Events
American Constitution Society: Progressive Lawyering Careers Panel
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States7:00 - 8:30 pm The American Constitution Society and the National Lawyers' Guild present: Wednesday, November 13 7:00 PM Room 280B RSVP here Please join the American Constitution Society and the National Lawyers' Guild at a panel to showcase the broad range of progressive lawyering careers beyond what you are ordinarily exposed to in law school. […]
SAIR Immigration Court Observation Training Session
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Immigration Court Observation Program (ICOP) of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Chapter seeks to bring greater transparency and accountability to immigration court by training volunteers to attend and observe immigration court hearings and document any violations of immigrants’ due process rights. This process of observing and documenting immigration court hearings allows advocates to […]
National Lawyers Guild Disorientation Dinner
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAll students are invited to this school year kickoff dinner to celebrate the SLS public interest community. Returning students will discuss current social justice issues and public interest opportunities at SLS.
Perspectives on empire, climate change, and forced migration from the Marshall Islands
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin JD student Autumn Bordner and PhD student Caroline Ferguson for a discussion of their work on the intersection of climate change, empire, and environmental justice in the Marshall Islands. Bordner and Ferguson will first share perspectives from interviews conducted over the past year in the Marshall Islands, before discussing legal avenues that the Marshallese […]
Litigating the Resistance: Different Approaches to Impact Litigation
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin National Lawyers Guild, the American Constitutional Society, and the Plaintiff Lawyers’ Association for a lunch talk on the role of affirmative litigation in enforcing the law and defending the rights of the vulnerable, and options for careers in impact litigation. Panelists include Rachel Dempsey, a lawyer with the plaintiff-side employment firm Outten and Golden; […]
Human Rights at the Border: Student Perspectives from Al Otro Lado
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSAIR and NLG would like to invite you to hear perspectives and reflections from students who have worked in Tijuana with Al Otro Lado this year. Our aim is to provide a space to educate folks about the current on-the-ground situation in Tijuana, as well as to discuss questions such as how to provide trauma-informed […]
Fighting for the Unhoused with Litigation and Policy Reform
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the SLS National Lawyers Guild for an informal dinner event to learn about current efforts to defend unhoused bay area residents. Speakers include Kelley Cutler, an organizer leading policy reform campaigns in San Francisco, and EmilyRose Johns, a civil rights attorney defending unhoused individuals in the east bay. Attendees are encouraged to donate to […]
National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer Training
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSLS National Lawyers Guild is hosting a legal observer training with EmilyRose Johns, a civil rights lawyer from Oakland. Students will learn how to document interactions between protesters and law enforcement officers at political demonstrations to protect the rights of participants. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbBFZxbC7eceodINhotQX_ISIhCombfwtd6_344TJk0Gy4Hg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Disorientation – NLG / Dem Soc
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe National Lawyers Guild and Democratic Socialists will be hosting a structured mixer for new 1Ls and LLMs to meet upperclassmen involved in activism, social justice, and public interest. This event will transition to the Munger BBQ pit for food and drinks in coordination with SLA's TGIF event.
PLS Initial Volunteer Training
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is the initial training with staff attorneys from Prisoner Legal Services for all new members of the pro bono project.
Prisoner Legal Services Pro Bono – Cultural Competency Training
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is a mandatory cultural competency training for all new pro bono volunteers with Prisoner Legal Services. This is required to properly educate and prepare the volunteers for their pro bono experience.
Rapid Response Training
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe SLS chapter of the National Lawyers Guild is bringing People Acting in Community Together to train interested persons in how to verify, observe, and document raids as well as connect people to immigration resources. Once trained, attendees will have the ability to join the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network. Dinner will be served.
NLG Legal Observer Training
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford National Lawyer's Guild is hosting a legal observer training.
Stanford National Lawyers Guild Presents: Disorientation
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) for "Disorientation" on Friday, October 20th in Room 90 from 12:45 - 2:00. Lunch will be served. As we move through the quarter, it is very easy to get lost in the maze and intricacies of case law, and lose sight of the social context and consequences […]
Critical Resistance Police Abolition Workshop
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn February 27, Critical Resistance will lead a workshop that looks at the role and history of policing in the United States, its impact on communities in the Bay Area, and how people have resisted and challenged police practices that target low-income people, people of color, and immigrants. This workshop will go over strategies for […]
National Lawyers Guild: Legal Observer Training
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesNLG is proud to host a Legal Observer (LO) training, a program designed to enable individuals to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police and with the fewest possible criminal consequences. Â Participants in the training will be taught how to effectively Legally Observe at demonstrations and […]
SAIR Teach-in Planning Meeting
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome join Stanford Advocates for Immigrants' Rights (SAIR) for a planning meeting to sketch out topics for the remaining anti-Trump teach-ins.
Students Talk Back: NLG Law School Disorientation
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a panel of fellow progressive students speaking about why they came to law school, their experiences in the 1L classroom, and how to express and maintain a social justice identity at Stanford Law School.
Legal Observer Training
Training for legal observers for demonstrations. Related Media
National Law Student Day Against the Death Penalty/Professor Larry Marshall
Film and/or talk about the death penalty.
Strategies for Ending Domestic Violence Lunch Discussion
Hear from two advocates for domestic violence survivors! Cosponsored by the Levin Center for Public Interest Law, the Pro Bono Program, the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness, PILSA, Women of Stanford Law, Stanford Law Students for Reproductive Justi Join us as we hear from two advocates working to end domestic violence. Marivic Mabanag, the Executive […]
Made in L.A. Screening – Civil Rights Civil Liberties/SLLSA/NLG/PILSA
We will screen the acclaimed documentary Made in LA about Forever 21's sweatshops and a group of workers' grassroots activism. We will also serve really delicious Darbar dinner. All are welcome! Related Media
Critical Race Feminisms: Women of Color and the Law
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by APILSA, BLSA, Critical Legal Studies Reading, NLG, SLLSA, Women of Color Action Network, WSL This panel discussion will provide an overview of the development and evolution of critical race feminism in legal discourse; examine the specific challenges faced by women of color in the legal profession, and report on community and legal activism […]
Film Discussion with Legendary Civil Rights Lawyers
Featuring "The Forest for the Trees" Featuring "The Forest for the Trees" Judi Bari vs. The FBI A film by Bernadine Mellis Co-presented by NLG and ELS This film is an intimate look at an unlikely team of young activists and old lefties who come together to battle the U.S. government following environmental activist Judi […]