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    L&EC EVENTS at the
    NLG NATIONAL CONVENTION in New York City

    National Lawyers Guild - CONVENTION in New York City
    August 3 - 7, 2016 
    CONVENTION is at several locations including:

    Vanderbilt Hall
    NYU School of Law
    40 Washington Square South
    New York, NY 10012

    Furman Hall Room 212
    245 Sullivan Street
    New York, NY 10012

    Center for Cuban Studies
    231 West 29th Street #401
    New York, NY 10001

    Stonewall Inn
    53 Christopher Street
    New York, NY 10014

    Manny Cantor Center
    197 E Broadway
    New York, NY 10002

    Click here for a the official Convention website

    Click here for a pdf of the L&EC table below
    Click here for L&EC Convention flyer 

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    Wednesday - Aug 3         
    5 - 7 pm
    Welcome Reception at Center for Cuban Studies - click here (Facebook events) or click here (PDF)
    featuring First Secretary ot Cuban Embassy Miguel Fraga and 3 guests from Union Nacional de Juristas de Cuba

                                      

    Thursday - Aug 4
    1 - 5 pm

    International Committee CLE  - Know Your Economic Human Rights!
    Jeanne Mirer, Andrew Reid, Eric Tars, and more -- see flyer
    click here to register 

    Thursday - Aug 4
    5 - 7 pm

    National Immigration Project reception

    Thursday - Aug 4
    7 - 8:45 pm

    KEYNOTE

                                      

    Friday - Aug 5
    9 - 10:15 am

    Workshops I

    Friday - Aug 5
    10:30 - 11:45 am
    Workshops II - Labor Migration in the Americas:  Structural Causes and Exploitation

    Friday Aug 5
    12:30 - 1:30 pm

    NYU law graduates in the NLG - meet for dessert and chat with NYU Public Interest Law Center staff
    NYU Law School Furman Hall, at 245 Sullivan Street, room 430 - click here for leaflet

    Friday - Aug 5
    2 - 3:15 pm

    L&EC general meeting (members + non-members welcome)
    NYU Law School Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street, room 212

    Friday - Aug 5
    3:30 - 5:30 pm

    PLENARY I  

    Friday - Aug 5
    5:30 - 7 pm

    Labor & Employment AND International Committee Reception + 
    Debra Evenson Award presentation to Audrey Bomse

    Friday - Aug 5
    7 - 10 pm

    Banquet (tickets required)

                                      

     

    Saturday - Aug 6
    9 - 10:30 am

    Major Panel I  - Making Human Rights More Sacred Than Property Interests:  Here & Abroad

    Saturday - Aug 6
    10:45 - 12:45 pm

    PLENARY II (National Elections, Resolutions, Amendments)

    Saturday - Aug 6
    1:45 - 3:15 pm
    Major Panel II - Flint:  A Case Study -- Future Cities & the Neo Liberal Agenda
    Saturday - Aug 6
    3:30 - 6:30 pm
    Anti-Racism + TUPOCC Programming
                                          
    Sunday - Aug 7
    9:30 - 10:45 am
    Workshops III
    Sunday - Aug 7
    11 - 12:15 pm
    Regional Meetings 
    Sunday - Aug 7
    1 - 2:30 pm
    Workshops IV