Guild News

NLG Holiday Party
You are invited to our Annual Holiday Party on Friday, December 3, 5:30pm, at Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin (90 Canal St., 5th Fl.) Among many attractions, we will have a raffle drawing with wonderful prizes. Raffle tickets are $10 each and you can order them by calling 617-227-335 or when you come to the party.

NLG Happy Hour
The Massachusetts Chapter’s NLG Presents… & Happy Hour takes place on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, 5:30 – 8:00pm, at Kennedy’s Mid-Town Pub (44 Province St., 2nd Fl., Boston, close to Suffolk Law School). However, we will not have Happy Hour in December. We will see you on January 12, 2011.
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Guild Mentorship Program in Full Swing!

The NLG Massachusetts Chapter Mentorship Program is doing really well thanks to the efforts of the many volunteers who have come forward to participate. Many very busy lawyers and law students have carved time out of their busy schedules to form mentoring relationships.

This year, the Program hosted two parties – in February at Felt and in October at Revolution Rock Bar; both events were very well attended. Several new mentees and mentors signed up, bringing the number of people in the program up to around 30. We have generally paired people up based on areas of practice and interest. One concern with the program is the number of mentors – the ratio of mentees to mentors is about 2:1, so we would love to see more mentors get involved – we don’t want to turn any mentees away!

If you would like to participate and be a mentor or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Laura Alfring (laura.alfring@gmail.com) & Mary Lu Mendonça (marylumendonca@yahoo.com).

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Street Law Clinic Report
The following Guild members conducted (or are scheduled to conduct) trainings for law students and/or clinics for members of Boston area community organizations and agencies:

November 1:   Immigration Law clinic at at St. Ambrose Family Inn, by Liliana Mangiafico, observed by Northeastern student Stephanie Gharakhanian.
November 8: Foreclosure/Eviction Prevention training at Northeastern University School of Law, by Jonathan Messinger.
November 19:   Workers’ Rights clinic at The Cambridge Community Center, by BU student Marjan Batchelor and Mark Stern.
December 16:   Immigration Law  clinic at The Kennedy Center in Charlestown, by Rosie Milano.
December 30:   Stop & Search clinic at Bridge Over Troubled Waters, by Makis Antzoulatos.

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NLG 2011 DINNER NOMINATIONS

Please send in your nominations for 2011 NLG dinner honorees!
(The nomination form is posted on www.nlgmass.org).
Deadline for all entries: January 3, 2011.

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ARTICLES FOR MASS DISSENT

The February issue of Mass Dissent will focus on the suppression of political dissent.

If you are interested in submitting an article, essay, analysis, or art work (cartoons, pictures) related to the topic,
please e-mail the articles to nlgmass-director@igc.org.

The deadline for articles is January 15.