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Cornell Law School - National Lawyer Guild
Cornell NLG is dedicated to the support and defense of economic and social justice, and to progressive change rather than mere acceptance of the status quo. See our
Constitution.
2008 – 2009
Spring 2009
- April 16, 2009, Screening of "Occupation 101" with discussion
- April 13, 2009, Roundtable lunch discussion moderated by Prof. Bradley Wendel on the ethics of and possible sanctions for issuing legal opinions relating to torture
- February 23 – 27, 2009, NLG Week Against the Death Penalty
- Feburary 26, 2009, Joseph Amrine, Exonerated Death Row Inmate, speaking on Innocence and the Death Penalty
- February 25, 2009, Screening of The Life of David Gale
- February 23, 2009, Unveiling of Death Penalty Photo Exhibit, with commentary by photographer and death penalty activist Scott Langley
- January 28, 2009, Mayor Cory A. Booker speaks at Ithaca Youth Bureau's 60th Anniversary
Fall 2008
- October 27 - 31, 2008 Week Against Torture
- October 30, 2008 Screening of "Road to Guantanamo"
- October 27, 2008 "Torture, the Law, and American Values" Gitanjali S. Gutierrez speaks about her work representing the men and boys who were detained and tortured in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
- October 15 - 19, 2008, Sent 3 students to the NLG Law for the People Convention 2008 in Detroit, MI
2007 – 2008
Spring 2007
- March 1, 2007, Organized press confrence for "Angola 3" Activist Robert 'King' Wilkerson's visit to Cornell, in conjunction
with the
Cornell Prison Activist Coalition
- March 26, 2007, Anti-death penalty petition drive in Myron Taylor Hall's foyer
- March 27, 2007,
Death Penalty Photography Project exhibit in Saperston Lounge and speech by anti-death penalty activist-photographer Scott Langley
- March 28, 2007, Death Penalty talk by Professor John Blume on his recent argument in Roper v. Weaver, 127 S. Ct. 2022
- March 29, 2007, Screened "The Exonerated"
Fall 2007
2003 – 2004
End of school-year 2002 – 03
- Tabled: voting on our upcoming activities & showed civil rights video
Fall 2003
- How to be an Activist in Law School – orientation event for 1Ls (8/22)
- Activities fair (8/27)
- 1st General Meeting (9/1)
- Tabled w/Lambda re opposing amendment to redefine marriage (9/3)
- NLG happy hour (9/5)
- Bill Quigley – Activist Lawyering talk (9/13)
- Peace Activism Weekend – sponsored group outing to hear Peace Activist Daniel Berrigan (9/20)
- Voter Registration Table (10/7)
- Weekly meetings (9/25, 10/2, 10/9)
- Sponsored one member to attend National NLG Conference
- Rebellious Halloween Party (10/31)
- Election Day reminder (11/4)
- Co-sponsored talk by Professor Martha Fineman on
Lawrence v. TX and reception (11/20)
- Part of campaign to recruit/maintain progressive faculty
- Civil Liberties: American as Apple Pie – Tabling about Patriot Act (11/25)
- Study Break (co-sponsored with Lambda) & Movie Night (12/5)
- Book Drive – almost 300 books collected for Books Through Bars (Nov. – Dec.)
- Initiated campaign with Lambda to get the Law School to join the Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights (FAIR) [joined with Lambda in Nov.]
- Student campaign to get faculty support
- Worked with law school & university administration
- Cornell chapter of NLG became a Party to an Amicus Brief in support of FAIR focusing on issue of standing [Dec.]
- Board members participated in Dean Search committee [Oct. – Nov.]
- Part of campaign for progressive faculty
Spring 2004
- 1st General Meeting of the semester (2/5)
- Sponsored 11 students to attend Yale’s Rebellious Lawyering Conference at (2/20-22)
- Continued work on the FAIR campaign
- Legal Observer Training (2/29)
- Day Against the Death Penalty (3/1) Speaker Patricia Warth and tabling
- Trip to the U.S. Supreme Court with the Federalist Society (3/23)
- Formed Marriage Equality Task Force to research issues about same-sex marriage for the City of Ithaca
- Presented audio of
Padilla and
Hamdi oral arguments before Supreme Court (4/29)
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