Announcing the 2023 NLG Haywood Burns Fellows
…for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, fighting for the right to housing, the end to police brutality, and the empowerment of communities impacted by the criminal penal…
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NLG Statement in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders
…Cop City and the ongoing police brutality against demonstrators. NLG National joins our Atlanta and University of Georgia Chapters and comrades in mourning the devastating loss of a beloved community…
NLG Condemns Police Murder Protester Tortuguita and Ongoing State Violence Against Forest Defenders
…Atlanta police shot and killed a protester named Tortuguita, who was camping in a public park to defend the Weelaunee Forest. This murder by the police is part of an…
2021 #Law4thePeople Convention
…Solidarity and the Fight to Preserve Democracy “Hot Topic” Workshop – Topic announcement coming soon! CLEs from our partners at the National Police Accountability Project and the National Immigration Project…
In solidarity with the movement to Stop Cop City and Defend Weelaunee Forest
…policed society, in which taxpayer resources enrich police and weapons companies rather than addressing social needs. Mass incarceration and police militarization have failed to bring down crime or improve conditions…
National Lawyers Guild Statement Condemning the Attempted Coup in Brazil
…not Brazil’s legitimate president. However, President Lula ordered the national military and civil police to clear the buildings and arrest those present. So far, there have been over 1,200 arrests…
Mass Defense Program
…calling the police on folks in physical danger). Others don’t have written policies. For more information, visit the Don’t Call the Police resource site. Some local NLG chapters operate Legal Support…
2020 Keynote and Awardees
…against the police state in response to the brutal and tragic murder of George Floyd. We saw unprecedented police brutality and militarization in the Twin Cities, and yet the people…
NLG Supports Akron’s Local Organizing Demands After Police Murder Jayland Walker
…calling for an end to anti-Black police violence and brutality against protesters. “It is unjust that police are brutalizing and arresting protesters who are mourning the violent police murder of…
NLG Condemns State Violence against Reproductive Justice Protest
…and specifically targeted Legal Observers serving as trained witnesses of police conduct over the weekend at protests in Los Angeles and Phoenix. The NLG condemns police violence against protesters and…
