Solidarity with Unist’ot’en – Legal Primer for Crossing the Canadian Border
The Wet'suwet'en people living on their traditional territory at the Unist'ot'en Camp have put out a call asking for people to come live with them, to help protect their land from the TransCanada [...]
Necessity Defense May Have Another Chance in Court in Skagit County
Ken Ward's Appeal Hearing On Monday we had our appeal hearing in front of the Washington Court of Appeals on behalf of Valve Turner Ken Ward, who turned off a Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline [...]
Become a CLDC Law Clerk this Spring or Summer!
Hello CLDC network, Please pass around to your networks: We are currently accepting spring law applications for the 2019 Spring term. Also, we will begin accepting summer law clerk positions as of Nov. 1st. Applications [...]
CLDC Defends Antifascists Against Frivolous SLAPP Suit
First Amendment Text Scroll The Civil Liberties Defense Center, with co-counsel from the San Francisco-based First Amendment Project, are defending anonymous individuals sued by former Eugene resident, Bethany Sherman and her defunct Cannabis [...]
Update from San Francisco: Against Climate Capitalism
Just as the RISE March was coming into the plaza! This past week in San Francisco, activists from all [...]
Necessity Defense Trial Date Set! October 8th-11th 2018
Lauren Regan is headed to Clearwater County MN, to argue the Necessity Defense along with co-counsel Tim Phillips of Minneapolis and [...]
Minnesota Supreme Court Grants Use of the Climate Necessity Defense: We Are Trial Bound!
Update: The trial will be October 8th-11th. In 2016, five brave individuals, now known as the Valve Turners, turned off all [...]
Green Scare Defendant Apprehended in Cuba After 12 Years
On August 10, 2018, the US Department of Justice announced that it had “apprehended" Green Scare defendant Joseph Dibee after indicting him 12 years ago. Dibee was allegedly arrested in Cuba.
Lawyer Response to ETP’s Reckless Mistreatment of Protesters at the L’eau Est La Vie Pipeline Resistance Camp
As water protectors continue to stand up to the construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline, in the Atchafayala Basin, reckless intimidation [...]
Chicago Report-back
REPORT-BACK: CLDC ATTORNEYS IN CHICAGO This past weekend, CLDC staff attorneys Lauren Regan and Cooper Brinson went to Chicago to refine [...]