Celebrating Joan Norman and the Defense of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness
Joan Norman was an activist cut from the cloth of the civil rights, anti-war, anti-nuke movement of the 60’s, and was 72 years old when she put her body in front of rolling timber trucks to stop the Biscuit post-fire salvage timber sale in the early Spring chill...Rising Tide Drowns Mountain Valley Pipeline SLAPP Suit
Christiansburg, Virginia This morning, February 23, 2024, the Montgomery County Circuit Court ruled in favor of nonprofit organization Rising Tide North America, dismissing a SLAPP (SLAPP—Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation—meant to silence critics and...
Oregon Recording Law Overturned: What it means
Every summer, CLDC is honored to host future movement attorneys as part of our law clerk program. We believe lawyers have much to contribute to movements outside of the courtroom and hope their time with CLDC as clerks prepares them for that important work. As part of...
A Year Without Roe
Every summer, CLDC is honored to host future movement attorneys as part of our law clerk program. This year our clerks are an impressive group. Many of them went to law school after years of movement involvement with the hopes of expanding their impact. We invited B,...