National Lawyers Guild Law for the People Convention

Schedule
Last Updated 8/28/08

WEDNESDAY 8am – 5pm
National Immigration Project CLE
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THURSDAY 8:45am – 5pm
National Police Accountability Project CLE

9am - 5pm
Immigration Project Membership Meeting

9:30am - 12:30pm
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute CLE

6:45 – 8:45pm
NLG President Marjorie Cohn’s Welcoming Address and Keynote Speaker Bernardine Dohrn

FRIDAY 8:30 - 9:45:
Workshop I
New Trends in Worksite Enforcement: E-Verify SSN No-Match Letters
Punishing the Crimes of the Bush Administration
Ending the Systematic Rape of Women
Prisoners in Michigan
Winning Rights for People w/ Mental Disabilities
Agent Orange and Other WMDs – Holding Corps Accountable
Sacrificing Environmental Justice on the Altar of Economic Development

10:00-11:30
Major Panel I
Transgender Issues
Legal and Political Strategies to Support the Liberation of Palestine
Displacement and Occupation of our Cities: Understanding Post-Fascist Amerikkka

12:00pm
Women’s Luncheon

1:30 - 2:45
Workshop II
Border Issues: North & South
Lawyering and Organizing: Rights to the City
Mass Defense – Part 1: Class Actions, Protest Litigation from Complaint to Resolution
Making a Living Without Selling Your Soul: Radical Economics for the Radical Lawyer (a facilitated discussion)
Wage Campaigns: Wage Servitude, Wage Theft, & Wage Flight
Applied Lessons from Vietnam, Winter Soldier

3:00 – 5:00
Plenary I

5:15 – 6:30
Student Caucus

6 – 7:30pm
International Committee Reception

9pm – on
Student Party

SATURDAY 9am – 12pm
Anti Racism & TUPOCC Trainings

1:00 - 2:15
Workshop III
New Immigration Enforcers: Power to the Police
Cuba – What do Recent Changes Mean to Cubans, Cuba Five
Mass Defense – Part 2: Protecting Right to Access to Protest Sites, Uncovering Government Attempts to Limit Discovery
Doing Your First Political Case, from Investigationto Jury Selection to Final Argument
Women of Color, Labor Activism and Rights
Stop Torture. Stop Max.

2:30-4:00 p.m.
Major Panel II
Middle East Community
Alternatives to Prison Proliferation
Labor Renewal: Fighting for the Future of Work

4:15 – 6pm
Plenary #2

6:00 - 7:30pm
Reception

7:30pm - midnight
Banquet

SUNDAY 9-10am
Regional Meetings

10:45-noon
Workshop IV
Stop the Raids!
Creating Domestic Guantanamos after Domestic Acquittals
First Nation, Sovereignty Issues
RNC 2008 Report on pre-Convention Litigation, Legal Observing, and Mass Defense
The Freedom Summer of the 21st Century
Calling for an Inclusive Human Rights Movement