Blog & Press Releases
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...
Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality of Local Park Rules in Eugene
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2023 Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Civil Attorney Director; Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Advocates for the Unhoused File Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Local Park Rules in Eugene, Oregon...
Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault for Two Activists in Civil Trial
August 8, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault for Two Activists in Civil Trial Portland, Oregon—After seven days of trial, a 12-person Multnomah County (Portland) jury found no fault against activists John Hacker 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,...
Lawsuit Filed on Eve of One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Dobbs Ruling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2023 Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Lawsuit Filed on Eve of One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Dobbs Ruling: Springfield Police Department Shows Pattern of Violence Towards First...
Celebrating 20 Years: New Merch!
As our 20th anniversary party draws near, we're launching a pre-sale for hoodies, t-shirts, and stickers featuring our new logo! The pre-sale begins today, May 15, and runs through May 29. All of our shirts and stickers are printed by the Gloo Factory, a...
20 Years Later, We STILL Have Your Back
Having been an activist in high school and college, I went to law school because I wanted to be as useful as possible in order to save the planet and its inhabitants. After a few years as an environmental lawyer suing the Forest Service and other governmental...
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CLDC is hiring a Development Director
CLDC is hiring! Development Director (full-time salaried with benefits) Position to start immediately Preferred candidate will work from Eugene, Oregon office (remote considered) Who We Are: The Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) is a nonprofit organization that...
Black Lives Matter Activists File Motion for Summary Judgment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2023 Contact: Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Black Lives Matter Activists File Motion for Summary Judgment In Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging the City of Eugene’s Response to...
Five Suggestions for When State Repression Comes to Town
Five Suggestions for When State Repression Comes to Town CLDC has been providing movement aligned legal support to the campaigns and activists in the so called U.S. for over 20 years now. In that time period, I have personally witnessed numerous waves of state...
California’s untested ‘SLAPPback’ Statute Allows Citizens of Weed to Fight Back Against the Silencing of Free Speech
MEDIA ADVISORY January 23, 2023 Contact: Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Citizens of Weed, California who fought a corporate water grab are suing the Sacramento law firm and the lawyers who tried to...
City of Eugene Drops Charges Against Houseless Advocate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2023 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org City of Eugene Drops Charges Against Houseless Advocate Who Spoke Out Against City Manager at the Downtown Riverfront Park Grand Opening Eugene, Oregon—Sam...
Monthly donors enable us to defend the defenders.
Greetings of solidarity from all of us at CLDC! By now many of you have likely received our end of year appeal in your mailboxes. We wanted to make a digital connection as well. We work every day to defend the defenders through no-cost legal representation,...
Rogue Climate and 350 Eugene challenge Oregon Titan Fusion Center, demanding enforcement of anti-surveillance law and an end to illegal surveillance of activists.
Media Notice: IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2022 Contact: Lauren Regan, Senior Attorney and Director (541) 687-9180, lregan@cldc.org Rogue Climate and 350 Eugene challenge Oregon Titan Fusion Center, demanding enforcement of anti-surveillance law and an end to...
CLDC is hiring a Development Director
CLDC is hiring a Development Director Job Summary: The CLDC Development Director (DD) is an experienced nonprofit professional working directly with the Executive Director (ED) and Operations Director. The DD provides leadership, supervision, and direction for CLDC’s...
De-Arresting: Important Legal Information for Street Actions
De-Arresting: Important Legal Information for Street Actions Since the George Floyd Uprisings that began in May 2020, the tactic of “de-arresting” (attempting to return arrestee(s) from police custody) has received increased attention in the media and scrutiny from...
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 death via climate change have increasingly...
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 protest was focused on supporting a local...
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