By Marjorie Cohn Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges including possessing and willfully communicating to an...
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Women in Combat: History and Future
A history of military service by women and an assessment of what lies ahead for female servicemembers BY KATHY JOHNSON Women...
Navigating the VA
A basic guide to how the VA system works and how to get earned benefits, along with practice pointers for vets and their...
Support actions for Bradley Manning requested as court-martial nears
After more than two and a half years in jail — some of that in solitary confinement under barbaric conditions — Bradley...
December 2012 issue of ‘On Watch’ now online
The latest issue of MLTF's quarterly newsletter, On Watch, released to subscribers a month ago, is now available to the pubic....
CLE: Military Discharge Upgrading & Discharge Review
MLTF will offer a CLE on Military Discharge Upgrading & Discharge Review at the NLG 2012 'Law for the People' Convention...
MLTF’s Kathy Gilberd to conduct GI Rights training at Under the Hood
Kathy Gilberd, long time MLTF member, former steering committee co-chair, and current Executive Director will conduct a...
UN Official: Manning Subject to “Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment”
Op-Ed for MLTF by Marjorie Cohn Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning has been formally charged with 22 counts including...
Bay Area workshop on servicemembers’ rights to protest, Nov. 15
SAN FRANCISCO – On November 15, a workshop will be held on servicemembers’ right to protest and related issues. Sponsored by Bay Area Military Law Panel of the National Lawyers Guild, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, the GI Rights Hotline – SF, Courage to Resist, and Swords to Plowshares. Panelists will include Steve Collier, Teresa Panepinto, Rai Sue Sussman, and Jane Kaplan will serve as moderator.
Legal support for servicemembers, reservists and veterans participating in Occupy Wall Street actions
Download this brochure to read, print, distribute (PDF). The National Lawyers Guild has endorsed the Occupy Wall Street...
NLG endorses Occupy Wall Street movement, calls for members to join
EMERGENCY RESOLUTION BY THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD ENDORSING THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK CITY AND OVER 1500...
“AWOL in the Army” version 3 now available
The MLTF has released version 3 of James M. Branun’s “AWOL in the Army” memo. Branum is currently co-chair of the MLTF Steering Committee. The memo includes a flow chart and addendum on AWOL/UA policies for other branches
The Military Law Task Force Celebrates September 20 and the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
This is tremendous victory for all who believe in Equality and Justice. We congratulate the many lesbian, gay and bisexual...
Military Tribunals, Commissions and Executions
Military commissions, newly re-established by the Military Commissions Act of 2006, are a type of extraordinary wartime...
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