Upcoming Events
Afghanistan: Occupation, Wikileaks, and Accused Whistle-blower Army Pfc. Bradley Manning
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Bay Area Military Law Panel is pleased to co-sponsor the following benefit for the Bradley Manning defense fund:
“Afghanistan: Occupation, Wikileaks, and Accused Whistle-blower Army Pfc. Bradley Manning”
Thursday, September 16, 7pm - 9pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland CA
(Between Telegraph and Broadway)
Featuring:
- Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistle-blower
- Tom Hayden, author and activist
- Carl Davison, US Marine/Army vet of Guantanamo Bay, Africa, and Asia
- Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” video screening
- Aimee Allison, author and KPFA Morning Show Host
Presented by Courage to Resist, with the help of National Lawyers Guild Bay Area Military Law Panel, Veterans for Peace-Bay Area Chapter, CodePink, War Resisters League-West, Iraq Veterans Against the War-Bay Area, and BAY-Peace
The Bradley Manning defense fund is hosted by Courage to Resist (www.couragetoresist.org) in collaboration with the Bradley Manning Support Network (www.bradleymanning.org). $5 requested donation at the door for event expenses, with a pitch during the event for the defense effort.
Wheelchair accessible via the 411 28th Street entrance. For more info, or to make a tax-deductible donation, please contact Courage to Resist at 510-488-3559 or courage(at)riseup.net.
Legal Observer Training (Davis)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Become a certified, NLG legal observer! Come to a training at King Hall, UC Davis School of Law in Davis from 4 - 6 PM, Tuesday, September 21!
Legal observers monitor law enforcement at protests, demonstrations, and other political actions involving free speech and/or civil disobedience. Legal observers have collected evidence that has ultimately been helpful to activists facing false charges in criminal court or to activists suing police departments.
For more information on NLG Legal Observers and Legal Observer trainings, check out: http://www.nlg.org/resources/legal-observing/
NLG legal observers must be trained and have signed a confidentiality agreement.
Progressive Lawyering Day
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Save the Date! Saturday October 9th 9:30AM-6PM at Golden Gate School of Law, 536 Mission Street (Between 1st and 2nd streets), San Francisco, CA 94105.
What is PLD? PLD is annual event put on by progressive and radical NLG Bay Area student members. We are committed to developing an event that reflects what we hope to see on our campuses; class, race, orientation, gender, and privilege consciousness that values human interests over property interests. We hope this event brings lawyers, legal workers, community members and students together to collaborate in practical trainings, workshops, panels, CLEs, and other activities that focus on ways to be a non-traditional and creative lawyer who works against oppression.
Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice
Sunday, October 10, 2010
“When Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the Supreme Court last year, she famously touted her working-class origins as valuable experience for dispensing compassionate justice. She could have been describing Cruz Reynoso, the son of Mexican-American farm workers who carved out a brilliant career as an organizer, activist, attorney, California Supreme Court Justice and law professor. Principled and fearless, Reynoso-still best known, perhaps, for being pushed off the state Supreme Court with death-penalty opponent and Chief Justice Rose Bird in 1986-fought for underdogs on countless fronts, from California farm workers in need of legal representation (a cause that earned him the enmity of then-Governor Ronald Reagan) to Florida citizens deprived of their votes in the 2000 election. This riveting, inspiring documentary by lawyer-cum-filmmaker Abby Ginzberg (Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey, MVFF 2006), beautifully narrated by Luis Valdez, reintroduces us to an authentic California champion. ”
Sun. October 10, 5:00PM, CinéArts @ Sequoia 1
CineArts @ Sequoia
25 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
http://www.cafilm.org/mvff/mvff2010.html
Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice
Monday, October 11, 2010
“When Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the Supreme Court last year, she famously touted her working-class origins as valuable experience for dispensing compassionate justice. She could have been describing Cruz Reynoso, the son of Mexican-American farm workers who carved out a brilliant career as an organizer, activist, attorney, California Supreme Court Justice and law professor. Principled and fearless, Reynoso-still best known, perhaps, for being pushed off the state Supreme Court with death-penalty opponent and Chief Justice Rose Bird in 1986-fought for underdogs on countless fronts, from California farm workers in need of legal representation (a cause that earned him the enmity of then-Governor Ronald Reagan) to Florida citizens deprived of their votes in the 2000 election. This riveting, inspiring documentary by lawyer-cum-filmmaker Abby Ginzberg (Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey, MVFF 2006), beautifully narrated by Luis Valdez, reintroduces us to an authentic California champion. ”
Mon. October 11, 6:45PM, Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center 3
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901
http://www.cafilm.org/mvff/mvff2010.html
Annual Mentorship Project Cocktail Party
Friday, November 5, 2010
Save the Date!
The National Lawyers’ Guild Mentorship Project’s Annual Mentorship Project Cocktail Party Is Friday, November 5, 2010!
…Students: Come meet attorneys and legal workers practicing in a variety of fields!
Lawyers/Legal Workers: Get to know the new generation of progressive law students and lawyers in addition to visiting with old friends.
Food and drink will be amply provided.
Where: David Weintraub’s house, 5582 Lawton Ave., Oakland
Directions: Take BART to Rockridge Station, walk 2 blocks south on College Ave. (toward Cactus Taqueria and Oliveto Restaurant) and at the Pasta Pomodoro make a left on Lawton.
You needn’t have a mentor or mentee to attend, but if you do, please personally invite him or her!
Special note to students with mentors: Has your mentor provided you with inspiration or in other ways gone above and beyond his or her mentorship duties? Why not nominate your mentor for Mentor of the Year? Please forward your nomination to Carlos Villarreal at carlos@nlgsf.org along with a short explanation of why your mentor should be awarded the coveted title of Mentor of the Year at the 2010 Annual Mentorship Project Cocktail Party. Nominations must be received by October 1, 2010.
To learn more about the committee´s work, visit our web page or download the mentorship brochure by clicking here