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Editor’s Preface – NLG Review: Vol. 80, No. 1 (Summer/Fall 2024)
“And when we speak we are afraidour words will not be heardnor welcomedbut when we are silentwe are still afraidSo it is better to speakrememberingwe were never meant to survive.”Audre Lorde, A Litany for Survival This issue of the National Lawyers Guild Review (NLGR) represents a significant moment in its history, marking an abundant past […]
Resilient Advocacy: A Systems Theory Approach To Trauma Informed And Anti-Racist Advocacy
By Lorilei W. Lorilei W. (they/them) is a queer, trans abolitionist, artist, and attorney dedicated to teaching legal advocates how to engage in trau- ma-informed and antiracist advocacy in their individual capacities and collectively as movement advocates. Lorilei’s work is rooted in their lived experiences of imperialism—as the child of an American soldier and Korean […]
Stop Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
By David Gespass and Alan W. Clarke David Gespass is a past president of the National Lawyers Guild, past editor-in-chief of this journal and a semi-retired civil rights and civil liberties lawyer. Alan W. Clarke, is a Guild member, Professor Emeritus at Utah Valley University, and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Memorial University of […]
Public Benefits: An Abolitionist Approach to Crime Reduction
By Laya Reddy Laya Reddy is a third-year law student at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and will be working in public interest after graduating. She would like to thank Professor Meredith Rountree, Senior Lecturer at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, for her thoughtful feedback on this paper.
Editor’s Preface – Vol. 79, No 2 (Winter 2023/2024)
By Dalia Fuleihan When I sit down to write the preface to each new issue of the Na-tional Lawyers Guild Review my goal is to put the work of our wonderfulcontributors in context, to comment on the current state of affairs in ourworld and situate our articles within it. Today, I am not able to […]
Define to Exclude: Comparing Historic Racial Purity Laws to Current Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
By Jacqueline Spreadbury Jacqueline Spreadbury recently graduated summa cum laude from University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Law School with a concentration in Critical Race and Gender Studies. She is a longstanding member of the Chicago NLG and is the Legal Observer Admin for the Chicago chapter. She recently began her legal career as a staff […]
Grindr and Privacy Concerns of LGBTQ+People in the United States and the European Union
By Zane McNeill and Riley Clare Valentine Zane McNeill has a MA in political science from Central European University and is aJ.D. candidate at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Riley Clare Valentine is anindependent scholar with a PhD in Political Science from Louisiana State University. Theirwork centers on political rhetoric, care ethics, and […]