Great Events and Things we Think you Should Know About
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, NOT THE PENTAGON:
A GI RIGHTS PRIMER
An Introduction to military law counseling for lawyers, law students, and activists
By
Jim Klimaski, Esq. Member Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild representing service members in court martial and discharges in Washington DC
Asif Ullah, counselor for the GI Rights Hotline, War Resisters League, New York
January 27, 2004
6-9 pm
Wellington Conference Center, New York Law School,
47 Worth Street
Registration required!!! You will not be able to enter
the building without registration!!!
Register by e-mail milcounseling@hotmail.com or call (212) 865-6265 and leave your name, telephone number, background (i.e. lawyer, law student, or activist),
and whether you want CLE credit. The program is free unless you want to receive CLE credit. Fee for 3 CLE credits (including 1/2 ethics credit) is $125. Please
make checks payable to the National Lawyers Guild, NYC Chapter and send them to NLG-NYC Chapter, 143 Madison Avenue, 4th floor, New York, New York 10016.
NYC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
Annual Dinner
The annual dinner of the NYC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will be on Friday, March 19, 2004 at the Sherton Hotel, 53rd & 7th Ave. This is the biggest event for the NLG during the year and serves as a crucial fundraising opportunity for Guild work. This will be of particular importance as the Mass Defense Committee prepares for the Republican National Convention in late August.
This year the Chapter is honoring Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, long-time members of the Guild, for their incredible work with the Innocence Project that has used DNA testing to successfully free many wrongfully convicted,
including dozens on death row.
Part of the fund raising is a dinner journal for which ads are placed with messages recognizing the honorees. The Mass Defense Committee has always had an ad. I urge you to join it with a contribution of $25. Depending on how many sign up will determine whether we have a full-page ad ($750) or an 1/8 page ad ($125).
There is a rapidly approaching deadline, so please RSVP to me ASAP at bkbentley@compuserve.com
Bruce Bentley
Republican National Convention Links:
http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/
http://www.counterconvention.org/
Civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart has lost a bid in Manhattan federal court to clear herself of criminal charges linked to her representation of a convicted terrorist.
http://www.lynnestewart.org/
The trial of U.S. V. Lynne Stewart will be held in Courtroom 318 at 40 Foley Square beginning on May 17, 2004.
MARCH 20th: The World Still Says No to War! MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION
If you want an event posted email drankin.s@nyls.edu.
