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The National Lawyers Guild is dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system. Through its members--lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers and legal workers united in chapters and committees--the Guild works locally, nationally and internationally as an effective political and social force in the service of the people.

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Download the 2010 Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship Packet.

Deadline February 28, 2010.

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NLG submits Amicus Brief in Churchill vs. The University of Colorado

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STUDENT DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY is coming!

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NLG Files Amicus Brief in Hammer vs. Ashcroft

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NLG Releases Policy Paper

Click to read "Beyond the AETA: How Corporate-Crafted Legislation Brands Activists as Terrorists"

NEW NLG Resource!
Operation Backfire: A Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists

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NEW NLG Booklet
Luis Posada Carriles: A Tribunal

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NLG Delegation Releases Detailed Report on Findings in Gaza

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Photos are also available from the 7-day fact-finding mission. Click here.

NLG Sends Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

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Donate to the legal defense of
Mumia Abu-Jamal

Please make checks payable to the National Lawyers Guild Foundation with "Mumia" in the memo line, and send to 132 Nassau Street, Rm.922, New York, NY 10038.