Ms. Penny Miller, Clerk North Dakota Supreme Court 600 E. Boulevard Ave. Bismarck, ND 58505-0530 supclerkofcourt@ndcourts.gov Re: Petition to Permit Temporary Provision of Legal Services by Qualified Attorneys from Outside North Dakota – Supreme Court No. 20160436 Dear Ms. Miller: As law professors from throughout the United States, we urge the North Dakota Supreme […]
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 December 16, 2016 Dear President Obama: The National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force joins more than 102,000 people who have called on you to pardon Chelsea Manning or, at the very least, commute the remainder of her sentence. You are well […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2016 Contact: Brandy Toelupe, WPLC President: (720) 876-8300 | Btoelupe@tildentoelupe.com Tasha Moro, NLG Communications Director (212) 679-5100, ext. 15 | communications@nlg.org MANDAN, ND—Yesterday, the North Dakota Supreme Court issued an order calling for public comments on a petition filed by the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), an initiative of the National Lawyers […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandy Toelupe, WPLC President (720) 876-8300 | Btoelupe@tildentoelupe.com Robin Martinez, WPLC Secretary: (816) 694-6304 | robin.martinez@martinezlaw.net Tasha Moro, NLG Communications Director: (212) 679-5100, ext. 15 | communications@nlg.org MANDAN, ND—The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), an initiative of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), sent a letter yesterday to the Morton County Commission and Sheriff’s Department […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2016 Contact: Tasha Moro, NLG Communications Director 212-679-58100, ext. 15 | communications@nlg.org King Downing, NLG Mass Defense Director 212-679-5100, ex. 14 | massdef@nlg.org NEW YORK—Last month’s arrest of Amy Mei Willis, a member of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Georgia Chapter and Legal Observer (LO) during a #FightFor15 demonstration in […]
Media Advisory: December 8, 2016 CLEVELAND, OHIO ― Black Lives Matter Cleveland and the Ohio Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild call on the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to conduct a thorough and exhaustive investigation into the shooting death of Saif Nasser Mubarak Alameri. Mr. Alameri was fatally […]
December 6, 2016 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, I write on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild, the nation’s oldest and largest progressive bar association, as well as its first racially integrated one, to ask that you pardon or commute the sentences of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2016 CANNON BALL, ND—Today, the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced that it is denying an easement to Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) to drill under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) until an Environmental Impact Statement is completed and alternative routes are […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2016 Contact: Tasha Moro, NLG Communications Director: communications@nlg.org | 212-679-5100, ext. 15 CANNON BALL, ND —Today, the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC-formerly Red Owl), an initiative of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed suit in US District Court against Morton County, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirschmeier, and other law enforcement […]
On behalf of the members and leaders of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), we send our condolences and heartfelt thanks to the people of Cuba during this time of national mourning at the loss of Fidel Castro Ruz. Cuba under his leadership inspired generations worldwide to act in solidarity across national lines and against poverty, […]
