Victory for Valve Turner!

Victory for Valve Turner!

On Monday night I laid awake all night long in an uncomfortable hotel bed waiting for my alarm to go off at 6am.  I was obsessively ruminating on the sentencing presentation I would give to the Chouteau County District Court in Fort Benton, MT on Tuesday morning on...
Valve Turners & the Climate Necessity Defense

Valve Turners & the Climate Necessity Defense

Fighting for the Climate Necessity Defense in the Valve Turners Trials CLDC provides legal support and representation to all of the Valve Turners who engaged in direct action to protect the climate from the fossil fuel industry. In 2016 climate defenders shut off...
Leonard Higgins Walks Free!

Leonard Higgins Walks Free!

March 20, 2018– Statement of Lauren Regan, Civil Liberties Defense Center Attorney for Higgins. On behalf of our client Leonard Higgins, we want to begin by thanking your honor, court staff, and the district attorney for their time and professionalism with...
2017 Year in Review

2017 Year in Review

In troubled political times like these, Civil Liberties Defense Center is called upon to provide expert legal support to a wide variety of social and environmental movements with unprecedented frequency. We are proud and honored to have defended over 150 climate...

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