Know Your Rights

July 2023

Oregon Recording Law Overturned: What it means

By |2023-07-17T07:04:00-07:00July 17th, 2023|Categories: Articles, Know Your Rights, News|Tags: , , , |

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 our clerk […]

July 2022

Grand Jury resistance: Not if, but how

By |2022-07-21T08:44:40-07:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Featured Resources, Know Your Rights, News, Resources|

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 in activist legal and communications support, working under the supervision […]

February 2022

Civil Lawsuits & Privacy: What Activists Need to Know

By |2022-02-15T14:41:36-08:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Know Your Rights, News, Primers|Tags: , , , , |

Civil Lawsuits & Privacy: What Activists Need to Know

Protecting Your Privacy When You Want to Sue the Government for Harming You

by Marianne Dugan, CLDC Senior Staff Attorney

Civil litigation is a useful tool in the activist toolbox—and like all the tools, it has pro’s and […]

January 2022

Contempt of Court: Not Just A Feeling Part II

By |2023-05-08T13:51:25-07:00January 26th, 2022|Categories: Articles, Know Your Rights, News, Primers|Tags: , , , , , |

CONTEMPT OF COURT: NOT JUST A FEELING

Part II of a Contempt Primer for Activists and Their Communities

by Sandra Freeman, CLDC Senior Staff Attorney

*This is not intended as legal advice, but is general information. If you are facing criminal or civil contempt, you […]

Contempt of Court: Not Just A Feeling

By |2022-01-19T15:23:44-08:00January 19th, 2022|Categories: Featured, Know Your Rights, News, Primers, Resources|Tags: , , , , , , |

CONTEMPT OF COURT: NOT JUST A FEELING

Part I of a Contempt Primer for Activists and Their Communities

by Sandra Freeman, CLDC Senior Staff Attorney

*This is not intended as legal advice, but is general information. If you are facing criminal or civil contempt, you should contact […]

July 2019

FOIA Requests: An Important Tool for Activists

By |2019-07-03T16:09:16-07:00July 8th, 2019|Categories: Action Tools, Articles, Know Your Rights, News, Organizing Resources, Resources|Tags: , , , , |

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. § 552) requires agencies of the U.S. government to disclose documents and information to any person who requests such documents or information. The FOIA.gov website states: “The basic function of the Freedom of Information Act is to ensure informed citizens, vital to […]

June 2019

From the Desk of the Executive Director

By |2019-06-14T15:10:17-07:00June 14th, 2019|Categories: Events, Know Your Rights, News, Trainings|Tags: , , |

Greetings! Our digital security coordinator and I recently returned from a week of travel in Montana, where we provided trainings and support to activists who are fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Megaloads, as well as rampant police brutality, racial profiling, and misconduct.

We traveled from Moscow, Idaho, to Bozeman, Billings, […]

May 2019

The CLDC is on the Road Again!

By |2019-06-14T13:10:11-07:00May 29th, 2019|Categories: Events, Know Your Rights, News, Trainings|

During the first week of June, Lauren Regan, the CLDC’s Executive Director & Senior Attorney, will be headed to so-called Idaho and Montana—Turtle Island lands that are the home of the Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d’Oreille, Salish, and Sioux tribal […]

September 2018

Update from San Francisco: Against Climate Capitalism

By |2019-05-16T18:12:25-07:00September 13th, 2018|Categories: Action Tools, Know Your Rights, News|Tags: , , , , |

Just as the RISE March was coming into the plaza!

This past week in San Francisco, activists from all over the country (and some from around the world) gathered to teach each other movement skills, and prepare to protest Jerry Brown’s Global Climate […]

August 2018

CLDC To Support Rise Against Climate Capitalism in San Francisco!

By |2021-08-26T15:53:49-07:00August 31st, 2018|Categories: Featured, Know Your Rights, Protest, Trainings|Tags: , , , , |

Next week in California, in response to a nationwide call-out, CLDC will be joining the climate movement in San Francisco to stand up to Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS). The purpose is simple, to let politicians know that we do not believe the false narrative that green […]

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