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Topic: Law and Legal Profession


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Now judges are threatening JURIES with criminal charges during protester trials

  2024-03-04 by in The Canary

Judge Reid is fast becoming notorious: climate denial and now jury-threatening, but his attitude reflect increasing state authoritarianism

  Tagged under: Law and Legal Profession | UK | Activism


Scorecard — Law Students for Climate Accountability

  2024-01-30 (or before) in Law Students for Climate Accountability

  Tagged under: Law and Legal Profession


Legal Legacies: Richmond, California — Law Students for Climate Accountability

  2024-01-30 (or before) in Law Students for Climate Accountability

Law firms facilitate egregious harms against communities around the world, but rarely have to face those communities. Here we examine how lawyers at Jones Day, Latham & Watkins, Pillsbury Winthrop, and Hogan Lovells have helped ensure Chevron can extract maximum profit from its Richmond, California refinery at the expense of residents, and highlight local organizing in response.

  Tagged under: Law and Legal Profession | California


Lawyers Are Responsible

  2024-01-16 (or before) in Lawyers Are Responsible

Our Declaration WE HAVE DECLARED THAT WE WILL WITHHOLD OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN RESPECT OF: (I) SUPPORTING NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS; AND (II) ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE PROTESTERS EXERCISING THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT OF PEACEFUL PROTEST. To read the full text of the declaration and sign, click below. If you’re with us, please sign the declaration by … Read more ""

  Tagged under: Law and Legal Profession | Activism


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