The National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is a progressive bar association and public interest legal organization in the United States, established in 1937. It is notable as the first racially integrated bar association in the country. The NLG brings together lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers who are committed to using legal skills to advance human rights and social justice. It advocates for fundamental change in the political and economic system, emphasizing human rights over property interests.
About Us
- Founded in 1937 as the nation's first racially integrated bar association, the National Lawyers Guild has a long history of supporting social justice movements and challenging injustices through legal advocacy. - The Guild's work encompasses civil rights, civil liberties, labor rights, environmental justice, immigrants' rights, and international law. - It provides legal support to activists, organizes mass defense efforts, and engages in critical legal education to advance its mission of social transformation through law.
Vision
To build a legal system that champions human rights over property interests, empowers marginalized communities, and serves as an instrument for fundamental social, economic, and political change, fostering a more just and equitable society for all.
Mission
The National Lawyers Guild is dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers in an organization which shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.
Culture
- The National Lawyers Guild fosters a culture of radical legal activism, solidarity, and critical engagement with the law. - Its members are deeply committed to progressive ideals, social justice, and challenging systemic oppression. - The organization emphasizes collective action, support for grassroots movements, and a willingness to confront power structures through legal and political means. - It is a community of like-minded legal professionals and activists dedicated to using law as a tool for liberation and social change.
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