Mass Defense Committee of the
National Lawyers Guild - New York City Chapter
presents
DEFENDING PROTESTERS
IN CRIMINAL COURT 2024
A Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program on basics of representing justice demonstrators in NYC Criminal Courts.
Speakers: Elena Cohen, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Matthew D'Aloisio, Jerome Greco, Margaret Kunstler, My Le, Gideon Oliver, Rhiya Trivedi
(3.5 NY-CLE credits in Skills)
Saturday, October 5, 2024
11am-3pm
(includes a half-hour break to get your own take-out lunch)
CUNY School of Law
2 Court Sq., LIC 11101
(E, G and # 7 trains to Court Square. Directions: https://www.law.cuny.edu/about-us/directions/ )
This is an in-person program, which will not be streamed or recorded.
The program is free for members of the NYC National Lawyers Guild. Others $50. (which includes a one-year membership in the NLG-NYC).
This program is designed to build our capacity to represent protesters in criminal court.
Attendees are expected to join in these efforts.
Dues waivers upon request to nlgnyc@igc.org before Thursday, October 3rd.
Traditional Format/Transitional program for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. The National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in New York State. Under CLE regulations, credit will be offered only to those attorneys completing the entire program; attorneys attending only part of the program are not eligible for CLE credit. Attorneys who register and arrive late are welcome to attend the program, but will not be eligible for CLE credit. CLE recipients must sign-in AND sign-out. Certificates will be sent following the program.