The following schedule highlights activities of the International Committee and IC members at the Convention. There’s a whole schedule of important activities – learn more online at the schedule: https://www.nlg.org/2017programming/
 
Events take place at :

•  Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Union Station
• UDC School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008 Metro: Van Ness-UDC Station
• African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Avenue NW, at Shaw-Howard Univ Metro station on the Green or Yellow Line
• UDC Student Center Ballroom, 4200 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008
• Beacon Hotel, 1615 Rhode Island Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 Metro: Dupont Circle Station

 
International Events at the NLG Convention

Wednesday, August 2 
 
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Important discussion on recent developments in Venezuela, at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (2445 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20008). PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent events, what had been planned as a welcome reception will now be meeting for current NLG members only. RSVP is required to Susan Scott at syscott@sonic.net for admittance.

Thursday, August 3 
 
9:00 am – 12:30 pm – International Committee Meeting – UDC Law Room 516 – Annual meeting of the NLG International Committee for plans, annual discussion and strategizing for Guild international work.

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm  – International Committee CLE: The Use of International Law to Confront the Trump Agenda – UDC Law Room 516 – Join the International Committee for this informative and incisive CLE program in which active practitioners will present on the use of international law in domestic courts, as well as recourse to international forums, in order to defend human rights under attack in the United States. From resisting the “Muslim Ban” to defending undocumented people to advancing the right to a job and the right to health care, international law provides tools and argument that can help to advance our cases in domestic courts. The CLE will include active examples of the use of international law in relevant contexts to defend human rights in the United States.

7:00 pm – Keynote Address by Winona LaDuke; Carol Weiss King Award Presentation to Jayashri Srikantiah by Natl Immigration Project, Arthur Kinoy Award Presentation to Oscar López Rivera – Washington Court Hotel, Grand Ballroom

 
Friday, August 4

9:00 am – 10:15 am – Major Panels I

Immigrants Resist the Deportation Regime in the Age of Trump – UDC Law Room 518, Moot Court Room

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm – Palestine Subcommittee Meeting – UDC Law Room 505

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm – Task Force on the Americas Meeting – UDC Law Room 509

3:15 pm to 4:15 pm – Indigenous People’s Rights Committee Meeting – UDC Law Room 515

3:15 pm to 4:15 pm – Discussion with Japanese Lawyers on Japan/US relations in the era of Trump and building international resistance with delegation from the Japan Lawyers Association for Freedom – UDC Law Room 516

3:15 pm to 4:15 pm – Puerto Rico Subcommittee – UDC Law Room 506

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm – International Labor Justice Working Group Meeting – UDC Law Room 505

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm – Cuba Subcommittee Meeting – UDC Law Room 506

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Book Launch for Eric Sirotkin, NLG Author and Korea Subcommittee organizer – “Memoir as a Tool in Advancing Social Justice” – Washington Court Hotel, Ashlawn Room
 
Saturday, August 5

9:00 am – 10:15 am – Major Panels II

Protecting Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the Trump Era – UDC Law Room 518, Moot Court Room

Syria and US Policy in Southwest Asia/North Africa – UDC Law Room 515

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm – SWANA (MENA) Subcommittee Meeting Check-in – UDC Law Room 507

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Workshops II

Limits of Executive Power: John Yoo, Torture and President Trump – UDC Law 518 Moot Court Room
 
A Sanctuary Continent: People’s Tribunals and Migrant Rights in the Americas – UDC Law Room 505

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – International and Labor and Employment Committee Reception, featuring presentation of the Debra Evenson Venceremos International Award to Abdeen Jabara and Jan Susler. With international guests and labor speakers alongside appetizers. At the African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Avenue NW, at Shaw-Howard Univ Metro station on the Green or Yellow Line

Sunday, August 6, 2017
 
8:00 am – 9:00 am – Environmental Committee Meeting – Washington Court Hotel, Ashlawn Room

9:30 am – 10:30 am – Workshops III

Decolonization and Sovereignty Under International Human Rights Law – UDC Law Room 516