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 [...]
By Michael O'Hara Pollution Article summer 2024Download
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. Public Benefits article summer 2024Download