Past Continuing Legal Education Seminars
- Thursday, October 13, 2011
DEVELOPMENTS IN POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION: STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE
This very well attended and received seminar covered topics such as Implications of Iqbal; Eye Witness Misidentification: Best v. Actual Practices; The Successful Settlement Conference: Tips from the Bench; New Developments in Section 1983 Litigation; and a concluding panel in which attendees and panelists discussed important issues concerning police misconduct cases.
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
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Friday, April 29, 2011
LITIGATING LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT IN THE IMMIGRATION CONTEXT
This seminar was co-organized by the National Immigration and the National Police Accountability Project of the National Lawyers Guild and ASISTA, and made possible by a generous grant of the Four Freedoms Fund. The training was designed for both immigration and civil rights/police misconduct practitioners to share expertise and knowledge about their respective fields and furthering the projects' common goal of combating misconduct inflicted by law enforcement. This year, the seminar had a special focus on sexual violence perpetrated by law enforcement.
Location: Hotel Allegro, Chicago, IL
- Friday, January 21, 2011
POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION
This very succesful seminar covered topics such as: False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution and Wrongful Conviction; Using Demonstrative Aids and Focus Groups; Discriminatory Enforcement of Stop, Question & Frisk Policies and Trespassing Laws in NYC and Boston; and Ethical Issues raised in Litigating Impact Cases.
Location: NYU Law School, New York, NY
- Thursday, September 23, 2010
POLICE MISCONDUCT & PRISONERS' RIGHTS LITIGATION
This seminar again featured some of the most experienced civil rights attorneys and experts discussing topics such as: Developments in Taser Litigation; Using POST Modules to Establish Police Officers' Standard of Care; Declaratory and Injunctive Relief; Prisoners' Rights in the 21st Century; Strategies and Risk Assessment in Documenting Police Abuse.
Location: Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, LA
LITIGATING LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT IN THE IMMIGRATION CONTEXT
This seminar was co-organized by two projects of the National Lawyers Guild, the National Immigration and the National Police Accountability Project, and made possible by a generous grant of the Four Freedoms Fund. The training was designed for both immigration and civil rights/police misconduct practitioners to share expertise and knowledge about their respective fields and furthering the projects' common goal of combating misconduct inflicted by law enforcement.
Location: State Bar of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Thursday, October 15, 2009
DAVID BALL ON DAMAGES IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASES
David Ball, the country's most-requested speaker on damages, discussed maximizing awards in police misconduct and prisoner cases where physical and economic injuries in many cases are minor and the primary damages are emotional/psychological.
Location: Marriott Renaissance, Seattle, WA
- Friday & Saturday, March 27 & 28, 2009
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES AND LITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES
This seminar was organized by the Continuing Legal Education Program of the School of Law of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and co-sponsered by the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP). It had a special focus on the situation in Puerto Rico.
Location: University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR
- Thursday, October 16, 2008
CURRENT TRENDS IN POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION
This seminar again featured some of the most experienced civil rights attorneys discussing topics such as: Immigration Issues in Police Misconduct Litigation; Litigating Taser Cases; Settlements of Police Misconduct Cases with Fee Claims, and Investigating a Deadly Force Case. The morning and the afternoon sessions were concluded by panel discussions on Strip Search Cases and Succesful Trial Strategies.
Location: Marriott at the Renaissance
Center, Detroit, MI
- Thursday, November 1, 2007
ADVANCED ISSUES IN
POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION
This very well received seminar covered issues such as: Civil Rights in the 21st Century; Proving a Monell Claim based on Systematic Deficiencies in Police Internal Affairs Investigations; Working with a Police Expert; and Litigating Claims of 'Consumer Racism' by Department Store Security. A panel discussion on Recent Developments in Section 1983 Law concluded this event.
Location: Holiday Inn on the Hill, Washington, DC
POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION
Police misconduct litigation is an area of law that is in constant change. Decisions on qualified immunity in excessive force cases present new challenges to plaintiffs. Increasing sophistication on the part of the defense bar and the dominance of a conservative judicial philosophy on the federal bench, have led to decisions narrowing the scope of constitutional protections for people injured by police misconduct, while expanding the immunities from suit afforded to officers.
Location: Loyola Law School,
Los Angeles, CA
- Thursday, October 19, 2006
POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION
This very successful program covered issues such as: remedies for wrongful convictions; inmate damages claims for denial of medical care, class action litigation on behalf of prisoners and detainees; techniques to win maximum
damages in police misnduct cases;
less lethal force; and protecting the First Amendment Rights of Demonstrators by preventing, monitoring, and litigating government
sponsered constitutional violations.
Location: AFL-CIO HALL, Austin, TX
This program is designed for those who have attended previous Police Misconduct Litigation programs or Introduction to Section 1983, as it focuses on cutting edge issues in the field of police misconduct.
Location: Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
Plaintiff's
Strategies for Winning Tough Cases
Sponsored by: National Lawyers Guild and the University of Washington School of Law
Location: University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA
Past Workshops and Panels
Queer (In)Justice:
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Presented by authors Joey Mogul and Andrea Ritchie.
The events at Suffolk and Harvard Law where co-organized with the Suffolk University Queer Law Alliance, the ACLU of MA, LAMBDA and the ACLU Club at Harvard Law and took place on March 31 and April 1, 2011.
The FBI and the Murder of a Black Panther: From COINTELPRO to post 9/11 Repression.
Panel discussion feturing Jeff Haas, author of the "The Assassination of Fred Hampton." The event was co-organized by NPAP, the ACLU and NLG of MA, the Black Law Student Association and the ACLU and NLG chapters at Northeastern Law School; Thursday, November 18, 2010.
Navigating the Perils of Monell & Prosecutorial Immunity
Workshop at the NLG Convention in New Orleans, LA; Friday, September 24, 2010.
Using Independent Police Review Divisions & Citizens Review Committees
Workshop at the NLG Convention in New Orleans, LA; Saturday, September 25, 2010.
Documenting Police Misconduct and Brutality
Workshop co-organized by NPAP and the NLG Michigan & Detroit Chapter
Friday, June 25, 2010 at the US Social Forum, Detroit, MI.
Police Brutality - A Community Awareness Event
Panel discussion featuring journalist Dick Lehr, author of "The Fence." The event was co-organized by NPAP, the NLG Michigan & Detroit Chapter, the Sugar Law Center and the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality; Detroit, January 14, 2010.
Coping with Ashcroft v. Icqbal:
Hot Topic Workshop at the NLG Convention in Seattle, WA, October 16, 2009.
Immigration Enforcers: 'Power to the Police'
Workshop in cooperation with the National Immigration Project of the NLG at the NLG Convention in Detroit, October 15, 2008.
International Day Against Police Brutality: Film and Discussion
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Boston, MA, Adams Street Library: Dorchester, MA
National Lawyers Guild - Law for the People 2005 Convention
October 26 - 30, 2005
Portland, Oregon
National Lawyers Guild Annual Convention - Law for the People
October 20-24, 2004
Birmingham, Alabama
Unreasonable Force By Police-Less Than Lethal Force: Workshop
Saturday, October 23, 2004
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