Sponsored by the NLG Environmental Justice Committee.

The Carbon Markets are a new form of colonialism creating significant threats to Indigenous Peoples globally and to Indian Tribes in the US specifically. The whole premise of carbon markets is contrary to traditional Indigenous Knowledge, and the agreements on Indian lands lock it up for decades and further erode tribal sovereignty by waiving sovereign immunity and limit tribal jurisdictional authority.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday November 3, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CST

LOCATION:
Skipworth Ballroom

Sponsored by the NLG Palestine Subcommittee and Palestine Legal.

Since October 7, the Palestine solidarity movement has endured attacks at unprecedented levels. We’ve seen attempts to stifle Palestinian activism through legislation, the criminalization of campus encampments/protests, employment repercussions, harassment and discrimination, and more. Tactics used against the Palestine liberation movement are the same ones historically deployed against other social justice movements, namely #StopCopCity, the struggle for Indigenous sovereignty, and the movement for Black lives. This panel will highlight the importance of building cross-movement solidarity and ways to fight against repression as we continue to move toward collective liberation.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday November 3, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CST

LOCATION:
Hamilton Ballroom

Sponsored by the NLG Mass Incarceration Committee.

The panel will focus on the period from the late 1960's to early 1980's when progressive attorneys, many members of the NLG, stepped up to represent members of the BLA, FALN and other revolutionary groups. Other attorneys, including other members of the NLG shunned these revolutionaries. The panelists will be asked to address why they took on that representation, the political issues involved, the lessons they learned and how those lessons an help us today.

DATE/TIME:
Friday November 1, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

LOCATION:
Hamilton Ballroom

Our panel will consist of diverse legal education professionals and law students with lived experience addressing the barriers, opportunities, and realities of accessing a legal education as members of diverse underrepresented populations. Framed by issues of persistent inaccessibility, the panel will share the unique challenges they encountered while applying to and attending law school. Furthermore, each panel member will deconstruct how the barriers they’ve encountered influenced their career trajectories following graduation. In addition to their stories, Dean Panarella and Dean Quinn will share administrator perspectives on outcomes of programs and support for underrepresented populations unique to their school and where they see opportunity for improvement.

DATE/TIME:
Friday November 1, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

LOCATION:
Skipworth Ballroom