Friday, March 3rd, 6:00-9:00 p.m: "Law Enforcement Tactics and Relations: What You Need to Know" -- a know-your-rights workshop co-sponsored by ADCNY
to be held at the 96th Street Mosque, 3rd Avenue (Manhattan). Learn about
the law enforcement tactics that Immigration, FBI, NYPD and other agencies
use within the Arab and Muslim communities. Educate yourself to protect
your civil rights and contribute to New York's security. Panelists will
include Martin Stolar, president of NY Lawyers Guild; Khurrum Wahid,
criminal attorney; Dr. Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, prisoners' advocate and law
enforcement liaison; Lamees Deek, New York attorney; and Wissam Nasr,
executive director, Council on American-Islamic Relations/NY.

Thursday, March 23, 8:15 pm: "Rule of Law or Victor's Justice?: Reflections on the Trial of Saddam Hussein" -- a lecture by
Richard Dicker, Director of International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, with Jennifer Ridha, Iraqi- American lawyer, acting as the discussant. The panel will be held in Room 103 of the Jerome Greene Hall at Columbia Law School. This event will begin with a presentation by Richard Dicker of Human Rights Watch, who has been scrutinizing the Tribunal for HRW from its inception. Jennifer Ridha will comment on Mr. Dicker's presentation and act as discussant for the ensuing in-depth exchange on the work of the Tribunal. This event will feature an in-depth Q&A with audience members encouraged to participate in the discussion.

April 10, 7.30pm: ADCNY will be holding our first General Membership Meeting of 2006 this coming April. This will be an opportunity to fill vacant seats on the Board with a by-election, to meet our new Director, Katherine Metres Abbadi, and to get an update on what ADCNY has been doing and how we plan to build a more active chapter for the rest of this year. Also, we are soliciting nominations for new Board members so please contact us at adcny@adc.org if you would like to submit a nomination.

May: ADCNY's First Annual Banquet will be scheduled for May. Details to be announced.

June: MARK YOUR CALENDARS: ADC National's Annual Convention will be held on June 15-18. Please plan to attend -- we want to have a big New York contingent at this year's Convention!!!!