Upcoming Events
Demonstrations Committee Meeting
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Note location change.
Join our Demonstrations Committee for our monthly meeting. We review past and future demonstrations, protests and other actions. We discuss our chapter’s legal support of activists, evolving laws, and police practices. The February meeting will have a special focus on the Occupy movement in the Bay Area and legal strategy/cooperation.
The meeting will begin at 6:00 pm at 505 14th Street, Suite 1150. Please RSVP to Carlos carlos@nlgsf.org.
Doris Brin Walker Law Reform Committee
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The next meeting of the Doris Brin Walker committee will be on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 6:30 PM at Don Ramon’s, 225 11th Street, San Francisco.
At our last meeting on January 5, we discussed several possible resolutions:
a return of public college tuition to affordable levels;
a commitment that California will follow the exceptions identified by President Obama in his signing statement for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012;
a commitment that the State Bar will make the United Nations Human Rights Treaties Law poster available to facilities as part of Law Day on May 1;
a moratorium on foreclosures for the unemployed;
a request that California petition the Federal government to resume Federal funding of needle exchange programs;
a recognition of Native American oral recordation as a legal method for determining ownership of land; and
a recognition that no person resident in California is illegal, but should be considered undocumented.
We will also discuss how we can work on the implementation of previously approved resolutions, including statewide standards for training in the use of Tasers and making prescriptions and medically-prescribed devices available to people who are incarcerated.
Finally, another reminder that the resolution deadline is March 22, 2012 and, for attorneys, there will be only one registration fee for both the State Bar meeting and the CCBA conference.
2012 Testimonial Dinner
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Our annual Testimonial Dinner will honor Bobbie Stein and Alan Schlosser as Champions of Justice in 2012. The annual event attracts hundreds of supporters to downtown Oakland to celebrate the work of the National Lawyers Guild, our members and our partners.
In 2012 we will also honor Rachel Lederman with our Unsung Hero Award and the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Defense Committee with our new Partners in Liberation Award.
Honor Alan, Bobbie, Rachel & the SFIRDS with a message in our Testimonial Dinner journal. Download the form by clicking here. (pdf)
Invitations and the opportunity to RSVP for the event coming in early 2012.