Law Students
The NLG has active student chapters on every campus in the Bay Area. To get involved with the NLG at your law school, please contact your chapter representative. Most law schools hold monthly meetings and sponsor events regularly. Our student chapters are always looking for new members so get involved and join the Guild today!
If you’d like more info on student chapters of the Guild, please contact Law Student Organizer Tina Valkanoff at studentorganizer@nlgsf.org
Progressive Lawyering Day
40th Annual Progressive Lawyering Day
Saturday, September 27, 2008, 10 am - 6 pm
University of San Francisco School of Law
Kendrick Hall - 2199 Fulton St at Parker Ave
San Francisco, CA
(Accessible by buses 5 Fulton and 21 Hayes)
Schedule:
10 am Registration/breakfast
10:30-12 pm
International women’s rights panel
Sophie Clavier, Professor of International Relations San Francisco State; Zakia Afrin, Amnesty International; Mita Prakash, Helping Women Help Themselves
Immigration panel
Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition; Francisco Ugarte, San Francisco Immigrant Legal Education Network
12-1 pm Lunch
1-2:30 pm
Juvenile justice panel
Cassandra James, Leajay Harper, Danielle Russworm, Center for Young Women’s Development and Marci Sandoval and Roger Chan, San Francisco Public Defender’s office
Sex workers rights panel
Maxine Doogan and Starchild, Erotic Service Providers Union
3-4:30 pm Keynote speaker
San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart
4:30-6 pm Reception
Contact Tina at studentorganizer@nlgsf.org for more information.
If you want to join the Bay Area student listserv please send an email to Raul at raul@nlgsf.org
Spotlight on the Guild Mentorship Project
In an effort to support radical law students, the Guild mentorship project links progressive public interest attorneys with law students. To learn more about the wonderful opportunities of the NLG mentorship project for law students and attorneys, read the Mentorship Committee page.