JMLS NLG

@JMLS student chapter of @NLGNews and @NLGChicago.

[Chicago-Kent NLG @KentLawNLG]

Thanks to all the wonderful speakers who came to discuss abolition at this year’s Week Against Mass Incarceration @ChicagoKentLaw, and thanks to all the other student chapters (@JMLS_NLG @LoyolaNlg & DePaul & NWU) who helped + @NLGChicago @NLGnews

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

Our city-wide Week Against Mass Incarceration Event is underway!! Thanks to @KentLawNLG for hosting !!!

[Alan Mills @alan_uplc]

The arbitrary, pointless trauma inflicted by prisons on family members never ceases to amaze me. One expects (but fights tooth and nail against) trauma inflicted on prisoners. But why families? Because they can. Because we let them.
(Thread--very powerful)

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

Our Annual Celebration is this Friday! 5:30-9:30 at the Hatchery. Have you bought your tickets yet? https://t.co/STPA1VSnNg

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

General Body Meeting TODAY!!! 5PM - Room 529 - come hear about the NLG Convention, upcoming events, and connect with your fellow NLG members !!

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

We have been out in the streets since 10am supporting Chicago as they protest Trump's visit to Chicago!

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

We are proud to be in the streets supporting @CTULocal1 in their fight for a #FairContractNow for Chicago's teachers.

[UIC United Faculty @UICUF]

@UICUF stands in #solidarity with @CTULocal1
Support the Strike: Don’t cross pickets | Join job actions and community events | Call the Mayor (312)-744-3300
More info at https://t.co/pGkgwnuZfR

[Chicago-Kent NLG @KentLawNLG]

Chicago Kent and @JMLS_NLG students standing in solidarity with Chicago teachers this morning #redfored #putitinwriting

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

we support CPS teachers and staff!!!!! #FairContractNow #CTUSEIUstrike

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

NLG students are supporting @CTULocal1 and @seiu73 this morning on the picket line !!!!!! Support our teachers !!!!!

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

JOIN US Thursday at Jones to show your support for Chicago teachers!!

[Chicago-Kent NLG @KentLawNLG]

This Thursday: show up and support our striking Teachers alongside Chicago-area National Lawyers Guild chapter students! Show up any other day too, these picket lines aren’t going anywhere!

Invite your Facebook friends here:
https://t.co/HOr0BHkDzZ

[Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts @ChiAppleseed]

Tomorrow! @NorthwesternLaw Chapters of our Collaboration for Justice (w/ @ChiCouncilLaw) and the @NLGChicago are co-sponsoring "End Money Bond (The Price of Pretrial Incarceration)" tomorrow w/ panelists from @ChiAppleseed, @ACLUofIL, @ChiBondFund:

https://t.co/9FyWDaDEr1

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Can someone let @chicagosmayor know when we said “put it in writing,” this isn’t what we meant. #CTUSEIUstrike #putitinwriting #faircontractnow

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

Panel on Restorative Justice, Reparations, and the War on Drugs is underway!! Organized and moderated by our own JMLS NLG co-president Antoinette!

[First Defense Legal Aid @FDLAChicago]

In Chicago, one day spent on police ($4m) is the equivalent to what the city spends on 5 months of Mental Health Services ($9.4 million per year), 18 months of Substance Abuse Treatment ($2.6 million per year), and 32 months of Violence Prevention programs ($1.5 million per year)

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

NLG JMLS members are in Durham, NC this weekend at the national NLG #Law4thePeople conference! They heard from members of Brigada Legal Solidaria who spoke about their legal support of organizers in Puerto Rico as they won the Arthur Kinoy Award!!

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

JMLS NLG member Bryan has a great internship at @uplcchicago this semester!! we’re so proud of all the work he’s already done!!

[UPLC Chicago @uplcchicago]

Meet Bryan, a student at @UICJohnMarshall and one of our fall interns! Bryan has already met with several of our clients, drafted motions for their cases and even appeared in court. We are so grateful for his work!

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

Today, @PeoplesLawChi is celebrating their 50th anniversary. PLO's work has been a model of movement lawyering for decades.

We congratulate PLO on everything they have accomplished & thank them. | #PLO50

[JMLS NLG @JMLS_NLG]

tomorrow!! our event with @Westside_JC to learn about their community centered organization and volunteer opportunities for law students!! https://t.co/ZRDrwEXC3V