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DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the San Francisco 
 Chapter of Veterans for Peace\n\nAt this lecture, Professor Cohn will 
 examine current violations of human rights, including illegal wars and 
 torture by the US and its client states.\n\nFree\n\nLight 
 Refreshments\n\nMarjorie Cohn will discuss her new book, “The United 
 States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse,” just 
 published by NYU Press. She will explain the ethical rules governing 
 attorney advice to clients, using John Yoo as an example of unethical 
 lawyering.\n\nMarjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of 
 Law and immediate past president of the National Lawyers Guild. A prominent 
 scholar and lecturer, she is the author of Cowboy Republic : Six Ways the 
 Bush Gang Has Defied the Law and co-author of Cameras in the Courtroom: 
 Television and the Pursuit of Justice and Rules of Disengagement: The 
 Politics and Honor of Military Dissent. Her latest book, The United States 
 and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration and Abuse, was just published by 
 NYU Press.\n\n \n\nRead a recent interview with Professor Cohn from The 
 National Law Journal: Law professor says Egypt was a common destination for 
 torture of detainees sent by U.S.\n\n \n\nProfessor Cohn is deputy 
 secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, 
 U.S. representative to the executive committee of the American Association 
 of Jurists, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Society of 
 American Law Teachers (SALT). A criminal defense attorney, she publishes 
 extensively in the academic and popular press and provides media commentary 
 about criminal justice, U.S. foreign policy, and human rights. Professor 
 Cohn testified in 2008 about Bush administration torture policy before the 
 House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
 Rights and Civil Liberties. She is the 2008 recipient of the Peace Scholar 
 of the Year Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association. Her 
 articles, which appear regularly on several blogs, are archived at 
 www.marjoriecohn.com.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/23/18672894.php
SUMMARY:Abraham Lincoln Brigade & VFP: Human Rights and Global Wrongs w Marjorie Cohn
LOCATION:San Francisco Veterans' Building Room 207\n401 Van Ness (@ McAllister)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/23/18672894.php
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