PROGRESSIVES HIT BACK!

National Lawyers Guild
Northeast Regional Conference
September 21-22, 2002
http://www.nlg.org/regionals/ne_progressives_hit_back.htm

Western New England College
School of Law
Springfield, MA
www.law.wnec.edu

WORKSHOPS include:

Defending People Accused Of Terrorism (Lynne Stewart)
Reparations for Slavery (Ajamu Sankofa)
AIDS and Legal Activism (Brook Baker)
Defending Against Secret evidence (Regis Fernandez)
The "War on Terrorism" and the Red Scare(Robert Meeropol)
The PATRIOT Act and Executive Response to 9/11 (William Newman)
Unionization of Resident and Teaching Assistants (Harris Freeman)
School Search and Seizure (Kenneth King)
Strip Searches (Howard Friedman)
NLG Drug Policy Project (Steven Gotzler)
Organizing on the Internet (Timothy Plenk)
Organizing 101 (Mac Scott)
Street Law Clinics (David Nathanson)

. . . and join us on Saturday night for a fundraiser for Lynne Stewart's defense fund!

REGISTRATION: Guild members: $20
Student Guild members: FREE
Non-Guild members: $30
No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Please let us know that you are coming by contacting:

David Nathanson
PO Box 983
Salem, MA 01970
617-988-8309
dave.nathanson@lycos.com

ACCOMODATIONS:
Howard Johnson Express
1356 Boston Rd
Springfield, MA, 01119 US
413-783-2111
NLG block rates: $65/night (double)

FOOD: Light breakfast and a lunch will be available on-site for an additional fee.

TRANSPORTATION: Springfield is most easily accessible by car. It is 90 miles from Boston and Albany and 150 miles from New York city. The city is also accessible by Amtrak trains, Peter Pan buses, and Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT, approximately 30 minutes (20 miles) from the School of Law.

RIDE SHARING: If you need a ride to the conference or have room in your car, please call Dave Nathanson, 617-988-8309

DIRECTIONS:
to the law school: http://www.law.wnec.edu/College/Collegedir.html
to the hotel: http://www.hojo.com/HowardJohnson/control/Booking/map?pid=10654&MQZoom=5

QUESTIONS: contact David Nathanson, 617-988-8309 or dave.nathanson@lycos.com

PRESENTER BIOS: Coming soon!

ABOUT SPRINGFIELD: Coming soon!