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 […]
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NLG Statement on COVID-19: Solidarity in Times of Crisis
Note: Scroll down for links to resources and other ways to take action. The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is committed to building collective power and solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spirit of our mission of valuing human rights and the rights of ecosystems over property interests: “We must lift coercive economic sanctions, prioritize […]
NLG Students Organize to End Mass Incarceration
During the first week of March 2020, NLG law student members organized events and activities for the annual NLG Week Against Mass Incarceration (WAMI). This year, the NLG partnered with the Guild’s National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) to analyze the connections between the role of policing institutions and practices and the exponential increase of incarcerated […]
NEW! NLG Member News Digest
We’re launching an email news roundup for our members recapping the latest NLG news and press clippings! All news found below has been posted and shared with our global online following of more than 115,000 people across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (which we hope includes you)! Any articles mentioning the NLG can also be found on […]
Member News Digest 3/12/20: New Surveillance Disclosures, Victory in PDX, and more
Radical Litigation CLE in NYC | RESCHEDULED: September 25, 9 AM-5 PM, Columbia Law School NOTE: This CLE has been rescheduled due to precautions around the coronavirus. Register: http://bit.ly/L4BLCLENY Law for Black Lives, the Civil Rights Corps and National Lawyers Guild NYC are co-sponsoring a day of continuing legal education focused on litigation as […]
Propose an NLG Webinar!
Are you a current Guild member who wants to wants to organize a discussion on a particular movement issue you are working on with the NLG? Submit a proposal to host an NLG webinar! Within five week days of your submission, a National Office staff member will inform you of the status of your proposal […]
Greenpeace USA & NLG Submit Comments to UN re: General Comment 37 on Art. 21 – Right of Peaceful Assembly
Greenpeace USA and the National Lawyers Guild submitted these comments to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in reference to General Comment 37 on Article 21: right of peaceful assembly. Read the document below or download the PDF. Download the PDF file .
2020 Regional Conferences
Every spring, the NLG organizes regional conferences to bring together attorneys, law students, legal workers, allies and activists across the country. Featuring panels, trainings, workshops, and social events on topics of interest to the progressive and radical legal community, regional conferences also provide the opportunity to build community and strategize for the struggles ahead. NLG […]
Announcing the 2020 NLG Haywood Burns Fellows!
The NLG National Office is pleased to introduce our 2020 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 […]
NLG Students Produce Report on Massachusetts Campus Police
by Chase Childress, Christine Farolan (NUSL NLG), and Alex Stein (NLG Chicago) Ahead of the annual NLG Week Against Mass Incarceration, NLG members from Northeastern Law and Chicago NLG have produced a report on private campus police forces using the Northeastern University Police Department as a case study. We encourage all NLG student chapters to […]