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Membership Director's profile was updated 7 years, 4 months ago
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Groups Speak Out against U.S. Response to Syrian and Iraqi Refugee Crisis, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 7 years, 7 months ago
The Anti-Racism Committee (ARC), The United People of Color Caucus (TUPOCC), and the National Immigration Project (NIP) of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) express deep sympathy for those impacted by the d […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, An Analysis of the 2012 RNC and DNC, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 7 years, 7 months ago
An Analysis of the 2012 RNC and DNC: Drawing from firsthand observations of NLG members who were in Tampa and Charlotte, as well as interviews with activists and media accounts, this report presents an overview […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Spying on Lawyers in the United States, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 7 years, 7 months ago
Breach of Privilege Original Report: This report brings to light the government’s long history of covert surveillance of attorneys and their activist clients.
In Breach of Privilege: Spying on Lawyers in the Un […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Statement of Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against Dakota Access Pipeline, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 7 years, 8 months ago
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), the oldest and largest human rights bar association in the United States, by its International Committee, its Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Committee and its Environmental Human R […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Updates from the NLG Louisiana Chapter re: Baton Rouge Protests, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 7 years, 9 months ago
Posted to the NLG Louisiana Facebook Page, Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 8 AM EST
Between Friday and Sunday, more than 170 non-violent protesters were arrested, and dozens documented incidents of civil and […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Supports the People’s Right to Dissent, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 7 years, 9 months ago
During this time of increased organizing and likely increased state repression, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) stands in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and your First Amendment right to dissent […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Joint statement on the sentencing of Khalida Jarrar, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 3 months ago
LPHR, Addameer and National Lawyers Guild joint statement on the appalling sentencing of leading Palestinian human rights defender, Ms Khalida Jarrar
London, Ramallah and New York, 04 January 2016 – Lawyers for […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, 10 Ways the NLG Fought for the Movement in 2015, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 4 months ago
1. Defending Free Speech and the Right to Assemble
The NLG trained hundreds of Legal Observers, while local Guild chapters provided key legal support to protesters in cities including St. Louis, Baltimore, […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Fund the movement. Remember the NLG on #GivingTuesday!, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 5 months ago
Dear Friends,
This holiday season, don’t fund capitalism, fund the groups working to dismantle it. Celebrate #GivingTuesday with a contribution to the NLG!
Since I joined our National Office staff as the E […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Passes Resolutions Supporting Prison Abolition and Normalized Relations with Cuba, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 5 months ago
At its annual Law for the People Convention held this year in Oakland, CA, NLG membership voted to pass two resolutions: one supporting the abolition of prisons, and another calling on the US Government to […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Drug Policy Committee Signs onto Statement to UN Calling for Global Drug Policy Reform, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 5 months ago
The Drug Policy Committee of the NLG signed on to this statement to the United Nations by the Ad Hoc US Coalition for Global Drug Policy Reform. Ahead of the April 2016 UN General Assembly Special session on D […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Urges Pres. Obama to Free Leonard Peltier, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 6 months ago
Today, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) in coordination with the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee sent a letter urging President Obama to grant Executive Clemency to 71-year-old political prisoner […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Mexican Gov’t on Trial for Crimes Against Humanity: NLG Co-Convenor in International Tribunal, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
The NLG and NLG-NYC Chapter are co-convenors of the International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement (ITCPM) to take place in New York City, September 25-27, 2015. The Tribunal coincides with the […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Advocates Condemn Plan to Detain Transgender Women at Adelanto, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
The NLG and more than 100 national and local LBGTW, immigrant, and civil rights organizations urged President Obama to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from considering the Adelanto Detention […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG and Other Legal Groups Send Letter to Foreign Policy Magazine Urging them to Uphold Free Speech and Free Press, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
The NLG, American Association of Jurists, and International Association of Democratic Lawyers have sent a letter to Foreign Policy in response to Venezuela’s right-wing leader Leopoldo López’s request that the ma […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, Joint Statement on Charges Issued by St. Louis County Prosecutor Against Individuals Arrested Last Year, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
St. Louis County is marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown by charging hundreds of people arrested by the St. Louis County Police in protest actions that occurred since August of 2014. The […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Mourns Passing of Civil Rights Pioneer, Julian Bond, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is deeply saddened by the passing of civil rights trailblazer, Julian Bond, who died Saturday night at the age of 75. A lifelong activist and icon of the American Civil Rights M […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, NLG Urges Immediate Release of Hunger Striking Palestinian Lawyer Muhammed Allan, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
The National Lawyers Guild urges the immediate release of hunger-striking Palestinian lawyer and administrative detainee, Muhammed Allan, as he nears death in his third month on open hunger strike. Allan is now in […]
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Lisa Drapkin wrote a new post, TUPOCC Condemns Ferguson Arrests of NLG and Other Activists on the Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Murder, on the site NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 8 years, 8 months ago
The United People of Color Caucus (TUPOCC)
Today protests and uprisings continue in Ferguson, MO in response to continued police and state violence and in memory of Michael Brown who was murdered by Police […]
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