[Peace-discuss] FW: Know Your Rights: March 1

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From: Brian Dolinar [mailto:briandolinar at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:10 AM

Subject: Know Your Rights: March 1

 

Know Your Rights: How to Deal with Cops, Money, and Your Boss

University of Illinois Law Students Present Free Seminars at Library 

What: Criminal Law Seminar

When: Saturday, March 1, 4 p.m.

Where: Champaign Public Library, Room A.

Law students at the University of Illinois will hold three sessions on
knowing your rights for the general public on the first three Saturdays in
March at the Champaign Public Library.  The students will present on how to
deal with police, finances, tenant-landlord disputes, and employer-employee
disputes. 

Champaign residents now have an opportunity to learn about their legal
rights in often unpleasant and confusing situations such as being pulled
over for a traffic stop, estate planning, or facing eviction. 

The seminars will be presented by the University of Illinois chapters of the
law student groups Street Law, Black Law Students Association and the
National Lawyers Guild.  They will take place at the main branch of the
Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green Street in Champaign. Admission is
free. 

The "Know Your Rights" criminal law seminar, presented by Street Law, will
be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 1 in room A. The second, finance seminar,
presented by the Black Law Students Association, will be held at noon on
March 8 in room C and will be followed by a question-and-answer session with
local attorney Alfred Ivy. The third, tenant and employee rights seminar,
presented by the National Lawyers Guild, will be held at noon on March 15 in
room A. 

These programs, presented by law students, will cover general law in the
topic area and basic ground rules in common situations.  None of the
presenters can or will give specific legal advice. 

Street Law is practical, participatory education about law, democracy, and
human rights.  For thirty years, Street Law, Inc.'s programs and curricula
have promoted knowledge of legal rights and responsibilities, engagement in
the democratic process, and belief in the rule of law, among both youth and
adults. 

The National Lawyers Guild is dedicated to the need for basic and
progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system.
Through its members, the Guild works as an effective political and social
force in the service of the people.  

The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), founded in 1968, is a
national organization formed to articulate and promote the needs and goals
of black law students and effectuate change in the legal community. 


CONTACT: 

Nina Gougis, Black Law Students Association, 630-901-2092,
ngougis2 at law.uiuc.edu

Shaleen Aghi, Street Law, 217-390-1965, saghi at law.uiuc.edu

Sara Garber, National Lawyers Guild, 217-714-5375, sgarber at law.uiuc.edu 


-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com 

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