Shelter Legal Services is seeking volunteers for Massachusetts Stand Down for Friday August, 23rd. There are 2 shifts from 8:30-12:30 and 12:30-4:30. RSVP is required. E-mail anna.schleelein@shelterlegalservices.org.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
The Public Interest Journey: One Attorney's Pursuit of Equal Rights
New England Law | Boston's Center for Law and Social Responsibility will be hosting an Open House Thursday, August 29th at 5:30pm in the Cherry Room of the library. The Open House will give an overview of the various CLSR programs and how students can get involved. Our guest speaker is Judge Gordon A. Martin Jr., an adjunct professor at New England Law who will discuss his book Count them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting For the Right to Vote. His book details the development of the United States v. Theron Lynd case which spurred the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Watch an interview with the author on Good Morning America here:
Decades later, Martin returned to Mississippi to find these brave men and women he had never forgotten. He interviewed the still-living witnesses, their children, and friends. Martin intertwines these current reflections with vivid commentary about the case itself. The result is an impassioned, cogent fusion of reportage, oral history, and memoir about a trial that fundamentally reshaped liberty and the South.
Watch an interview with the author on Good Morning America here:
About the Book:
Count Them One by One is a comprehensive account of the groundbreaking case written by one of the Justice Department's trial attorneys. Gordon Martin, then a newly minted lawyer, traveled to Hattiesburg from Washington to help shape the federal case against Lynd. He met with and prepared the government's sixteen courageous black witnesses who had been refused registration, found white witnesses, and was one of the lawyers during the trial.Decades later, Martin returned to Mississippi to find these brave men and women he had never forgotten. He interviewed the still-living witnesses, their children, and friends. Martin intertwines these current reflections with vivid commentary about the case itself. The result is an impassioned, cogent fusion of reportage, oral history, and memoir about a trial that fundamentally reshaped liberty and the South.
About the Author:
Gordon A. Martin, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, is a retired trial judge and an adjunct professor at New England Law | Boston. His work has been published in the Boston Globe, Commonweal, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, various law reviews, and other periodicals. He has co-authored a civil rights casebook, and is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University School of Law. Judge Martin currently teaches Civil Rights (Advanced Constitutional Law) and Community Courts: Problem Solving at the First Level of Justice.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Law Clerk Opening: Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy
The Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy (Center) at New England Law | Boston is seeking current day or evening students who have completed their first full year to work part time during the fall semester. Applicants may e-mail a resume, brief writing sample, (unofficial) transcript, and a cover letter detailing their interest and availability tobacco@nesl.edu. Please include “Fall Law Clerk” in the email subject. The deadline for applications is Friday, August 23rd, 2013.
For a detailed description of the Center and the position, please visit the CSO's Symplicity website. Job Posting ID # 8392.
For a detailed description of the Center and the position, please visit the CSO's Symplicity website. Job Posting ID # 8392.
