National Lawyers Guild - University of Oregon Chapter

07/30/2021

Who could’ve ever predicted? 😐

The CDC information dated Thursday gives new details on this variant of the coronavirus and says the agency should "acknowledge that the war has changed." It was first reported by The Washington Post.

03/18/2021

UO NLG stands in solidarity with all Asian Pacific American students, faculty, and staff and condemns all hatred and violence towards such fellow humans.

03/12/2021

Join us today, Friday, March 12* from 5:30-8:00 p.m. We will watch three short films on Mass Incarceration and Palestinian Liberation made by Rebecca Pierce and discuss the films afterward.

Thanks to all our hosts, speakers, and attendees that made this such a provocative and needed week of abolitionist solidarity and exploration. A better world is possible!

Friday Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94434024927

03/12/2021

IT’S BEAUTIFUL OUT! But, that temperature’s about to drop. So join us! At 5:30 we host our last speaker session on the intersection of racial and environmental justice for our Week Against Mass Incarceration. We’re spilling some great this week! Hope to see you there! All are welcome, at any time. Tomorrow is our movie night. 5:30-8:00p.m. We will watch three short films on Mass Incarceration and Palestinian Liberation made by Rebecca Pierce and discuss the films afterward.

Zoom link below.

Event description: 5:30 - 6:30
Speakers: Ducky Joseph (Siskiyou Abolition Project), Richard Thomas (Texas Abolitionists), Bigg Villainus (Overthrow Media) The Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons has been organizing, networking, and strategizing at the intersection of the Environmental Justice and Prison Abolition movements since 2016. Join organizers from across the country to discuss why and how these movements intersect, how FTP is pushing forward as a radical formation, and what the future holds for us all, as well as some of the campaigns and projects we've been working on.

Thursday Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96306885919

03/10/2021

TODAY is our Wednesday WAMI event! From 5:30-6:30 p.m. we will be hosting the Executive Director of Sponsors: Justice Reimagined, Paul Solomon, for a discussion on the barriers mass incarceration creates for those attempting to rebuild their lives. Sponsors has provided resources for over 20,000 individuals in Lane County.

Paul Solomon will be speaking about his dedication to providing holistic reintegration services to formerly incarcerated individuals. The program provides vital resources in housing and mental health support for this community with a focus on people with substance abuse issues.

Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/91811231929?pwd=MGdMR0JZTWVTWlQ3NjZaTy9LaDZ1Zz09

We’ve had great discussions in the events this week so far! All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

03/10/2021

TODAY is our Wednesday WAMI event. From 5:30-6:30pm we will be hosting the Executive Director of Sponsors: Justice Reimagined, Paul Solomon will be joining us for a discussion on the barriers mass incarceration creates for those attempting to rebuild their lives. Sponsors has provided resources for over 20,000 individuals in Lane County.

Paul Solomon will be speaking about his dedication to providing holistic reintegration services to formerly incarcerated individuals. The program provides vital resources in housing and mental health support for this community with a focus on people with substance abuse issues.

Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/91811231929?pwd=MGdMR0JZTWVTWlQ3NjZaTy9LaDZ1Zz09

We’ve had great discussions in the events so far! All
Are welcome. Hope to see you there!

03/07/2021

Expand your mind and share solidarity this week in joining us and some amazing speakers for our Week Against Mass Incarceration on Zoom. The theme is “Prison Abolition and Beyond.”

All are welcome. Speakers/events are all PST.

Monday, March 8 event description: 5:30p.m. - 6:30p.m. Members of UO NLG will lead an interactive discussion introducing the concept of prison abolition. We will address some of the most difficult questions raised when seeking to dismantle the fundamental tenets of the prison industrial complex. Programming is based on literature from Critical Resistance.

Monday Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/92857321730

Tuesday, March 9 event description: 12:00p.m - 1:00 p.m. Disarm UOPD is a collection of UO students, faculty, staff, and Eugene-area community members that understand policing as a fundamental element of racial capitalism. Join UO NLG for a discussion with Disarm UOPD to talk about why UOPD must be disarmed, defunded, and then abolished; opportunities to redirect funding to real safety programs; and how to build a campus built on radical care so that Black, Indigenous, Brown, Disabled, Q***r, Trans, Poor, and marginalized students and workers feel safe, including safe from police. Disarm UOPD will also talk about the history of UOPD and how to get involved in the fight to disarm, defund, and abolish them.

Tuesday Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/99262140325?pwd=YVJFaEdpb1FzRU5TeG43U3ZDYTFDdz09

Wednesday: Sponsors. link to come.

Thursday, March 11 event description: 5:30 - 6:30
Speakers: Ducky Joseph (Siskiyou Abolition Project), Richard Thomas (Texas Abolitionists), Bigg Villainus (Overthrow Media) The Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons has been organizing, networking, and strategizing at the intersection of the Environmental Justice and Prison Abolition movements since 2016. Join organizers from across the country to discuss why and how these movements intersect, how FTP is pushing forward as a radical formation, and what the future holds for us all, as well as some of the campaigns and projects we've been working on.

Thursday Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96306885919

Friday, March 12 event description: 5:30-8:00p.m. We will watch 3 short films on Mass Incarceration and Palestinian Liberation made by Rebbecca Pierce and discuss the films afterward.

Friday Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94434024927

We look forward to seeing you!

01/13/2021

On Friday, the University of Oregon, NLG Chapter called for UO Law to take immediate and concrete action in addressing the white supemacist insurrection this past Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. In posting the contents of this letter, sent to UO Law and UO Dean Michael Schill, we hope to inspire others law students and students in general to hold their universities responsible for the true education our country so dearly needs. We require more than thoughts and prayers, and we need to hold our educational institutions responsible for the harm they cause through their silence, doublespeak and commitment to the status quo.

11/03/2020

Oregon Law students: You may now elect to go Pass/Fail for any or all of your classes without needing to plead your case (a ridiculous proposition ATM, if we do say so ourselves) and with no chance of your request being rejected, provided you complete a few steps (watch a video, fill out two forms).

NLG, other student groups and certain faculty members have fought for an all-encompassing pass/fail grading policy due to current crises since the summer.

We are so thankful to the faculty that led with true humanity in the push for this much needed change in policy, even if it doesn’t fully meet what we believe to be a more fair goal. We would have hoped for an announcement of this change in the policy that was more clear as to the fact that a change has occurred, but nonetheless, this is a great move for UO Law.

Now, happy elections to you all. Breathe, please.

10/13/2020

Check out some of this great work shared by .campus.

While corporate media feeds us news about the $Ducks$, our anonymous Instagram heroes have delivered this unbelievable message from University of Oregon President Michael Schill.

Despite telling students they would be in-person for classes up until the very last minute, no doubt to guarantee the University kept its students on board, Schill now claims that the fact that these students came back to campus—and that COVID-19 is now rapidly spreading due to this decision—is none of his fault.

This Trumpian approach to leadership and the truth must end.

10/10/2020

“What? The Feds?” This week on TOMA: Our comrade, UO law student Jeff MacNeilly, interviews Professor Adams-Schoen about the legal implications of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in PDX.

MacNeilly and UO Law Professor Adams-Schoen discuss some of cases brought against the local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies by protestors and other parties, some legal theories involved, and the what it means to be in the legal community in Oregon during these protests.
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On this week’s episode of TOMA, Jeff interviews Professor Adams-Schoen about the legal implications of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon. Jeff and Professor Adams-Schoen discuss some of cases brought against the local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies by protes...

10/06/2020

Tonight, please come and join us in showing solidarity with RECLAIM UO in its requests of the University of Oregon to:

°Disarm the UO PD;

°Divest from fossil fuels;

°Democratize the Board of Trustees.

UO should set the stage in Oregonian fashion for the new world we want and need to see and that is in alignment with the values it claims to honor and the students it claims to want to represent.

There will be (socially-distanced) dancing and tunes, speeches, pamphlets and more.

And, please, mask up! 7 PM at Johnson Hall.