Radical Lawyers: BU Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild

04/03/2023

BU NLG Legal Observer training will be held remotely on Thursday, April 6 at 4pm-- sign up here! https://forms.gle/ABnJpmW1sMXv4Q9J9

02/07/2022

Hey Radical BU Law Students!

If you are interested in running for next year's NLG e-board, please submit your name and a statement indicating your interest by Tuesday 02/08 at 8pm using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfryZVaCDOa41m2-qMVX4gUIZLA60zIKXOMPk9Iu3uLLPsNbQ/viewform

A separate form will be made available for voting after all nominations have been received by our current board members. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to message us 🌱

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01/02/2022

looking forward to continuing to seed and grow better things alongside you all.
happy new year, friends.

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12/02/2021

BU NLG joins Law Students for Climate Accountability in being

Link to video (featuring BU NLG's very own Cassidy Heverling and Joelle Jura): https://twitter.com/SDonziger/status/1466427002051825664

Link to petition and more information on Gibson Dunn's role in perpetuating harm against the climate and frontline indigenous communities, both in the U.S. and abroad: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzKL84OrZv7Sos2XalzGC4dDNgTZGfdBr1BOPtEvUt0MILrw/viewform

Link to LS4CA press release: https://www.makechevroncleanup.com/press-releases/2021/12/2/law-students-launch-boycott-of-gibson-dunn

We, the undersigned law students and new lawyers, pledge to boycott Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in response to the firm’s work shielding corporate polluters from climate accountability, its racist legal attacks against Indigenous communities, and the persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donzi...

11/09/2021

Come join our roundtable discussion on climate change and corporate accountability this Thursday, November 11 at 5pm in Room 211!

Radical Lawyers: BU Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and BU Law Energy and Environmental Law Society will be hosting Aaron Regunberg of Law Students for Climate Accountability and Ian Coghill of the Conservation Law Foundation to discuss how law firms contribute to climate change by representing fossil fuel companies, and what we as law students and future lawyers can do to push back against these practices.

Please reach out to [email protected] with any requests for reasonable accomodations.

11/08/2021

Legal Observers play a key role in monitoring police conduct at protests and rallies, and protect protestors' right to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police.

Join us over Zoom on Wednesday, November 17 at 4pm for our Fall 2021 Legal Observer Training to become eligible to volunteer as a Legal Observer in MA.

We ask that all interested parties complete the form linked below by Thursday, November 11 to receive an application for participation in this training.

https://forms.gle/pssShK4vvaV3EMmV9

Any questions about this training can be directed to the BU NLG e-board at [email protected]. More information about legal observing can be found here: https://www.nlg.org/legalobservers/

Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact the event organizer at the email above to discuss your needs.

10/19/2021

Missed End the Contract Coalition and Mijente's "LexisNexis, ICE, and Law Schools: Funding Mass Deportation and Detention" webinar? Register here to watch the recording!

Did you know that LexisNexis currently has a 16.8 million dollar contract to share personal data with ICE? This webinar will discuss the history, development, and violence of ICE’s surveillance practices, RELX and Thomson Reuters role in fueling deportation and detention, and how we can push back ...

10/12/2021

The NLG annual Convention is happening virtually over Zoom all this week, and runs through Sunday, October 17. Registration is available on a sliding scale -- $25 for law student members of the NLG and $50 for non-members. Fee waivers and further reductions are available to members upon request, and recordings of all of the panels will be available to registrants regardless of your availability to attend at the time they are taking place. Learn more here: https://www.nlg.org/convention-member-registration/

Panels cover topics including labor solidarity internationally and with Palestine, observation in immigration courts, defending social justice protestors in MN, Attica and abolition, eviction defense, and building disability solidarity movements.

We hope to see you there!

2021 Convention – Member Registration Members, register below for the 2021 Convention (or join the Guild or renew your membership to receive the discounted member rates)! Non-members, please register here. PLEASE NOTE: Registration is also included with sponsorships. ...

10/08/2021