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Thurdsay, November 1
7:00 -- 9:00 pm
Room 5229

This training will give law students the basic knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate "Knowing our Rights / Conociendo nuestros Derechos" workshops in the Madison-area community. It is a community-based immigrants' rights workshop facilitated by law student representatives of the National Lawyers Guild Immigration Project and the Latino/a Law Students Association, and is interactive and bilingual (English - Spanish).

Topics covered include:

* Rights at home
* Rights at work
* Rights on the street (on foot or in a car)
* Rights with relation to protest
* Rights in detention
* .....more.....

The aim of the workshop is to empower immigrants or interested parties with information about immigrants' rights, so we avoid lecturing or "leading" as much as possible. Facilitators guide workshops, but the majority of acting and talking done by participants, if possible. That guidance, then, includes framing of the workshop, answering questions, and filling in gaps of information where necessary. Facilitators will also be expected to help plan/schedule workshops in the community.

The workshops are typically completely free and open to the public. Training is also free and open to all law students (regardless of student org affiliations).

Please contact Megan Beaman (beaman@wisc.edu ) with any questions.

Monday, November 12, 2007. 12pm Noon. Room 5246.

Attorney Len Weinglass will speak about the case of the Cuban 5. Attorney Weinglass represents Fernando Gonzalez, one of a group of five Cuban nationals in federal prison on espionage charges. The 5 were in the US to monitor Miami-based anti-Castro groups in order to prevent terrorist attacks on Cuba.

They were convicted in a federal court in Miami, but a 3-judge appellate panel overturned the convictions on grounds that the 5 could receive a fair trial in Miami. However, in an unexpected reversal, the 11th Circuit Court vacated the three-judge panel's ruling and granted an "en banc" hearing before the full panel of 12 judges. Exactly one year after the victory that granted the Five a new trial, the panel voted 10 to 2 to deny the Five heroes a new trial, and instead affirmed the trial court.

Attorney Weinglass in a veteran civil rights and criminal defense attorney. He has led several other high-profile cases, including Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Chicago Seven.

If you want more information about the Cuban 5 campaign, see http://www.freethecuban5.com/page3.html or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Five, or hit up the google.

Want access to the super-terrific-fantastic LLSA outline bank? Here's how you do it:

1. Pay your dues ($30 for the year)
2. Contact webjefe Tony Beasley (tbeasley@wisc.edu)
3. Go to www.uwllsa.com and click on "resources"
4. Pick and choose
5. Let Cynthia know if there are other outlines you need (cchernandez@wisc.edu)