{"id":1233,"date":"2021-06-22T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/?post_type=article&p=1233"},"modified":"2021-06-25T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:30:42","slug":"nlg-member-michael-tigar-publishes-memoir-sensing-injustice-a-lawyers-life-in-the-battle-for-change","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/article\/nlg-member-michael-tigar-publishes-memoir-sensing-injustice-a-lawyers-life-in-the-battle-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"NLG Member Michael Tigar Publishes Memoir, Sensing Injustice: A Lawyer’s Life in the Battle for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By the time he was 26, Michael Tigar was a legend in legal circles well before he would take on some of the highest-profile cases of his generation. In his first U.S. Supreme Court case\u2014at the age of 28\u2014Tigar won a unanimous victory that freed thousands of Vietnam War resisters from prison. Tigar also led the legal team that secured a judgment against the Pinochet regime for the 1976 murders of Pinochet opponent Orlando Letelier and his colleague Ronni Moffitt in a Washington, DC car bombing. He then worked with the lawyers who prosecuted Pinochet for torture and genocide. A relentless fighter of injustice\u2014not only as a human rights lawyer, but also as a teacher, scholar, journalist, playwright, and comrade\u2014Tigar has been counsel to Angela Davis, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), the Chicago Eight, and leaders of the Black Panther Party, to name only a few. It is past time that Michael Tigar wrote his memoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensing Injustice: A Lawyer\u2019s Life in the Battle for Change<\/em> is a vibrant literary and legal feat. In it, Tigar weaves powerful legal analysis and wry observation through the story of his remarkable life. The result is a compelling narrative that blends law, history, and progressive politics. This is essential reading for lawyers, for law students, for anyone who aspires to bend the law toward change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the book or order a copy at monthlyreview.org\/product\/sensing-injustice\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By the time he was 26, Michael Tigar was a legend in legal circles well before he would take on some of the highest-profile cases of his generation. In his first U.S. Supreme Court case\u2014at the age of 28\u2014Tigar won a unanimous victory that freed thousands of Vietnam War resisters from prison. Tigar also led […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"issuem_issue":[220],"issuem_issue_categories":[],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","issuem_issue-guild-notes-vol-46-no-1-2-spring-summer-2021","post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t