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Anti-Racism Committee to Host Fundraising Party on July 28 in Brooklyn

Help support the NLG-NYC’s Anti-Racism Committee’s (ARC) fundraising initiative for the Student, Recent Grad and Legal Worker of Color Travel Stipend to the NLG’s National Convention in October 2011.

NLG-NYC ARC works to further the Guild’s commitment to racial justice. Fundraising for the travel stipend is an important component of anti-racist work in the Guild because it promotes the legal education, viewpoints, and work of people of color within our membership and programs as well as the radical community at large.

The Fundraising Party will be held on Thursday, July 28, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm, at Berry Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn! The suggested donation is $10 – $250. Donations will be accepted by credit card, cash or check.

If you are unable to attend, please help support the next generation of students, lawyers, and legal workers of color by donating and encouraging friends and colleagues to donate what they can and spread the word to others. Make an online donation!

Listen to Chapter Co V.P. Mark Taylor Live Tues. June 7

This Tuesday, June 7 at 8:00 P.M. NYC Chapter Co-Vice President Mark Taylor will be interviewed on TrueTalkNYC.com Mark will render his legal expertise on unconstitutional issues ranging from the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices to the legality of Free Speech Zones.  Phone lines will be open throughout the program. Listen live Tuesday, June 7, from 8:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M.

NLG-NYC to Governor Cuomo: No Brinksmanship on Tenant Protection

On Friday, May 27th, the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild called on Governor Cuomo to use the full powers of his office to renew and strengthen the rent laws before the allies of the real estate industry in Albany are permitted to hijack the process with 11th hour brinksmanship. The Open Letter was endorsed by over 40 tenant and community organizations.  
 
This pattern of abusing the legislative process has been repeated each time the rent laws have been up for renewal since 1993.  We want to bring this past practice to the attention of the Governor as well as the public. At a minimum, we want to expose these treacherous legislative tactics and the malignant consequences they have had for housing policy. 

Street Law Team on WPIX 11 News, Wed., May 25

Turn on your television at 7:20am on Wednesday, May 25, to watch NLG-NYC Street Law Team member Jean Stevens, a CUNY law student who just completed her 1L year, and students from Arturo Schomburg High in the Bronx talk about the importance of knowing your rights when stopped by the police.  Learn more about the Street Law Team and request a workshop for your group!

Next Gen Mentorship Project Mixer – June 1st

Join the NLG-NYC Next Gen Mentorship Project members on Wednesday, June 1st to thank its founding members and welcome future participants to the program. Food, drinks and good company will abound at the National Lawyers Guild National Office, 132 Nassau Street, Room 922, in Manhattan from 6:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.

The Mentorship Project will be restarted in the fall of 2011 to coincide with the start of the school year. Mentors are needed to revamp the program, so please sign up! In the future, the Project’s coordinators will organize quarterly meet-ups and keep all mentors and mentees on a September – June schedule.