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 protest was focused on supporting a local Black resident and […]
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 […]
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 Protector Legal Collective, won dismissal of the criminal charges for […]
ANISHINAABE WATER PROTECTORS’ CASES DISMISSED ON INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY GROUNDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 6, 2022
Contact:
Claire Glenn, Attorney-Fellow for the Line 3 Legal Defense Project
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Three Indigenous Water Protectors have had their criminal […]
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 Advocate for Asking Cops to Adhere to the Law: Judge declares mistrial after jury unable to come to a unanimous verdict
Eugene, Oregon—Nicholas Hollows, a Eugene resident […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2022
Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180
info@cldc.org
Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court
Eugene, OR — Today, moments before a jury was to hear opening statements, the Deputy Lane County District Attorney abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against racial justice […]
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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2022
From Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney, Civil Liberties Defense Center
On April 21, 2022 at 12:30 pm, Joseph Dibee had his federal change of plea hearing with Judge Ann Aiken by telephone only.
Dibee is one of the final individuals indicted in what is known […]
by CLDC Staff
CLDC has been offering know your rights trainings and legal consultations to grassroots environmental and social change activists since our inception almost 20 years ago. We’re committed to being responsive to movements and are always learning […]
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 […]
