NLG Law Students Corner

Boston College
Reported by James Racine, 3L
•    We’ve held a Legal Observer (LO) training for almost 20 BC law students, and we plan to do legal observing for Occupy Boston.

Boston University
Reported by Marianne Tassone, 3L
•    We hold weekly general meetings followed by a weekly radical book club where we cover interesting articles that are not addressed in traditional law school curriculum.
•    We consistenly send our students trained as LOs to observe Occupy Boston and protests.
•    We work with other radical groups on campus (SJP, Anti-Biolab) to bring awareness to important issues both in our community and abroad.
•    We are organizing a panel on Congress’ attacks on the NLRB.

Harvard University
Reported by Matthew Spurlock, 2L
•    On October 28th, our chapter co-organized “With Liberty and Justice for Some: An Evening with Glenn Greenwald.”
•    We’ve trained and now provide legal observers for the Occupy Boston and Right to the City.

New England
Reported by Ryan Hidden, 2L
•    On October 5th, we hosted David Carroll, Director of Research for the National Legal Aid & Defender Association who spoke about what is required of states under the 6th and 14th amendments in regard to indigent defense services and how states avoid their constitutional responsibilities.
•    On November 7th, 4:30pm, in the Cherry Rm., we will hold an event with Guild lawyers and plaintiffs involved in a BRIC lawsuit.
•    We’ve trained and now provide LOs to Occupy Boston.
•    We are also planning to hold several Street Law Clinic trainings.

Northeastern University:
Reported by Jessica Yamane, 1L
•    On November 4th, 5:30pm, we will hold “Adopt a 1L” Happy Hour at The Squealing Pig, 134  Smith St., in Boston.  Please join us!
•    On Fridays, we hold weekly general NLG meetings.
•    We’ve organized students into smaller subcommittees to work on various activities.
•    Critical Legal Studies Committee plans to conduct weekly CLS classes.
•    We’ve held legal observer trainings for dozens of students.
•    Our members participate in and serve as LOs at Occupy Boston.

Roger Williams University
Reported by Lindsay Vick, 3L
•    Our students have been trained to be Legal Observers.
•    We participate in and legal observe at Occupy Providence.
•     On October 19th, we organized an event on Law Enforcement Against Prohibition! with law enforcement officers.
•    We sent two representatives to the NLG National Conference
•    On November 9th, 6pm, we will host an “Arthur Kinoy Movie Night” and screen “Doing Justice: The Life and Trials of Arthur Kinoy”

Suffolk University:
Reported by Molly Howe-Lembcke, 3L
•    On October 21st, we held an event on “Modern Whistleblower Protections” with Steven Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistelblowers Center.
•    We sent two representatives to the NLG Convention in Philadelphia.

UMass Dartmouth:
Reported by Sky Swett, 2L
•    We’ve finalized the process and established, for the first time ever,  the NLG chapter as a “recognized student organization” on our campus.
•    We’ve trained our students and local activists to be legal observers.
•    We are planning to host a teach-in on the Occupy Movement at Umass Dartmouth.

Western New England College
Reported by Lauren Marcous, 3L
•    On September 7th, we held an NLG DisOrientation event.
•    On September 14th, we had a presentation on “The Legal Landscape 10 Years After the September 11 Attacks,” with Shahid Buttar, Executive Director of the Bill of Rights Defense.
•    On October 5th, we organized a discussion on “Knowledge Share on the Occupy Movement and the Role of the Guild.”
•    We provide assistance to tenants at the Springfield Partners for Community Action Eviction Clinic, and we are involved with Springfield No One Leaves.
•    We are in the process of planning our 2nd Annual Prisoners’ Rights Speaker Series.
•    We’ve held several SLC trainings (Civil Disobedience, Tenants Rights) and several LO trainings for our students and local activists.
•    Our students participated in and served as LOs at the Right to the City rally in Boston and at various Occupy sites in Western Mass.
•    We’ve recuited NLG attorneys in Springfield to provide  legal defense for the Occupy Together.
•    We’ve held several SLC trainings.
•    Our Chapter organized a fundraising Happy Hour.