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Lawyers Guild Presents Panel On City Schools At New York Law School.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002

The New York Law School History
New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The Law School was founded in 1891 by a group of faculty, students, and alumni of Columbia Law School led by their founding dean, Theodore William Dwight, a prominent figure in the
 chapter of the National Lawyers Guild is cosponsoring a panel discussion called "Our Children's Schools: Legal and Community Struggles for Equality," on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 7 p.m.

The event is also cosponsored by the New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, as well as the Guild's law school chapters at Cardozo, Columbia, and CUNY CUNY City University of New York . The discussion is being presented at New York Law School in the Stiefel Reading Room at 47 Worth Street (between Church and West Broadway).

The discussion focuses on the amount of money given to children in the city to improve their education. Currently, city students are only entitled to an eighth-grade education as confirmed by recent court rulings. Speakers include: Robert Jackson Robert Jackson may refer to:
  • Two Cleveland Browns players:
  • Robert E. Jackson (football player), (b. 1953)
  • Robert L. Jackson (football player), (b.
, City Council Member; Robert Hughes, Executive Director, New Visions for Public Schools New Visions for Public Schools, located in the Greenwich Village area of New York City, is a private group which is concerned with reforming New York City's public schools, specifically by improving the quality of education that students receive, and through implementing various ; Denise Morgan, Professor, New York Law School. This event is the second in a series of National Lawyers Guild panel discussions on New York City issues.

The National Lawyers Guild seeks to unite lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers in an effort to preserve human rights.

For further information on this event, please contact Jonathan Rosenbloom, Managing Editor, Center for New York City Law. Telephone (212) 431-2115, e-mail jrosenbloom@nyls.edu, online www.citylaw.org.

ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

Founded in 1891, New York Law School, www.nyls.edu, is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States
Main article: Law school in the United States


This is a list of law schools in the United States. Law schools are listed in alphabetical order by state, then name.
. Located near the centers of law, government, and finance in Manhattan's TriBeCa district, New York Law School enrolls 1,400 students in its day and evening divisions.
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