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BERKELEY, CA - November 24 - Students and staff at the Berkeley School of Law today called on the Justice Department, the Pennsylvania Bar, and the University of California "to conduct full and thorough ...

National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Our annual auction will be Thursday, December 10, 2009 starting at 6 PM at The Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street in San Francisco. Bid on items or just meet up with friends before the winter holidays. The auction will close at 9 PM, but the party will continue. Plenty of food and drink will be available on site. Everyone... is welcome!
$10 Low Income; $25 Attorneys & Friends; Free for Sustainers, Sponsors & Law Student Members
Admission at the door.
Cash bar.
Have something to donate?
Contact Raul at raul@nlgsf.org or 415.285.5067x11. You can also fill out a donation pledge form online by clicking here: https://app.e2ma.net/app2/survey/34256/2 05010397/eef54151a7/
Celebrating the Work of the Committee Against Torture
Hora:quinta-feira, 10 de Dezembro de 2009 18:00
Local:The Blue Macaw

Vic Sadot
Salute to the NLG SF Bay Area Chapter from your Broadside Balladeer in Berkeley!
Tell John Yoo That Torture Is A
Crime at YouTube
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John Yoo wrote legal briefs for the Bush-Cheney regime to justify torturing prisoners who were held for years without charges. According to the International Red Cross, over 100 prisoners died in these secret torture sessions. ...

Kimo Crossman Please promote this great free SF conference on your website!!
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A half-day conference focusing on the changing nature of the news media and its coverage of the federal courts, San Francisco 11/4/09

National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
We will have our membership meeting/election on October 20th from 5:30 - 7:30 PM at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove), Latino/Hispanic Community Room A.
Our meeting will include a presentation by special guests:
Assemblymember Bill Monning
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and
Jennifer ...Friendenbach from the Coalition on Homelessness.
They will discuss the effects of budget cuts on services for low-income California residents at all levels of government.
It is also the last opportunity to vote in our membership-wide election. Election details are available by clicking here: http://www.nlgsf.org/news/view.php?id=12 0
Discussion at the Chapter's 2009 Membership Meeting & Election
Hora:Terça-feira, 20 de Outubro de 2009 17:30
Local:San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Community Room A

Berkeley Law Students to Launch Torture Accountability Initiative. Category: News Updates from The B
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National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter A great article on Supervisor Campos. He will be speaking at Progressive Lawyering Day on October 3rd!
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Supervisor David Campos, the board's openly gay freshman member, has proven to be a wild card among the political body's six-member progressive majority since his swearing-in 10 months ago.

National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Come and meet attorneys and legal workers practicing in a variety of fields! Food and libations will be provided.
This event will give law student members a chance to meet students from neighboring law schools who are committed to working on the same issues and attorneys who’ve built careers in progressive lawyering. Oh..., and did we mention
the margaritas?
Friday, October 23, 2009
6 - 9 PM
Annual Mentorship Cocktail Party at David Weintraub’s home, 5582 Lawton Avenue in Oakland
To get there, take BART to Rockridge Station, walk two blocks south on College Avenue (towards the restaurants Cactus and Oliveto), and at the Pasta Pomodoro make a left on Lawton.
Students, if you have a mentor, please personally invite him or her!
Hora:Sexta-feira, 23 de Outubro de 2009 18:00
Local:NLGSF Board Member David Weintraub’s Home

Darin Conley I would like to get involved with National Lawyers Guild! I am a 2L at USF and actively seek to end all forms of oppression, advocate for all people in need (especially people of color, those in poverty and those from the LGBTQQI community) and will stop at nothing to see an end to racism, sexism and other sensleess fo...rms of oppresion. Let me know how I can be a part of the board or an ative member either at USF or in the Bay area. Thank you

National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
10:00am Registration/Free Breakfast
10:30-12:00 2 Panels: Transgender Advocacy & SF Police Interrogation of Immigrant Youth feat. SF Supervisor David Campos
12:00-1:00 Free Lunch
1:00-2:30 2 Panels: Alien Tort Claims Act & Everything You Wanted to Know About Fellowships
3:00-4:30 Key Note Speaker John Burris (attorney for ...the family of Oscar Grant)
4:30-6:00 Reception with free food/drinks
CLE Credit available for both afternoon panels

Russell
Please join us for a night of decadent vegan desserts, drinks, silent
auction and a raffle to raise much needed defense funds for 4 local
individuals who are facing Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act charges.
Check the websites below for information about this ongoing and important case.
Friday August 28th, 8pm
1884 Market Str...eet @ Laguna
San Francisco
Auction/Raffle - Desserts/Drinks
$5 - $20 sliding scale
Please contact us if you have anything you would like to donate for this
event at info@aeta4.org.
We will have some amazing items up for silent auction and raffle from
vegan companies, artists, bakeries, restaurants, and more!
More information is available at www.aeta4.org and http://www.myspace.com/aeta4
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Radix Media Collective has designed this poster as a fundraiser for the AETA4, four friends and activists who are being tried as “terrorists” for their alleged involvement in protesting animal cruelty in Santa Cruz and Berkeley. ...
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