‼️Our new & improved Know Your Rights Booklet is now online and available for download‼️
New booklet goes into more detail abt your rights, arrest safety planning, & specific info for marginalized protesters.
Stay safe out there & don't trust cops! 💚✊🏼
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Be sure to join us next Tuesday, Nov. 29 for our webinar on labor organizing, democracy, and the struggle for workers' rights at Amazon and Starbucks.
Register now at nlg.org/events 💚✊🏼
Live captioning provided. Event will take place via Zoom, 6-7 PM ET / 3-4 PM PT.
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Tonight at 6pm is putting on a Know Your Rights trainings for animal and environmental activists, but you gotta pre-register.
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TOMORROW: Know Your Rights for Animal and Environmental Activists!
There's still time to register at nlg.org/events/
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Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 29 for a conversation about the importance of labor organizing for a strong democracy.
This webinar is hosted on Zoom and will be live captioned.
Register online now at nlg.org/events/
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✨New Resource! Abolition and the State: A Discussion Tool
Drawing from the wisdom of abolitionist organizers/ scholars, this tool aims to help you and your groups reflect and engage with generative Qs around the role of the state in abolitionist futures: interruptingcriminalization.com/abolition-and-
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Read our statement condemning 's decision to host a speaker from Alliance Defending Freedom (a hate group according to )
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This Wednesday, join for their CLE on Dobbs @ Work
Learn more and register online: awyersguildnycchapter.wildapricot.org/event-5031867
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"The United States has used generations of Native children as the tip of the spear in attacking tribal sovereignty."
(Cherokee)
Overturning ICWA would allow opponents to bypass the Tribal systems that protect children, cultures, and lands.
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Next week: join us for a Know Your Rights for Animal and Environmental Activists training! The webinar will take place from 6-7:30 PM ET / 3-4:30 PM PT via Zoom. It will be live-captioned.
Register now at nlg.org/events/
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Oral arguments begin at at 7am PT / 10am ET this morning: supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments
#ICWA #ProtectICWA #AllEyesOnICWA #SCOTUS #TribalSovereignty #SaveICWA
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📝 Sign the petition.
thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st
❤️ Rally in DC. eventbrite.com/e/protect-the-
🗣 Follow and uplift.
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Please join and for Turning up the heat on Big Tech! Webinar: Tuesday, November 15. Featuring Matyos Kidane (Stop LAPD Spying), Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, and members of Amazon International. Register today: outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/event/
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On 10/14/22, WPLC submitted an amicus brief in defense of Water and in support of Indigenous communities in Azuay, Ecuador opposing gold and copper mining by Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals, in the fragile ecosystems of the paramos of #Kimsakocha.
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Don't miss this upcoming environmental justice panel hosted by NLG students at Pace Law!
The event takes place on Tuesday, November 1st, from 1-2 pm (ET) with the option for folks to attend from anywhere on Zoom. More info on how to join the call here: nlg.org/nlg-pace-law-e
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There's a lot of reporting out there about self-managed abortion and how people are getting abortion pills. Some reporters are getting it VERY wrong.
If you’re writing about the way people access abortion pills, we want to remind you what the law actually is.
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Check out Sierra Paola's article, "Invitation Accepted" in the latest issue of NLG Review!
nlg.org/nlg-review/art
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Lots of exciting virtual events coming up over the next month! Be sure to register online at nlg.org/events/ 💚
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Don't miss ' upcoming CLE! This virtual CLE will take place THIS FRIDAY, October 21 at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT.
You can register online now: awyersguildnycchapter.wildapricot.org/event-4995210
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Check out Simon X. Cao's article, "Invitation Accepted" in the latest issue of NLG Review!
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"We need to proactively change these systems. It's literally a matter of life and death," said Jenipher Jones, co-chair of the NLG Mass Incarceration Committee.
Read the full article (with more excerpts from Jenipher's great interview!) online: usatoday.com/story/news/nat
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Check out Jake Romm's article, "Frustrated Federalism" in the latest issue of NLG Review!
nlg.org/nlg-review/art
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Our latest edition of the NLG Review is out now, featuring articles about anti-education laws, corporate sovereignty, and criminal justice reform.
You can enjoy the issue online at nlg.org/NLG-review/
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Reviewing this old google doc chart I made about common arguments against abolition and their responses many years ago. There are so many more good books and podcasts and graphics about this now! But sometimes this is useful for beginners I think.
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For #IndigenousPeoplesDay, please consider supporting Indigenous-led groups like Water Protector Legal Collective leading the struggle against settler colonialism!
More info below 👇🏼
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We are still here!
Stand with us as we stand with the Earth and the Water–today, and every day!
Donate: waterprotectorlegal.org/donate
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Join us for a discussion at the seminar on ways that lawyers can support the movement!
With , Miracle Jones, Devin Franklin,
Register here: nlg-npap.org/wp-content/upl
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CW: police violence
"The brutality [...] was so extreme — cops even attacked medical workers in their scrubs and people acting as volunteer legal observers for the National Lawyers Guild — that the New York City Bar Association excoriated the NYPD."
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Join our allies + on Oct. 27 for our upcoming webinar on reproductive and racial justice in movement building!
The webinar will take place via Zoom, 3-4 PM ET / 12-1 PM PT. Live captioning will be provided.
Register online now: nlg.org/events/
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Don't miss this conversation TOMORROW at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET, with presenters from our allies at
Register online now: bit.ly/loveofwater
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Join our associate director @paulpaz, human rights lawyer @SDonziger,
@sierraclubhi executive director Wayne Tanaka, and @WaterIsLifeWPLC legal director @NSegoviaEsq for conversation about community organizing & legal battles to protect the Water this Friday at 4pm PT/7pm ET!
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Friends and allies, please join us in celebrating 85 years of #Law4ThePeople at our 2022 Virtual Awards Celebration on October 13, 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT 💚
You can register online now by visiting our website: nlg.org/2022-awards-re
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Please read through this important piece by former NLG President Azadeh Shahshahani and anti-imperialist attorney Yosi Badie!
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"While the people of Iran seek their liberation, we must stand against the U.S. govt’s imposition of sanctions against the Iranian people & resist any actions that seek to silence or distort freedom movements."
Our article for @thenation with @YosiBadie
thenation.com/article/world/
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The NYPD and DOC have been disappearing people into Rikers and NYC jails without a trace. Proud to be co-counsel on this case with , , , and , and shoutout to the attorneys at who sounded the alarm.
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"NYC is sending people to Rikers without seeing a judge, in violation of state law, as a matter of policy..."
Extremely infuriating story by @macfathom on people being kidnapped by the NYPD & DOC and left in the hell pit of Rikers with no lawyers.
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-extrajudi
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Christopher Chavis of writes about the student loan crisis, racism, classism, and its impact on the legal profession in our latest blog, online now!
Read the full piece online: nlg.org/nlg-blog-stude
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To understand how cops' priority is their own power, not public safety, this story of a cop arresting a firefighter for parking wrong while the firefighter was trying to save lives is a clear explainer.
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The court ruled that the #Line3 police blockade was illegal. As says, this legal battle shows "the lengths Hubbard County was willing to go to criminalize and harass Native women, land defenders, and anyone associated with us."
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NLG-Los Angeles () issued a statement against Governors Abbott (TX) and DeSantis (FL) forcibly relocating migrants, calling for robust support of activists fighting for migrant justice on the ground.
nlg-la.org/2022/09/20/nlg
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NLG-LA has issued a statement regarding the forced relocation of migrants by the governors of Florida and Texas. NLG-LA stands for the rights of people and against white supremacy!
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TODAY
In a little under 3 hours, NLG members can join a webinar with the lovely folks at by registering at the link in the Tweet below ⬇️
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NLG members!
Join our partners @ifwhenhow & @reprolegalfund for a training on the criminalization of pregnancy loss.
Sept. 15 at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT via Zoom, and live captioning will be provided.
NLG members can register online: nlg.org/civicrm/event/
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