The National Lawyers Guild Midwest Regional Conference will be held April 17, 18 and 19 at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.

WE DISSENT: Taking Back our Civil Liberties

Friday April 17th 2009

Sundin Music Hall
5:30 – 7:30 Set Up and Registration
6:30 – 7:30 Meet and Greet ;
7:30 Keynote Speaker ; Ken Tilsen introduced by Bruce Nestor

10:00 – close Rebellious Bar Review ; Bedlam Theatre 1501 S. 6th St. on the West Bank, Minneapolis

Saturday April 18th 2009

9:00 – 10:00
Session 1: Solomon Amendment ; discussion by Phil Duran, staff attorney for OutFront Minnesota
Room: Giddens Learning Center 202E

9:45– 11:15
Session 2: Twin Cities Culture Panel ; with Abigail Cerra, Abdirizk Bihi and Roman Gonzalez.
Room: Giddens Learning Center 203E

10:00– 11:20
Session 3: International Human Rights Applied Domestically ; presented by Peter Brown with Ajamu Baraka, Execitive Director of the US Human Rights Network,Justin Cummins, Miller O'Brien Cummins, P.L.L.P., Bret Thiele, Coordinator - ESC Rights Litigation Programme, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
Room: Giddens Learning Center 202E

11:30 – 1:00
Session 4:  Ramona Africa ; Move9
Room: LAW 105

1:45 – 3:15
Session 5:  Securing the Human Rights of Arrestees and Detainees: the Right to Medical Attention ; Peter Brown, former MN NLG President and Jordan Kushner, sole practitioner, Kimberly Christoffel, medical services coordinator, North Star Health Collective, Micah Ludeke, volunteer legal worker, NLG/Coldsnap Mondi Norton-Westbrook, street medic, North Star Health Collective
Room: Bush Memorial Library 306

Session 6:  Legal Workers of the World, Unite(d)!  (As faculty for lawyers after law school.) ; facilitated by Michael Friedman, Executive Director of Legal Rights Center with Abigail Cerra, Jude Ortiz, Michelle Gross
Room: Bush Memorial Library 301

3:15 – 4:15
Session 8: Inexpensive Legal Research ; Professor Grace Mills, Law Library Dir. and Assoc. Prof. of Law Hamline University
Room: Bush Memorial Library 306

Session 9: Living with Debt While Being an Effective Advocate ; Heather Rastorfer Vlieger, LRAP and Sharon Fischlowitz, William Mitchell College of Law
Room: Bush Memorial Library 301

4:15
Session 16: The United People of Color Caucus  ; facilitator to be determined
Room: LAW 04

6:30
Minnesota NLG Social Justice Dinner
William Mitchell School of Law

Sunday April 19th 2009

9:30 – 10:30
Session 10: St. Stephens Human Services; John Petroskas, Outreach Worker Catholic Charities Secure Waiting Space
Room: LAW 101

Session 11: Legal Observer Training ; presented by Jennifer McEwen, Rachel Bengston and Carla Magnuson
Room: LAW 04

10:30 – 12:00
Session 12:  The Movement For Reproductive Justice: New Strategies For Organizing And Coalition Building ; with Kate Hannaher, founder and chair of Hamline Law Students for Reproductive Justice,  and Sara Thome, Legal Aid attorney, founder and former chair of Hamline Law Students for Reproductive Justice.
Room: LAW 101

Session 13: Student Chapter Forum ; facilitated by Micah Ludeke, co-chair of NLG Hamline Chapter
Room: LAW 04

12:00 – 1:00
Session 14:  Know Your Rights (and how to explain them) ; presented by Jude Ortiz of Coldsnap Legal Collective
Room: LAW 04

1:00 – 2:00

Session 15:  Queer Caucus ; facilitated by Micah Ludeke, co-chair of NLG Hamline Chapter
Room: LAW 103

 Additional Information

Visitor parking at the Saint Paul campus

Visitor parking is located in the White House lot on Hewitt Avenue at Pascal Street. Parking is enforced Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Visitor parking is enforced as signage indicates. All parking lots, with exception of the staff/faculty parking Lot H, are open to visitors without permits after 4:30 p.m. weekdays and all weekends

Driving Directions

You may also call 651-523-2441 for directions.

From the Northeast (I35)
Follow I35 South to the highway split
Take 35E towards St. Paul
Connect to I94 west
Exit at Snelling Avenue
Turn right (North)
Turn right at Hewitt Ave. (lights)

From the Northwest (I94)
Follow I94 east through Minneapolis
Exit at Snelling Avenue
Turn left (North) at exit light
Turn right at Hewitt Ave. (lights)

From the South (I35 or I35W)
Follow I35 to I35W
Connect to I94 east (to St. Paul)
Exit at Snelling Avenue
Turn left (North) at exit light
Turn right at Hewitt Ave. (lights)

From the South (I35E)
Follow I35E to I94 west
Exit at Snelling Avenue
Turn right (North)
Turn right at Hewitt Ave. (lights)

From the Airport
Leaving the airport, follow the signs marked St. Paul
Highway turns into W 7th St.
Go past the strip malls
Turn left on Snelling Ave. (winding uphill street)
Follow Snelling Ave. approx. 7 miles
Turn right at Hewitt Ave. (lights)

More Information: http://hamline.edu/hamline_info/locations/index.html

Campus Map:  here

Overnight Accommodations

The closest hotel to campus is located approximately one mile away from the University, and it is the:

Best Western - Bandana Square
1010 Bandana Boulevard West
St. Paul, MN 55108
Reservations: 1-800-WESTERN or 651-647-1637
Hotel is one mile north of I-94 (Lexington exit) and one block west of Lexington
Shuttle is available within 5 miles. No shuttle to airport. Advance notification suggested.