The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) strongly supports the sovereign Wet’suwet’en nation in demanding an end to Canada’s militarized occupation of their lands and a complete halt to the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, as outlined in their recent submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have unilaterally opposed the Coastal Gaslink pipeline […]
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Black History & Black Futures: Resources for Black Legal Professionals and Organizers, Resources for Substantive Solidarity
As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re honoring the tremendous impact of Black legal workers, lawyers, law students, and community organizers who created and advanced the work of the NLG and other movement spaces. Our movements, the NLG included, would not exist without the work of Black radical organizers and legal professionals. As […]
NLG Labor & Employment Committee Statement Calling on Biden to Appoint Pro-Worker Justice to SCOTUS
When Joe Biden began his Presidential campaign at a labor union hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the then-candidate emphatically stated, “I am a Union man. Period.” Biden promised that if elected, he would be the most pro-worker, “most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” With his first opportunity to nominate a justice for a lifetime term to […]
Prisoner’s Legal Advocacy Network (PLAN) Not a Project of NLG
Updated June 2023 We are aware that some NLG members have had some questions regarding the 2022 member vote to de-charter the Delaware-New Jersey NLG Chapter. The NLG has drafted the following post to provide more information. In early 2021, multiple sources reported that Prisoner Legal Advocacy Network (PLAN), a project of the Delaware-NJ chapter, […]
Announcing the 2022 NLG Haywood Burns Fellows
The NLG National Office is thrilled to introduce our 2022 Haywood Burns Fellowship recipients! The Fellowships sponsor law students and legal workers to spend the summer working for public interest organizations across the country in order to build their legal skills, strengthen their long-term commitment to social justice, and provide much-needed legal support to under-served […]
Military Law Task Force Responds to DoD Instruction on Extremism and Protest
The Military Law Task Force of the NLG has released the following statement about the Department of Defense’s Dec. 20 release of an updated instruction on extremism in the military: After months of delay and empty promises, the Department of Defense has finally adopted an expanded policy on extremist activity in the military. The Military Law […]
National Lawyers Guild and National Bail Fund Network Release Updated Legal Defense Fund Guide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the National Bail Fund Network (NBFN) have released an updated Legal Defense Fund Guide in response to increased community need for a comprehensive and accessible guide. Our updated Best Practices for Establishing a Legal Defense Fund guide covers many infrastructure questions a new legal defense fund […]
NLG Condemns the State’s Unwillingness to Disrupt White Supremacy; Looks Beyond the Justice System for Meaningful Change
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is outraged by the events taking place in the concurrent trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery. It is once again extremely clear that the state will maintain its investment in fascism, anti-Blackness, and white supremacy. As we mourn the loss of life and look for ways […]
#FreeJessica: National Lawyers Guild and Water Protector Legal Collective Submit Amicus Brief In 8th Circuit Court of Appeals In Support of Water Protector, Jessica Reznicek
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2021 Image from Democracy Now! / @resistline3 Twitter #FreeJessica: National Lawyers Guild and Water Protector Legal Collective Submit Amicus Brief In 8th Circuit Court of Appeals In Support of Water Protector, Jessica Reznicek The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) have filed an amicus brief urging […]
NLG Condemns Abortion Bans, Looks Toward Community-Based Leadership and Paths Toward Liberation
Over the last couple of weeks, a piece of precedent-breaking legislation criminalizing abortion was passed in Texas and upheld by the Supreme Court. Another court case challenging anti-abortion legislation in Mississippi, Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs, is scheduled to take place before the United States Supreme Court in December of 2021. These decisions have […]
