PM Free and Open to the Public Veg-Friendly Food Will be Served Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dissent-protest-and-civil-diso

Amazing turn out at our Black Lives Matter event last night! Thanks for coming, everyone!

In the wake of the #MuslimBan, Yeshiva University & Cardozo Law School announce they will be #SanctuaryCampus(es). #NoBanNoWall.

Hey NLGers! Cardozo's NLG is planning a movie night and we'd like your input! Which movie are you interested in seeing? Vote in this poll! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/25L56QB

An interesting event to be on the lookout for: https://www.facebook.com/events/328764584138806/

Check out the event page for the 2017 RebLaw Conference at Yale Law School on February 17th and 18th! The registration deadline is tomorrow, January 31st.

This is today! It's a great event and we recommend you all to attend!

First general body meeting of the year! Come to room 420

Hey NLGers! Our first meeting of the year will be held today at noon in room 420! Snacks will be served!

Heads up about this event! https://www.facebook.com/events/1676807979310690/

At our event about Mass Incarceration and the Prison Abolition Movement

Reminder: Panel today at 6:30pm! We hope to see you all there!

Reminder, tomorrow is our panel on Mass Incarceration and the Prison Abolition Movement! We'll have some really wonderful speakers attending, so don't miss out!

Hey all! Stop by NLG's table today and tomorrow between 12-2pm in the 3rd floor lounge to pick up resources about the Student Week Against Mass Incarceration and the Death Penalty! You can also sign up for our upcoming trip to Rikers Island Correctional Facility and learn about our upcoming events for this semester!

Hey NLGers! Remember, we are tabling this week in the 3rd Floor Lounge for the Student Week Against Mass Incarceration and the Death Penalty! Stop by and pick up informative materials! Also, be on the lookout for updates on upcoming events that deal with Prison Abolition and Mass Incarceration Issues!

NLG General Body Meeting at noon on Monday, Feb 8th!! There will be food! Come and hear all that we have planned for this semester!

COME TO OUR GENERAL BODY MEETING ON MONDAY!! WE WILL HAVE FOOD!!!

Hey NLGers! Our Anti-Racism / Anti-Oppression Workshop is taking place this week on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 6pm - 9pm, in conjunction with P*LAW. It will be held in room 1008 and will feature an experienced trainer! So, bring your P*LAW passports and learn how to confront racism in your personal and professional lives. Register for this event beforehand on Simplicity!

Hey, Cardozo NLGers! Need a break from all that studying? Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, December 1st, in Room 303 from 4-5PM for a Coffee Break! We'll have Coffee, tea, and yummy sweets so make sure you stop by and refresh yourselves before getting back to work! See you there!!

***ATTENTION ALL*** NLG General Body Meeting and Legal Observer Training TONIGHT!!!! (Monday, November 23, 2015) 6:30pm, Room 102 Dinner and Beverages will be served!!!!!!... Please join Cardozo's NLG for our final general body meeting of the semester. During the meeting, NLG NYC's Executive Director, Susan Howard, will teach us about legal observing at protests and other organizing events, and how you can get involved. We will discuss events coming up this winter and next semester, and share a meal and beverage! We hope you can join us! :D

Hey NLG! There's a lunchtime event tomorrow put on by OUTlaw, MLSA, and LALSA. Check it out if you are free at 12:00pm!... Walking While Trans: Police Harassment in the Trans Community Forty-five years after the Stonewall Riots - the 5 day rebellion against discriminatory policing led by trans and gender nonconforming people of color - trans and gender nonconforming people of color still experience regular police harassment and violence. Many trans and gender nonconforming people - particularly trans women of color - experience police harassment just for "walking while trans." Join OUTlaw, the Minority Law Student Alliance, and the Latin American Law Students Association on Wednesday, November 11 at 12:00pm in room 102 for a dialogue on police violence against the transgender community. Speakers include: Aron Cobbs, Lambda Legal Juana Peralta, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Stefanie Rivera, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Peter Gabriel, Streetwise and Safe Lunch will be served!

Hey NLGers, there's another great event today at Cardozo, so check it out! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardozo Criminal Law Society, the Cardozo Leadership Association of Women, and the Cardozo Human Rights Club are putting on an event Wednesday from 4 - 5:30 in Room 102. Dinner will be served. The Cardozo Leadership Association of Women, The Cardozo Criminal Law Society and the Cardozo Human Rights Club... present: INCARCERATED WOMEN’S RIGHTS. We are presenting a short film and panel about the rights of incarcerated women. Women have the right to be free from shackles during birth, the right to see their children in prison, the right to have access to sanitary products and conditions, the right to have adequate nutrition while pregnant, and other issues affecting women in prison. Cardozo is proud to welcome panelists: Tina Tinen (leading member of the Incarcerated Mothers Committee of the Coalition for Women Prisoners) Anisah Sabur (the Project Associate for the Women in Prison Project at the Correctional Association of New York)Christina Holdrege (adjunct lecturer at Columbia School of Social Work, and a freelance social worker. She is also a longtime member of the Coalition for Women Prisoners, and Chairs the Incarcerated Mothers Committee), and Jaya Vasandani (the CARDOZO ALUM and Co-Director/Co-Founder of the Women and Justice Project). These women will talk about conditions for women in prison and the work they’re doing to institute real reforms. Their goals are to create a criminal justice system more responsive to the needs and rights of women. They work to promote criminal justice policies and practices that make sense for women, that raise the standard of living for all, and that strengthen families and communities. Please come with questions- especially for those of you going into criminal law or public interest law.

Hello, all! There's an event tomorrow about Public Interest Careers that some of you may be interested in, so here's the info about it! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mentor Lunch Practice Spotlight Series: Public Interest Careers Wednesday, November 4 Noon to 1:20pm Room 5SEM... All Students are invited to this roundtable chat with experienced alumni focusing on career paths in the field of Public Interest. The alumni speakers are: Barbara Fae Feldstein ’01 Human Rights Specialist / Investigator New York State Division of Human Rights Office of Sexual Harassment Issues / Queens Regional Office Rachel Jacobs ’13 Associate Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz Justin R. La Mort ’10 - Moderator Supervising Attorney CAMBA Legal Services Ask questions of our alumni to learn: 1) what careers options are available and what are they like; 2) the qualifications needed; 3) how to gain experience; and 4) how to apply for these jobs. Light lunch provided. Limited to 25 attendees. RSVP on Symplicity.

Please join us today for a discussion titled "Nearly Getting Away With Murder: Examining the Death of Walter Scott" at 5pm; Guests will be Ekow Yankah, Jonathan Oberman and Michael Lyles. Room 211.

Please join CARDOZO NLG for its last general body meeting of the semester! WHEN: Tuesday, April 21st at 1:30 pm WHERE: Room 420 Elections for next year's Executive Board will take place and vegetarian sandwiches will be served! For more information about the elections and the function of Cardozo NLG's Executive Board, please email [email protected]. ... We will also make some announcements about upcoming events, and hopefully have a discussion about next year's goals. ABOUT NLG: Cardozo NLG is Cardozo's Chapter of National Lawyers Guild. National Lawyers Guild is a radical lawyering organization comprised of lawyers, legal workers, community activists, jailhouse lawyers and concerned citizens who view the law as an instrument for social change and justice for all people. The Cardozo Chapter of NLG coordinates with the NYC Chapter of NLG, as well as other law school chapters, to organize educational events and encourage a progressive approach to the practice of law.

NLG General Body Meeting Monday, February 9, 2015 12pm in Room 1008 Falafel will be served!... Thanks to those who were able to attend our events during PLAW. For those of you who were unable to make it to our Legal Observer Training or the Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression Workshop, but would like the opportunity to participate in the future, please come to the general body meeting and let us know!

How far have we come? Join NLG on January 15th in Staten Island. See details in poster.

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD NYC CHAPTER ATTORNEYS DEMAND RESTRAINT, JUSTIFICATION IN NYPD USE OF LRAD SOUND CANNON Attorneys associated with the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (http://www.nlgnyc.org)/ representing several people injured late last week when NYPD officers deployed a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) in Midtown Manhattan delivered a letter to New York Police Commissioner William Bratton today demanding that the NYPD refrain from using the L...RAD for crowd control purposes without first conducting thorough, independent testing, and developing appropriate written and public guidelines for training, use, reporting, and oversight requirements regarding the LRAD. Their clients were participating in, observing, or documenting anti-police brutality protests in the wake of the Staten Island grand jury’s failure to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in connection with the death of Eric Garner when officers from the Department’s Disorder Control Unit (DCU) deployed the LRAD. According to the DCU, the LRAD can be used for communication or as an area denial tool, emitting a piercing sound ranging from a maximum of between 136 to 162 decibels, depending on the model. Under National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health guidelines, exposures to sounds at levels greater than 85 decibels may cause hearing loss. According to DCU documents themselves, in the dangerous range (above 120 decibels), the device can cause damage to someone’s hearing and may be painful. The NYPD has had LRADs since 2004. A 2011 Freedom of Information Law request has shown that as of September 2012 the NYPD had not implemented any training standards or guidelines for use of the LRAD. Attorneys Gideon Oliver, Elena L. Cohen, and Mark C. Taylor contend that officers utilized the LRAD unconstitutionally and dangerously, without having first conducted appropriate studies, created appropriate policies and oversight mechanisms relating to safety and appropriate use of force, and trained officers in them.

By Chapter Coordinator, December 3, 2014 5:29 pm National Lawyers Guild New York City Chapter (NLG-NYC) Condemns Failure to Indict NYPD Officer for Murder of Eric Garner For Immediate Release... December 3, 2014 New York The National Lawyers Guild New York City Chapter (NLG-NYC) condemns the failure of a New York grand jury to indict NYPD officer Danny Pantaleo for the murder of Staten Island father and husband Eric Garner. Though Officer Pantaleo was caught on tape using a chokehold on Mr. Garner -a dangerous technique that the NYPD banned in 1993 after numerous people were killed in police custody- the grand jury found that there was no probable cause to charge Pantaleo. As a former NYS Supreme Court Judge it is disheartening to know that in our system of justice a man can be strangled in the street and there are no consequences to the perpetrators, said retired New York judge and NLG-NYC board member Emily Jane Goodman. The police accosted Mr. Garner because they claimed that he was selling loose cigarettes. Mr. Garner’s death is yet another tragedy that evidences the failure of the neoconservative broken windows theory. New York Police Commissioner William Bratton embraces that theory, though it has only resulted in the over-policing of Black and Latino communities, and the incarceration of people in these communities for relatively minor infractions. The Chapter expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Garner. The killing of Mr. Garner is no anomaly. The NYPD and police departments around the country routinely terrorize communities of color. The announcement by the grand jury in this case comes only a week after the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case, which sparked protests around the country and around the world. This passionate response is not merely in response to one man murdered, but to a legacy of extrajudicial killing of Black men and women in the United States. In 2012 the advocacy group Malcolm X Grassroots Movement published a report titled Every 28 Hours which documents the almost daily extrajudicial killing of Black people by police, security guards and vigilantes in the United States. The NLG-NYC calls on the Department of Justice to bring charges against Officer Pantaleo. Further, the NLG-NYC demands that the NYPD respect the rights of people to protest. The National Lawyers Guild, founded in 1937, is the oldest and largest public interest/human rights bar organization in the United States.

http://neuronbomb.wordpress.com//the-ferguson-masterpost-/

NLG Stands with People of Ferguson, Condemns Systematic Police Violence in Communities of Color nlg.org//nlg-stands-people-ferguson-condemns-systematic-po

Cardozo NLG Presents ¡Palante Siempre Palante! The Young Lords Movie screening, dinner, and drinks... TONIGHT Monday, November 24 6:00PM in room 424 Please join your fellow progressive & radical law students for a pre-finals break! "In the midst of the African American liberation struggle, protests to end the Vietnam War and the women's movement for equality, Puerto Rican and Latino/a communities fought for economic, racial and social justice. From Chicago streets to the barrios of New York City and other urban centers, the Young Lords emerged to demand decent living conditions and raised a militant voice for the empowerment of Puerto Ricans and other Latino/as in the United States and for the independence of Puerto Rico." Run time of the film is approximately one hour. co-sponsored by BLSA and LALSA

Join us TONIGHT with Cardozo BLSA and distinguished Cardozo alumna Chauniqua Young of CCR to talk about Michael Brown, what's happening in Ferguson and aggressive policing in communities of color. 6pm rm. 423. Reinart, Huigens, and Yankah join in the discussion.

People's Climate Change March will take place on September 21st at 11:30 am. Meet around 86th Street and CPW. Check out http://peoplesclimate.org/march/ for more info!

Hey everyone---don't forget--we have our general meeting tomorrow (Sept. 15th) between 12-1 in room 1008. We have some important business to discuss, and will be joined by guest speaker Bina Ahmad. Falafel will be served!

Check out this year's DisOrientation flyer, designed by our very own Eboard member, Amy H. Sign up! Sunday September 28th. Starts at 10 am. A day of progressive lawyering panels organized by a coalition of progressive law students. Breakfast and lunch served. At NYU law. See flyer for more deets.

The NLG-NYC Mass Defense Committee will be holding two Legal Observer trainings in advance of the Climate Change march, scheduled for Sunday, September 21, 2014. Legal observers play a critical role in enabling people to express their political views as fully as possible, without unconstitutional disruption or interference. RSVP for one of the trainings at nlgnyc.igc.org (!) To take place at the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 151 W. 30th St. 11th Floor Tuesday, ...September 16, 2014 or Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. See more

Immediate Summer Internship Opportunity: NLG-NYC Masss Incarceration Committee [pls forward]: [Forwarded] Due to unforeseen events, the NLG-NYC Mass Incarceration Committee's needs to hire another intern! There is so much to do right away and we're looking for someone to start immediately....Continue reading

Happy Hour!!! Thursday 5/22 | 6 p.m. @ Belmont Lounge (by Un. Sq.) - Please join us! NLG-NYC's Labor & Employment Law Committee is hosting a happy hour to raise a glass for our graduating 3Ls. Everyone is invited and welcome!!! Thursday, May 22nd... 6 p.m., Belmont Lounge 117 East 15th Street (just east of Union Square) See more

Law for the People Convention, in Chicago. You are invited to this year's national NLG convention: September 3-7 2014! This year's 4-day program is packed with workshops, plenaries, and CLEs on topics ranging from immigration law, to FOIA activism, to military sexual assault. Meet fellow lawyers, law students, and legal workers fighting for the protection of human rights over property interests. Members and nonmembers alike are encouraged to attend what is sure to be a livel...y event! www.facebook.com/events/781824438502576

Join us for the this year's National Lawyers Guild Convention, September 3-7 2014! This year's 4-day program is packed with workshops, plenaries, and CLEs on topics ranging from immigration law, to FOIA activism, to military sexual assault. Meet fellow lawyers, law students, and legal workers fighting for the protection of human rights over property interests. Members and nonmembers alike are encouraged to attend what is sure to be a lively event!... Tickets available www.nlg.org Visit the event page at: www.facebook.com/events/781824438502576

Wondering why you became a lawyer/law student? Are you burdened by your case-load at work? Having a difficult client? Had enough of law school exams already? Tune into the daily newshour Democracy Now! for excellent news-coverage and inspirational guests. It will help you remember why you choose a legal career - it will show what has been achieved and the work to be done. The show on May 6 features NLG's own Marty Stolar, Occupy activists, Danny Glover on the 'Black Power Mixtapes', and the rising 'Bring Back our Girls Movement' about the nearly 300 abducted school girls in Nigeria. | 'Democracy Now! - The War & Peace Report' - And don't forget about the annual SPRING FLING this FRIDAY MAY 9th - see our page for details!

TODAY at noon! Cardozo NLG Spring General Meeting + Elections | Wednesday 4/30, at noon | Room 424 Please join the Cardozo NLG community and fellow progressive students at our final meeting of the year. We will confirm the 2014-15 board and talk about future events, share ideas and more. Falafel and drinks will be served. TODAY 4/30 AT NOON, ROOM 424.