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Disorientation
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on the big firm track? Learn more about your options
September
Actions Legal Support Volunteers
Volunteers
needed to fill various legal support roles throughout the weekend.
Student
Disorientation
Friday,
Sept. 16 from 2 to 6 PM at UDC-DCSL. Come learn what you are not taught in
law school.
National
Lawyers Guild - DCSL chapter presents MGM v. Grokster P2P panel
Hear
from the lawyers arguing this case and learn more about peer-to-peer file
sharing programs and their legal ramifications.
The
Immigration Committee works out of the National Lawyers Guild, DC Chapter.
The immigration committee meets about once a month to discuss/strategize
about related issues—and reports about these issues at monthly NLG-DC
Board meetings. The immigration committee conducts trainings/public education
workshops in the D.C. Metro area about immigration policies and laws. It
also provides legal assistance for non-citizens arrested during political
demonstrations. Over the past two years, the immigration committee has engaged
in a number of “Know Your Rights” trainings and panels related
to post 9-11 civil liberties issues. Most recently, the immigration committee
co-sponsored a “question and answer” session on post 9- 11 civil
liberties at an area mosque. Speakers discussed ongoing policies that impact
the Muslim community including special registration; immigration enforcement
by state and local police; hate crimes; and detentions on immigration violations.
Speakers included: Shoba Sivaprasad, National Lawyers Guild, National Immigration
Forum; Benjamin Johnson, Immigration Policy Center; Jeanne Smoot, Tahirih
Justice Center; Mujahid Idlibi, Council on American-Islamic Relations; and
Paromita Shah, National Lawyers Guild, DC Chapter, Capital Area Immigrants
Rights Coalition.
The Immigration Committee can be contact via email at immigration@dcnl.org.
