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Past eventsPublicized on our web siteExecutive Power and Human RightsDecember 8, 2007, 2 pm Goucher College |
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October 31, 2007 - November 4, 2007
Please join the International Committee and all other NLG committees, projects, and chapters of the National Lawyers Guild in celebrating our 70th Anniversary. Please see the National NLG website for information about all the workshops, panels, events, CLEs, and more. For information about International Committee events at the Convention, click here.
October 31, 2007, 9:15 am
July 28, 2007, 2 pm
Great views of the harbor, light snacks, and drinks, combine with justice-minded attorneys, students, and activists. And all to benefit the International Committee.
To find out more, contact Curtis Cooper, (410) 662-4030.
June 27, 2007 - July 1, 2007
The International Committee encourages its membership to attend the US Social Forum (USSF) The USSF will provide space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration. It will help develop leadership and develop consciousness, vision, and strategy needed to realize another world.
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June 10, 2007
The NLG has endorsed this international event to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. For Logistics and other information see the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
April 9, 2007 - April 19, 2007
Click the link below for information about various speaking events in California and one in Boston, MA.
April 15, 2007, 1 pm EST - April 16, 2007, 3 pm EST
Join the International Committee for two days of brainstorming and planning. All committee members are welcome, please join us!
Times: April 15, 1pm-6pm and April 16 9am-3pm
Please email Laura Raymond laurajraymond(at)yahoo.com for more information or to RSVP.
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April 14, 2007 - April 15, 2007
The 4th national Latin America Solidarity Coalition conference (LASC IV) will take place this spring in Chicago. US grassroots solidarity activists will be joined by organizers from Latin America and the Caribbean to plan, evaluate and celebrate the growing US Latin America solidarity movement. The International Committee is an endorser.
Please see: www.lasolidarity.org
February 20, 2007, 12 pm EST
Dinesh Tripathi, Former Advocate, Supreme Court of Nepal, and NLG International Committee member will discuss his efforts to build international support and networking for Nepal's human rights, peace and democracy building process.
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| Bolivian President Evo Morales and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera |
January 1, 2007 - January 10, 2007
This delegation will study contemporary legal issues in Bolivia, with a focus on legal measures and reforms directed at social and economic justice.
October 19, 2006, 9 am
The International Committee of the National Lawyers' Guild, in collaboration with the International Commission for Labor Rights, is organizing a continuing legal education seminar on international labor law, emphasizing emerging mechanisms available to advocates in the US.
September 18, 2006, 5 pm
As part of the second annual observance of Constitution Day at MICA, this panel will feature long-time Guild member and Executive Director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Ann Fagan Ginger, Asa Gordon of the Douglass Institute for Government, and Jamil Dakwar of the ACLU's Human Rights Program.
May 23, 2006, 6 pm
A free talk by lawyer Dinesh Tripathi on the social and legal changes underway in his native Nepal.
April 15, 2006, 5 pm
Join Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Fernando Vegas, Retired Wayne County (MI) Circuit Court Judge Claudia Morcom, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), labor journalist David Bacon, historian Marge Frantz, and librarian Nat Turner. Tickets are $30-$15, no one turned away. Call for tickets, more information, or to reserve an ad in the tribute book. Ad deadline is April 5.
March 23, 2006, 6:00 pm
A free, public panel discussion to address the United States' official report to the UN Human Rights Committee on its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
February 25, 2006 - February 26, 2006
If you are interested in helping the International Committee to grow
and improve, the retreat in February is a great opportunity.
February 9, 2006, 4 pm EST - February 15, 2006, 4 pm EST
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL! On February 9, attorneys with the Cuba Subcommittee and the Center for Constitutional Rights will conduct a teleconference training on handling Cuba travel cases. The training will be repeated on February 15.
January 29, 2006 - February 5, 2006
Following the World Social Forum in Caracas, a delegation of 21 US lawyers and law students, and one filmmaker, will visit Venezuela to learn more about its constitution and the Bolivarian Process.
This is an exciting time to be involved in the Guild’s international work. JOIN US! International Committee dues are only $25 a year!
To join the International Committee, you must first join the National Lawyers Guild. For more information on joining the Guild, click here.
This link gives you access to the online membership form where you can join with a credit card and a PDF version, which you can print out and mail in with a check. Renewing Guild members can also use the membership form to pay online by credit card or through the mail with a check.
If you're already a Guild member who's current in your general dues, you can use the same options (above) to pay International Committee dues; Or you can send a check made out to the National Lawyers Guild, 132 Nassau Street, Suite 922, New York, NY 10038, noting "International Committee Dues" on the memo line. If no membership form accompanies the dues payment, please include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.
Additional donations to the International Committee beyond the basic membership rate are greatly appreciated!
Contact if you have questions about joining the Committee or wish to make a donation.