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

Topics to be covered at the Conference:

• Know Your Rights (with Jude Ortiz, Coldsnap Legal Collective)
• Securing the Human Rights of Arrestees and Detainees: the Right to Medical Attention (with Peter Brown, former MN NLG President and Jordan Kushner)
• Legal Workers of the World, Unite(d)! As faculty for lawyers after law school (facilitated by Michael Friedman with Abigail Cerra, Jude Ortiz and Michelle Gross)
• Solomon Amendment (discussion by Phil Duran, staff attorney for OutFront Minnesota)
• Political Prisoners in America (with Ramona Africa, Move9 Philadelphia political prisoner movement)
• Living with Debt and Being an Effective Advocate (with Heather Rastorfer Vlieger, LRAP and Sharon Fischlowitz, William Mitchell College of Law)
• Immigration and Reform
• International Human Rights Applied Domestically (presented by Peter Brown with Ajamu Baraka, Execitive Director of the US Human Rights Network)
• Legal Observer Training (with Jennifer McEwen, Rachel Bengston and Carla Magnuson)
• Culture and Life in the Twin Cities (with Abigail Cerra)
• The Movement For Reproductive Justice: New Strategies For Organizing And Coalition Building (presented by Hamline Law Students for Reproductive Justice)
• Homelessness in the Twin Cities and Effective Programming
• NLG Student Chapter breakout session
• Terrorizing Dissent

Schedule and additional information here.

Friday Night Special: Rebellious Bar Review: Bedlam Theatre. 10-close. 

Saturday Night Special: NLG Minnesota will be hosting the Social Justice Dinner. More Information Here. (Dinner not included in the conference registration, please see the MN NLG site for more information)

Keynote Speaker: Ken Tilsen (for more information see this article and this biography.)

REGISTRATION: Included in the registration is lunch on Saturday. T-shirts will be available for sale.

 Fill out the form HERE or send the following in an email to Julie:

Name:
Email: (Or other contact information)
City/State:
Law Student? (Yes / No  - if yes: School?)
NLG Member? (Yes / No )
T-Shirt size: (XS / S / M / L / XL +)
Fee category: (Lawyer / Student / Worker / General)
Housing needs: (For how many)
Special Dietary Needs: (Vegetarian / Vegan / None)

Vegan and vegetarian options are available for meals. Please let us know if you need somewhere to stay, other than a hotel. Our members and friends have room available in their homes. We will make every effort to find somewhere for you to stay for the duration of the conference. If you need help finding a hotel, we will be happy to make recommendations, but reservations are up to you.

FEES: Fees are on a sliding scale, please provide what you feel you can afford. We are honored to accept whatever, but our main goal is to have as many people in attendance as possible. No one will be turned away who wants to attend.

Lawyers: $50-30
Students/Legal Workers: $20-10
General Public: $20-10

(Checks, cash and major credit cards accepted. Make checks out to NLG Hamline Chapter)

Questions? Email Julie.