“We, as lawyers, are fighting to keep the First Amendment alive in the legal arena; the people are fighting to keep the First Amendment alive in the streets, in their homes, in the factories, in the legislative halls, in the political arena.”

Arthur Kinoy

THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD is a national non-profit legal and political organization comprised of lawyers, legal workers, law students, and jailhouse lawyers, now celebrating 75 years since the Guild’s founding. We represent progressive political movements, using the law to protect human rights above property interests and to attain social justice.