How We Can Practice Wealth Redistribution
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA space for those curious how to grapple with wealth privilege or what to do with excess income after law school. Can we use our resources to shift power to frontline communities fighting for change? Can we learn to feel safe in letting money flow?
Immigration Court Observation Program Training
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesNLG and SIHRLA are hosting this virtual training for those interested in participating in NLG-SF's Immigration Court Observation Program (ICOP) this spring. The training will last 1 hour and there […]
Poverty Skolarship and Homefulness: Learning from Poor Peoples’ Solutions for Land Liberation
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a special event to hear from an incredible, inspiring activist in the Bay Area. Guest speaker Tiny Gray-Garcia is a formerly unhoused and incarcerated poverty scholar, […]
Lunch Talk with Alec Karakatsanis
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join NLG on Thursday, May 11 at 1 pm for a discussion with Alec Karakatsanis. Lunch will be provided upon RSVP. Alec will speak about the role of lawyers […]
DisOrientation with NLG
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDisOrientation is a ~re-oriented welcome~ to law school! Join National Lawyers Guild for a casual discussion on movement lawyering, getting involved in NLG, finding a path that reflects your values, […]
Human Rights In Crisis: In Conversation with Omar Shakir
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Omar Shakir (JD ‘13), the Israel and Palestine Director of HRW, as he discusses human rights in the context of current events.
The Role of Lawyers in Social Movements
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join NLG for lunch and discussion with Alec Karakatsanis about the role of lawyers in the movement to abolish jails and prisons. Alec is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps, a non-profit fighting injustices in the criminal-legal system around the country. CRC has designed and litigated innovative constitutional civil rights cases […]
Palestine in the Law: Understanding Current Cases at the ICJ and Federal Courts
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Stanford Law Students for Justice in Palestine for a lunch event with George Bisharat, Professor of Law at UC Law San Francisco, and Astha Sharma Pokharel, Staff Attorney at […]
Legal Observer Training
OnlineThe National Lawyers Guild-San Francisco is hosting a legal observer training on Thursday, May 2nd from 1-2pm PST. Legal observers are trained volunteers who support the legal rights of activists. They are independent witnesses of police behaviour at protests. RSVPÂ using this secure form to receive the Zoom link.
Protecting Gig Economy Worker in the Wake of Proposition 22
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford National Lawyers Guild and Stanford Law & Political Economy for a discussion of the law of gig labor, in California and around the country, featuring Veena […]