- Welcome to the Chicago-Kent College of Law Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild -
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Important Information
Resources
all kinds of interesting data:
- NLG Documents
- Informative Historical Documents
- News & Website Links
- Links to Valuable Free Software such as:
publication
Weblog
We have launched a weblog at this URL: http://kentnlgadmin.wordpress.com/.
Any NLG member, including Kent alumni
may post content to it provided that they request permission from the webmaster,
who may be emailed at:
mdietzen@kentlaw.edu.
Legal Observer training will be taking place from: 3-4 pm on Friday, February 17th.
Kevin Vodak will be the instructor. There
will be a film and refreshments after we
finish training. Check out the training
manual on our Resources page.
Sc: Brooke Heimann - bheimann@kentlaw.edu
Web: Matt Dietzen - mdietzen@kentlaw.edu
Advisor: Richard Kling - rkling@kentlaw.edu
Questions, Comments or Feedback
about
this website?
Email: mdietzen@kentlaw.edu.
Announcements
| 8/15/2006 - New Programs added to
the Resources page. 8/14/2006 - CK-NLG President Austin Kaplan tranfers to University of Illinois; Brooke Heimann assumes Presidency. |
Upcoming Spring 2006 Events
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Illegal Domestic Spying -
The Case Against President Bush s Background Information: Link |
Friday, April 28, 2006 at 6 p.m. “Former CNA Building” |
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April |
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NLG
Regional Conference
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March 24 - 26 |
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Student Day Against
the Death Penalty
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March
1 |
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Karaoke for a Cause
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TBA |
| Mar. 3 [10 am] Dirksen Federal Building in Room 1248 |
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Silent Supporters in the Courtroom
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Mar. 3-16 [8am - 5pm] in Room 1248 |
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Salah Open Hearings Vigil
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Mar. 6 [10am-Noon] at Federal Plaza |
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Student Volunteer Day
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TBA |
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Debate
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TBA |
Our Mission
"The National Lawyers Guild is an
association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of
our political and economic system. We seek to unite
the lawyers, law
students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of America in an
organization that shall function as an effective political and social
force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall
be regarded as more sacred than property interests."
"Our aim is to bring together all
those who recognize the importance of safeguarding and extending the
rights of workers, women, farmers and minority groups, upon whom the
welfare of the entire nation depends; who seek actively
to eliminate
racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties
in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon the law
as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for
their repression."
Join Us
Joining the NLG is simple. Contact via email at: akaplan@kentlaw.edu or show up to a meeting.
Tired of sitting inside the confines of 565 West Adams? Feel as though you lose more of your grip on reality as each day passes? Need some fresh air and healthful exercise?
Perhaps a stint with the NLG would do you well.
Joining the NLG will grant you a front-row ticket to creative new post - 9/11 interpretations of the First Amendment. As a legal observer, you get to witness municipalities use "free speech zones," "non-lethal" crowd-control devices, and the overzealous enforcement of arcane traffic laws to do political dirty work. You can also decide for yourself whether demonstrators and political dissidents are "terrorists" who threaten "our way of life," or merely ordinary Americans exercising their First Amendment rights.
Put Your Legal Education to Work
In addition to getting a firsthand look at how "Free Speech" is regulated, programs such as Street Law allow you to educate young people on their legal rights. You also get a chance to work with attorneys who put human rights before property interests.
Sound like a pleasant change of pace? Think you've got what it takes?
Drop us an email at: akaplan@kentlaw.edu.