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RNC LEGAL PANEL DISCUSSION

Thursday, July 22, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

As the days count down to the Republican National Convention, numerous legal questions have confronted protest organizers: Do we need a permit? Are there restrictions on street theater? How might the police respond? Who do we call if there are arrests?

These are a few of the questions addressed by a panel of representatives from four organizations that provided legal assistance to those exercising their First Amendment rights to protest during the RNC.  Presenters included:

  • Bruce Bentley, National Lawyers Guild, NYC Chapter
    Co-Chair of the NLG-NYC Mass Defense Committee since 1985 and current RNC Mass Defense Coordinator
  • Christopher Dunn, New York Civil Liberties Union
    Associate Legal Director and NYCLU attorney in a series of cases involving the NYPD, including litigation involving RNC protest rights
  • Jeff Fogel, Center for Constitutional Rights
    Legal Director for CCR , which won a major Supreme Court that hundreds "enemy combatants" at Guantánamo can challenge their detention in federal courts
  • Simone Levine, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys
    Chair of the Mass Defense Committee of the ALAA, the union of Legal Aid Society attorneys
  • Representative, People’s Law Collective
    Collective of anarchists who are also activists, organizers, law students, legal and community workers, providing info and training about the legal system

For more information, contact the NLG-NYC Chapter at (212) 679-6018 x16   

SECOND ANNUAL ADOPTION POLICY CONFERENCE

Globalization is transforming domestic law, in American and other nations around the world. Nowhere is this process more evident than in the field of adoption law. On May 21, 2004, the Justice Action Center, the Center for Adoption Policy, and Diplomatic History cosponsored a conference on intercountry adoption, transnational law, and European Union law. The conference also examined human rights issues in relation to intercountry adoption. For more information, please visit the conference web page.  

BROWN IS DEAD? LONG LIVE BROWN!

On April 26, 2004, the Justice Action Center commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education with a day-long symposium examining the landmark case's influence on the law.

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FILM SCREENING:
Capturing the Friedmans

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Locale: Dining Room at Wellington Conference Center

Capturing the Friedmans portrays the lives of a family shaken by accusations against a father and son.

Professor Richard Sherwin, author of When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture, lead a discussion following the screening.  A light dinner was be provided.

Questions? Contact: sgavagan.s@nyls.edu  

NEW YORK’S WORKERS & WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

A Law & Public Policy Discussion On Workers' Compensation Reform   

Presented by
New York Law School’s Labor & Employment Law Program
and the New York State AFL-CIO

APRIL 16, 2004
10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Ernst Stiefel Room at New York Law School 

OPENING REMARKS:
  • Denis Hughes
    President, New York State AFL-CIO
MODERATOR:
  • Professor Seth Harris
    Director, Labor & Employment Law Program, New York Law School
SPEAKERS:
  • Leslie I. Boden, Ph.D
    Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
  • John E. Burton
    Professor and Dean Emeritus, Labor Studies & Employment Relations, Rutgers University
  • Martha T. McCluskey
    Professor of Law, The State University of New York at Buffalo 
  • Emily A. Spieler
    Dean and Hadley Professor of Law, Northeastern University
  • Dominick Tuminaro
    Adjunct Professor, New York Law School, and Senior Partner, Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff, P.C.

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COLLOQUIUM:
Guestworkers, Earned Adjustment to Lawful Residence, and the Current Business Immigration System: Assessing Proposals for Reform

Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Locale: New York Law School, Stiefel Reading Room

A panel of distinguished New York Law School alumni offered their views on the current immigration climate.  Participants included:

  • Deborah J. Notkin, Esq., Partner, Barst & Mukamal; First Vice President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (NYLS '87)
    Topic: Overview of the Guestworker and Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposals Pending in Congress
  • Christine Alber, Esq., Associate, Proskauer, Rose LLP (NYLS '96)
    Topic: Is the Department of Labor A Barrier to Legal Immigration? Status of reform proposals
  • Norberto Terrazas, Esq., Legal Officer, Mexican Consulate General (NYLS '00)
    Topic: Profile of the Mexican Community in the New York Area; assessing their immigration needs
  • Jeffrey Pitts, Esq., Associate, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Lowey (NYLS ‘98) will moderate the program

THE FIRST ANNUAL JACKSON LEWIS BRUNCH

Sunday, March 14, 2004  
Harry H. Wellington Conference Center    

presented by    
The Labor & Employment Law Program   

in honor of the    
Final Round Justices   
28th Annual Robert F. Wagner    
National Labor & Employment Law Moot Court Competition   

Following brunch, attendees were invited to attend the
Final Round Arguments
2:00 p.m. in the Stiefel Reading Room

This event was made possible by the generous support of Jackson Lewis LLP.

Emma Goldman    

SCENES FROM THE TRIALS OF EMMA GOLDMAN

 
       

Convicted of Sedition for her speech to starving workers (1893)

Accused of inspiring the assassination of President McKinley (1901)

Stripped of U.S. citizenship without notice (1906)

Convicted for distributing leaflets opposing conscription (1917)

Deported in a secret hearing for her political beliefs (1919)

The program included legal and historical commentary by Professor Lenni Benson and dramatic readings from the trial transcripts and contemporary news accounts.

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Locale: Stiefel Reading Room 

FAIR HEARING TRAINING

Date: Friday, February 6, 2004
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Locale: New York Law School, Room A600

Project FAIR offers information, assistance, and referrals to individuals regarding Fair Hearing procedures and appellant's rights in the Fair Hearing process.  Fair Hearings are requested by individuals to challenge the Human Resources Administration, the city agency that administers public assistance, food stamps, and Medicaid benefits. Approximately 96 percent of individuals appear without representation at or assistance in preparing for the fair hearing.  Project FAIR seeks to remedy this imbalance.

This training was open to all law students and poverty law advocates and was co-sponsored by New York Law School’s Justice Action Center and Project FAIR.

If you are interested in participating, have questions, or would like to register, contact Steffie Kinglake at (718) 991-4758 ext. 223 or slkinglake@legal-aid.org.

For further information, please review the flyer.  

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, NOT THE PENTAGON: A GI RIGHTS PRIMER

Date: Friday, January 27, 2004
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Locale: New York Law School, Wellington Conference Center

The National Lawyers Guild and the Justice Action Center co-sponsored this introduction to military law counseling for lawyers, law students, and activists. Speakers included:

  • Jim Klimaski, Esq., Member of the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers’ Guild representing service members in court martials and discharges in Washington DC 
  • Asif Ullah, counselor for the GI Rights Hotline, War Resisters League, New York

For further information, please review the flyer. 

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