American Civil Liberties Union http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:09:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Executive Board applications now available! http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/31/executive-board-applications-now-available/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/31/executive-board-applications-now-available/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:08:44 +0000 aclu http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/?p=154 Interested in civil liberties and want to get involved with the ACLU-HLS?  Executive board positions are now open to all HLS students (1L, 2L, 3L, LLM, and SJD).  If interested, please fill out and email the application to HLS.ACLU@gmail.com by November 9th, 2012. Conciseness is encouraged!

ACLU board application

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/31/executive-board-applications-now-available/feed/ 0 ACLU Internship Opportunities http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/aclu-internship-opportunities/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/aclu-internship-opportunities/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:14:04 +0000 aclu http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/?p=148 ACLU summer and spring semester internship postings have gone up.  Take a look at these great opportunities to work with the ACLU.

Summer Internship Postings

Summer 2013 Legal Internship – ACLUF Reproductive Freedom Project, NY»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship – ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, NY and CA»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Women’s Rights Project, NY»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, DC»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Center for Democracy, NY» (Includes the National Security Project, the Speech Privacy and Technology Project, and the Human Rights Program)

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Criminal Law Reform Project, NY»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, NY»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Racial Justice Program, NY»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF National Prison Project, Washington, DC»

Summer 2013 Legal Internship – ACLU Washington Legislative Office, DC»

Spring Semester Internship Postings

Spring 2013 Legal Internship – ACLUF Criminal Law Reform Project, NY»

Spring 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Women’s Rights Project, NY»

Spring 2013 Internship-ACLUF Immigrants’ Rights Project, SF and NY»

Spring 2013 Legal Internship-ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, NY»

Spring 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF National Prison Project, Washington, DC»

Spring 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Racial Justice Program, NY»

Fall 2012/Spring 2013 Legal Internship-ACLUF Equality Center – Disability Rights Program, San Francisco, CA»

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/aclu-internship-opportunities/feed/ 0 ACLU Kick-off Event http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/aclu-kick-off-event/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/aclu-kick-off-event/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:10:05 +0000 aclu http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/?p=138 ACLU-HLS is very excited to invite you to our Kick-off event and Past ACLU Interns Meet and Greet.

The event will take place on Wednesday, October 31, from 12-1 in 3019 WASS.

Come learn about opportunities for involvement with our ACLU-HLS chapter (including how to join the board) and the ACLU of Massachusetts.

HLS students will also have an opportunity to speak with past ACLU interns about their experiences interning for ACLU offices around the country, both state and national. Come mingle, meet other civil-rights minded students, and asks past interns questions.

Thai Food Served!

ACLU October 31 kick-off flyer

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/aclu-kick-off-event/feed/ 0 Nina Perales on Voting Rights http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/nina-perales-on-voting-rights/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/nina-perales-on-voting-rights/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:06:01 +0000 aclu http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/?p=135 Nina Perales on Voting Rights
October 25 from 12-1pm
WCC 1010

HIP, along with the ACLU, BLSA, ACS, Alianza and the NLG, are hosting Nina Perales, Director of Litigation for MALDEF, to discuss her current work on voting rights. MALDEF’s docket includes cases that approach voting rights from multiple angles, including redistricting, identification requirements, and protecting minority voting rights. As a leader in the field, Nina will have the chance to share her work on those cases and her thoughts on voting rights, an issue that has gotten considerable attention in the lead-up to this year’s election.
Lunch will be provided.
Some funding provided by Milbank Tweed.

Civil Rights Litigation with Nina Perales
October 25 from 6-7pm
Griswold 110

Nina Perales will discuss the path she has followed to become the Director of Litigation for MALDEF. Take this opportunity to ask her what a career as a civil rights litigator entails, what choices she has made along the way, and what suggestions she has for aspiring litigators and civil rights advocates. Non-pizza dinner will be served. If interested in attending, please confirm here.
Some funding provided by Milbank Tweed.

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/10/24/nina-perales-on-voting-rights/feed/ 0 Sign the NDAA Petition Here! http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/02/22/sign-the-ndaa-petition-here/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/02/22/sign-the-ndaa-petition-here/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:35:30 +0000 Harvard Law School http://hlsorgs.com/aclu/?p=117 Protest Indefinite Detention! Sign our Petition!

For the first time in our Nation’s history, the National Defense Authorization ACT of 2012 codifies indefinite military detention without charge or trial.

Sign our PETITION for the Repeal of the “Mandatory Military Detention” and “Indefinite Detention” provisions of the NDAA.

 

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2012/02/22/sign-the-ndaa-petition-here/feed/ 0 ACLU Past Interns Meet and Greet http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/11/17/aclu-past-interns-meet-and-greet/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/11/17/aclu-past-interns-meet-and-greet/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:56:48 +0000 Harvard Law School http://hlsorgs.com/aclu/?p=112 ACLU-HLS is very excited to invite you to the “Past ACLU Interns Meet and Greet.” At the event, HLS students will have an opportunity to speak with past ACLU interns about their respective experiences interning for ACLU offices all around the country. All are welcome to come mingle, meet other civil-rights minded students, and asks past interns questions.

When: Monday, November 28th, 12-1

Where: Ropes Gray

Lunch will be served!

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/11/17/aclu-past-interns-meet-and-greet/feed/ 0 Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Justice: Speak Out About Abortion Week, Nov. 14th-18th http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/10/26/harvard-law-students-for-reproductive-justice-speak-out-about-abortion-week-nov-14th-18th/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/10/26/harvard-law-students-for-reproductive-justice-speak-out-about-abortion-week-nov-14th-18th/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:48:39 +0000 Harvard Law School http://hlsorgs.com/aclu/?p=101 HLSRJ is hosting a weeklong campaign in November (the 14th-18th) to encourage members of the HLS community to share reproductive health stories in an effort to de-stigmatize issues like abortion, birth control, and STDs. The week is called Speak Out About Abortion, and they’ve created a system for students to share their stories anonymously:

Sex, birth control, relationships, pregnancy termination, std’s….

We all have stories about decisions we’ve made about our reproductive and sexual health. As part of Speak Out, a Boston-wide campaign to increase awareness about sexual and reproductive justice, please share your stories anonymously with us!

 

We’re looking for stories about anything related to reproductive and sexual health. Stories about a time you chose not to have sex, or to have sex, or about a time when you thought your or your partner’s contraception failed are all welcome. They can be as simple as “I use condoms,” to as complex as a story about a pregnancy, whether you decided to end it or to keep it. We will use your stories, with just your school’s name and year, as part of our campaign to promote an open dialogue about sex and reproductive health on campus. Stories from all genders are welcome!

 

Stories should be short (just a paragraph or so) and relate a personal experience you had. You can post them anonymously here:

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5B7WMJS

 

Thanks for your contribution!

Boston Students for Sexual and Reproductive Justice
Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Justice

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Austin North

In his article forthcoming in Volume 47:1 of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, “The Right to Comprehensive Education Opportunity,”  Michael A. Rebell, a professor at Columbia University Teacher’s College, argues for the recognition of a constitutional right to quality education for all children. The author will be joined by Dean Martha Minow, Chair of the Institute for Educational Leadership Marty Blank, and Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville for a panel discussion of his article. Before the event, dessert will be served (alongside justice)!

]]> http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/10/11/cr-cl-presents-a-colloquium-the-right-to-comprehensive-education-opportunity/feed/ 0 Reproductive Freedom Under Attack: A Discussion of Recent Abortion Laws with the ACLU’s Brigitte Amiri http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/10/07/reproductive-freedom-under-attack-a-discussion-of-recent-abortion-laws-with-the-aclus-brigitte-amiri/ http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/aclu/2011/10/07/reproductive-freedom-under-attack-a-discussion-of-recent-abortion-laws-with-the-aclus-brigitte-amiri/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:00:31 +0000 Harvard Law School http://hlsorgs.com/aclu/?p=92 Tuesday, October 18, 6-7pm, Langdell 225

Come hear the ACLU’s Brigitte Amiri discuss recent state legislative efforts to restrict women’s reproductive freedoms. Her discussion will include the controversial South Dakota abortion bill, and a summary of the ways in which ACLU lawyers are challenging such legislation. Brought to you by the Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the HLS-ACLU.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 12:00-1:15 pm, Pound 204

A Talk by Norris Henderson, Executive Director of VOTE, and Davida Finger, Assistant Clinical Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Join us for a discussion about the ways in which community organizers and lawyers are working together to address justice issues in New Orleans. Norris Henderson is a community leader and founder of Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE), a non-profit justice organization founded by and run by formerly incarcerated people. Davida Finger, a former Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School, teaches the Community Justice Clinic at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Co-Sponsored by the Office of Public Interest Advising

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