This interview was originally published in the Indypendent, May 24, under the title “Who You Going To Call?: Movement Lawyers Testify in Michael Steven Smith’s New Book” By Dean Patterson Activists know that by disobeying the law, they bring the spotlight to their cause, gum up the legal machine and show grit to their comrades. […]
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Labor & Employment Committee Launches Training Program for Immigrant Workers
By Setareh Ghandehari and Henry Willis, NLG Labor and Employment Committee As part of its overall war against immigrants and immigrants’ rights, the Trump Administration has attempted to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from various countries, including Haiti, El Salvador, Nepal, Sudan, Honduras, and Nicaragua while the conditions that lead to the TPS […]
Announcing New Jailhouse Lawyer Rep & Call for Inside VP Candidates
Thank you for participating in the election among jailhouse lawyer members for a formerly incarcerated, “outside” representative to hold the position of co-Jailhouse Lawyer Vice President (JLVP) on the National Executive Committee (NEC). There were five very qualified nominees. We are thrilled to announce that the winner is Diana Covarrubias! Diana joins our board with […]
JLI Law School Tour to Uplift Legal Work of Incarcerated People
By Jhody Polk The Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative (JLI), hosted by the NLG, is excited to be launching the Legal Empowerment is Abolition law school tour in seven states starting in the fall of 2019 through spring 2020. JLI will be visiting law schools in Florida, New Orleans, Texas, Chicago, California, New York, and Washington, DC. […]
America, You Exposed the Line (Poem)
By Jason Geray Represa, CA America, you exposed the line Back in my younger days your judges had their axes to grind, You promised us that justice was really blind, But that is not what we would find, You just saw me as someone who was born to do time, And yeah, I’m from California […]
NLG VT Members Represent Citizens in Lawsuit to Stop Demolition of City Hall Park
By Kira Kelley, Esq., Vermont NLG Chairperson This piece was originally published as an announcement on nlg.org. To view court documents from the case, visit www.nlg.org/nlg-vt-members-represent-citizens-in-lawsuit-against-city-of-burlington-to-stop-demolition-of-city-hall-park/ Eight Burlington residents represented by attorneys with the Vermont Chapter of the NLG filed a lawsuit in late February against the City of Burlington to stop the demolition of […]
Thrown to the Wolves
By Cecil G. Truman Craigsville, VA [Editor’s Note: The following story mentions suicide] This is a true story about a kid we will call Max. I met Max a few weeks ago in Bible study. Upon speaking with Max, I could tell that his heart and mind were very young. At the age of 19 […]
9 LIVES (Poem)
By Joshua Garner aka Mujahid St. Petersburg, FL This is a story about 9 lives that should be free, 9 lives taken by the Commonwealth and the DOC, This system is corrupt, I know first-hand believe me, So listen to their story so now you can see My big brother Hadi, strongest aqeedah I’ve ever […]
Greetings From Your New NLG President!
By Elena Cohen, NLG President It is with great pleasure that I write my first column as National Lawyers Guild President. Throughout my years as an activist, NLG member, President of the New York City Chapter, and national Board member, I have witnessed the many ways in which the Guild is an invaluable network of […]
Kshama Sawant’s Convention Keynote: Decolonize Your City
By Lindsey Schromen-Warwin, NLG Member Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s keynote speech at the Guild convention in November 2018 highlighted the importance of community organizing for local policy changes. It’s not enough to just organize and demonstrate, and it is not enough to just get “the right people” elected to public office. Sawant emphasized the […]