by Jacob Freeman, NLG-Seattle Amicus Committee Chair As a very busy summer turned into a less busy and much colder and darker autumn and winter, the Seattle Chapter of NLG turned its attention to organizing the energy and talent of its members—veterans and new recruits alike—to advance the Chapter’s mission to use law for the […]
Issues: Guild Notes Vol. 46, No. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2021)
WEBINAR: How the Federalist Society’s Philosophies Took Over the Courts
In March, the NLG and National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) presented a webinar on the rise of the Federalist Society, presented by Michael Avery, past NLG president, co-founder of NPAP, and co-author, with Danielle McLaughlin, of The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals. Watch the webinar recording at nlg.org/public-webinars.
NLG Military Law Task Force Establishes Anti-Racism Subcommittee
by Aaron Frishberg, NLG MLTF The US military is an institution permeated with racism. This is not surprising for an institution which, in the modern era, has been largely devoted in its war efforts to attempting to stifle liberation movements in non-white countries around the world. Since the defeat of military legal conscription, the US […]
90 Organizations and 4600+ Individuals Tell Biden Administration to #DropTheCharges Against BLM Protesters
On June 3, the NLG sent a letter to President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Attorney General Merrick Garland—endorsed by a total of 90 organizations and signed by a total of 4600+ individuals—urging them to dismiss the federal charges against more than 350 anti-racist protesters who participated in last year’s mass demonstrations for Black […]
How Black Women Have Built Movements and Cultivated Joy
by Amanda Alexander, Executive Director and Founder of Detroit Justice Center and Friend of the NLG A letter to my young niece about staying true to your goals, deriving sustenance from nature, and other insights I’ve gleaned from activists. Dear Fiona, Last summer your mama asked me a question that I couldn’t shake. We were […]
NLG-NYC Animal Rights Committee Webinar Spotlights Effects of Border Walls on Endangered Species
By Tamara Bedic, NLG-NYC Animal Rights Committee Chair Thursday, May 13th, Congressmembers Barragan, Vela, Quigley and Grijalva joined three national wildlife groups to address the harm Trump’s border wall causes over 90 endangered species. Hosted by the Animal Rights Committee of the NLG-New York City chapter, the 75-minute webinar (our seventh!) drew an audience of […]
A Call for Broader NLG Legal Observer Support in Solidarity with Indigenous Land Protectors
by Natalie Koski-Karell, NLG-SF Bay Area/San Diego Over several weeks in 2020, Kumeyaay community members and allies built up a peaceful prayer camp along the U.S.-Mexico border wall about an hour east of San Diego. Situated in their ancestral territory which extends approximately 75 miles north and south of the border, the Kumeyaay Defense Against […]
Moving the Bar: My Life as a Radical Lawyer, by the Late Michael Ratner, Past NLG President
Michael Ratner was one of America’s leading human rights lawyers. In a career that spanned five decades up to his death in 2016, Ratner was involved in a wide range of high-profile cases. From working with William Kunstler in pursuing justice after the notorious prison massacre at Attica, to representing prisoners interned at Guantanamo Bay […]
Teach-Ins for the 2020s: NLG-Vegas Educates
by Randolph M. Fiedler NLG-Las Vegas Chapter “There is a narrative of racial difference that contaminates the thinking of most Americans . . . . We need to own up to the way racial bias and legalized racial subordination have compromised our ability to implement criminal justice. In the wake of avoiding or minimizing our […]
Beyond Bars: Windows of the World
by Scott PetrieYazoo City, MS How fragile life is on the other side of that window, so close, yet so so far, untouchable, unattainable, father, son, each holding a hand up to the glass that separates each from their loving touch, worlds separated to protect from the unseeable enemy, the virus. (As was seen on […]