The following statement was prepared by the NLG Labor and Employment Committee: The NLG expresses solidarity with workers and communities across the globe who are mobilizing on May Day 2020. Around the globe, International Workers Day is a day of celebration of the working class movement and its achievements. It is also a day to […]
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NLG to Harvard Law: Drop Investigation Against Student Activists
To: Harvard Law Administrative Board The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls on Harvard Law administrators to drop the ongoing investigation against Harvard Law students Amanda Chan (JD ‘20), Anna Nathanson (JD ‘20), and Felipe Hernández (JD ‘20) regarding allegations that they violated the Law School’s Protest and Dissent Guidelines and Community Principles for participating in […]
Member News Digest 4/23/20: Decarceration During COVID, Housing Organizing, Webinars, & More
Browse past news digests Upcoming NPAP Webinar: Locked Up in a Pandemic: Prisons, Prisoner Rights, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Register here! / April 30, 1 PM EST (CLE credit eligible) In collaboration DePaul University College of Law and the Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Section, the National Police Accountability Project of the NLG will host […]
Member News Digest: Updated COVID-19 KYR, Act to Protect Incarcerated People, Upcoming Webinars, & More
UPDATED: Know Your Rights During COVID-19 Check out the latest updates to our “Know Your Rights During COVID-19” doc, including new info on mutual aid, stay at home and shelter in place orders, and more to help you resist criminalization and militarization during the pandemic: bit.ly/KYRights2020 “We believe we can ensure community and societal safety […]
Submit an NLG Amicus Proposal
The NLG Amicus Committee is accepting proposals for briefs to be submitted on behalf of the Guild! This form is for NLG members, chapters, committees, and projects to propose cases well-suited for Guild involvement, and to help us identify who in our membership might assist in drafting and reviewing briefs: Amicus Proposal Form for NLG […]
International Legal Letter Demands End to U.S. Intervention in Colombia and Venezuela
Dozens of legal organizations around the world issued a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging an end to U.S. intervention in Latin America, particularly in response to the escalation of U.S. military activity in Colombia and threats against Venezuela. The letter, initiated by the […]
Legal Community Open Letter Urges End to U.S. Sanctions on Iran and Venezuela
April 3, 2020 – Over 200 lawyers and legal organizations called on the United States to drop its sanctions against Venezuela and Iran as the countries race to fight COVID-19 in an open letter released Friday. The global pandemic has drawn attention to the devastating effects of U.S. sanctions on these countries, as well as the ongoing […]
Statement from the NLG Housing and Homelessness Committee on COVID-19
Dear National Lawyers Guild Members, We are living through an extraordinary moment, one of sadness, disorientation, and dread. Yet much of this emergency is man-made. Our system was already in crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic, which has thrown into relief its immense inequality and the injustice of profiting off of basic human needs like healthcare […]
Know Your Rights During COVID-19
Download: bit.ly/KYRights2020 In response to COVID-19, numerous public health and national security measures are being proposed and implemented across the nation. While necessary to protect our communities and health care systems, we must be vigilant and resist authoritarian and violent tendencies by the state. As an abolitionist, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist organization, the National Lawyers Guild recognizes […]
Member News Digest 3/26/20: Global Solidarity During a Pandemic, COVID-19 Responses, and more
3/18/20 | NLG Statement on COVID-19: Solidarity in Times of Crisis In case you missed it, here is the NLG’s statement on the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring responses from a number of NLG committees. It also includes a list of letters in response to the pandemic that the NLG has signed onto, as well as resouces […]
