It’s a necessity: Necessity defense in abortion access contexts
It's a necessity: Necessity defense in abortion access contexts Written by Sarah Alvarez, Rebecca Chapman, and Lauren Regan In recent years, climate activists charged with crimes for trying to avert our impending global [...]
A Springfield Black Lives Matter Retrospective
July 29, 2020 - A Springfield Black Lives Matter Retrospective Anyone present during the Black Unity-led protest in Springfield’s Thurston Hills neighborhood on the night of July 29, 2020, will likely remember it forever. The [...]
Grand Jury resistance: Not if, but how
Grand Jury resistance: Not if, but how CLDC has a commitment to developing strong mentor relationships with students and aspiring movement attorneys through our intern and law clerk programs. Our interns and clerks receive a very hands-on experience [...]
Firelight Press Conference
Last week we had an important victory for Indigenous sovereignty in Anishinaabe territory, so-called northern Minnesota. Claire Glenn, the attorney fellow for the Line 3 Defense Project of the Civil Liberties Defense Center and Water [...]
Jury Unable to Convict Stop the Sweeps Advocate for Asking Cops to Adhere to the Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2022 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Jury Unable to Convict Stop the Sweeps [...]
Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2022 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 info@cldc.org Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at [...]
Two Years Later: the struggle against police killings of Black people continues
Eugene, OR –May 25 marked two years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Though not the last Black man killed by militarized police, the outrage and heartbreak that flowed from his death spurred an uprising that continues today.
Statement from CLDC Executive Director Lauren Regan on Green Scare defendant Joseph Dibee plea agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2022 From Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney, Civil Liberties Defense Center On April 21, [...]
What the Jury Didn’t Know at the Eric King Trial
On March 18, 2022, political prisoner Eric King was acquitted by a federal jury of twelve people in the U.S. District [...]
KING VERDICT: Imprisoned Anti-racist Activist Eric King Acquitted of New Charges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2022 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney Chava Shapiro, Engagement Specialist (541) 687-9180 [...]