National Lawyers Guild
@nlg.org
Volunteer lawyers, law students, legal workers & jailhouse lawyers of the 1st national, racially integrated US bar association.
People > property💚✊🏽
Est. 1937
Become a member: nlg.org/join
People > property💚✊🏽
Est. 1937
Become a member: nlg.org/join
Registration is now open for the 2026 #Law4ThePeople convention from April 8th through the 12th in Detroit, Michigan!
Register at: https://www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=92
Register at: https://www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=92
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Registration is now open for the 2026 #Law4ThePeople convention from April 8th through the 12th in Detroit, Michigan!
Register at: https://www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=92
Register at: https://www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=92
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends! Visit the link in our bio to purchase them!
Visit the link to donate: https://www.nlg.org/donate/nlgf/
Visit the link to donate: https://www.nlg.org/donate/nlgf/
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends! Visit the link in our bio to purchase them!
Visit the link to donate: https://www.nlg.org/donate/nlgf/
Visit the link to donate: https://www.nlg.org/donate/nlgf/
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends! Visit the link below to purchase one!
https://www.nlg.org/giftmembership/
https://www.nlg.org/giftmembership/
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends! Visit the link below to purchase one!
https://www.nlg.org/giftmembership/
https://www.nlg.org/giftmembership/
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends! To get them visit: https://www.nlg.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=46
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends! To get them visit: https://www.nlg.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=46
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends!
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends!
We know this #GivingTuesday you are being asked to show support for many important organizations but, in this time of increasing repression, your support of the National Lawyers Guild is more essential than ever. Donate at: https://www.nlg.org/givingtuesday/
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We know this #GivingTuesday you are being asked to show support for many important organizations but, in this time of increasing repression, your support of the National Lawyers Guild is more essential than ever. Donate at: https://www.nlg.org/givingtuesday/
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends!
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Over the next few days, we will be sharing gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! Get your orders in soon, so that they get in before the year ends!
The governor of Texas designation of CAIR is as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" is islamophobic, and crusade against free speech. Read our full statement at: https://www.nlg.org/nlg-condemns-texas-unlawful-and-discriminatory-designation-of-cair-as-a-terrorist-organization/
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The governor of Texas designation of CAIR is as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" is islamophobic, and crusade against free speech. Read our full statement at: https://www.nlg.org/nlg-condemns-texas-unlawful-and-discriminatory-designation-of-cair-as-a-terrorist-organization/
The 2026 #Law4ThePeople Convention is happening this Spring in Detroit, Michigan!
Now more than ever, it is vital for our members and community to come together, share their experiences, teach us about their hard fought battles, and to break bread together.
Now more than ever, it is vital for our members and community to come together, share their experiences, teach us about their hard fought battles, and to break bread together.
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The 2026 #Law4ThePeople Convention is happening this Spring in Detroit, Michigan!
Now more than ever, it is vital for our members and community to come together, share their experiences, teach us about their hard fought battles, and to break bread together.
Now more than ever, it is vital for our members and community to come together, share their experiences, teach us about their hard fought battles, and to break bread together.
Did you know Trump is going after people that read zines?
Our ideals and beliefs are not in theory being criminalized, they are actively being criminalized. Des, one of the Prairieland Defendants, is being targeted by the Trump Administration under the new NSPM-7 guidelines.
Our ideals and beliefs are not in theory being criminalized, they are actively being criminalized. Des, one of the Prairieland Defendants, is being targeted by the Trump Administration under the new NSPM-7 guidelines.
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Did you know Trump is going after people that read zines?
Our ideals and beliefs are not in theory being criminalized, they are actively being criminalized. Des, one of the Prairieland Defendants, is being targeted by the Trump Administration under the new NSPM-7 guidelines.
Our ideals and beliefs are not in theory being criminalized, they are actively being criminalized. Des, one of the Prairieland Defendants, is being targeted by the Trump Administration under the new NSPM-7 guidelines.
Did you know Trump has his first case against “Antifa”?
Watch a clip of NLG Director of Mass Defense explain how the Trump Administration has used the President’s directive to go after “Antifa”, to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants.
Watch a clip of NLG Director of Mass Defense explain how the Trump Administration has used the President’s directive to go after “Antifa”, to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Did you know Trump has his first case against “Antifa”?
Watch a clip of NLG Director of Mass Defense explain how the Trump Administration has used the President’s directive to go after “Antifa”, to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants.
Watch a clip of NLG Director of Mass Defense explain how the Trump Administration has used the President’s directive to go after “Antifa”, to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants.
This is nothing but an attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of the administration’s actions.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is nothing but an attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of the administration’s actions.
The Federal government, along with the state of Texas, continue their crusade against the Prairieland Defendants. Des is only one of the 18 protesters that the Trump administration is attempting to paint as an “antifa” terrorist group.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Federal government, along with the state of Texas, continue their crusade against the Prairieland Defendants. Des is only one of the 18 protesters that the Trump administration is attempting to paint as an “antifa” terrorist group.
Preparing for the Domestic Terrorism Apparatus, Hosted by NLGR
Monday, November 10, 2025, 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT / 6:00pm MT / 5:00pm PT
As the administration moves to expand its domestic terrorism framework, new policies and rhetoric are raising alarm among social justice advocates.
Monday, November 10, 2025, 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT / 6:00pm MT / 5:00pm PT
As the administration moves to expand its domestic terrorism framework, new policies and rhetoric are raising alarm among social justice advocates.
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Preparing for the Domestic Terrorism Apparatus, Hosted by NLGR
Monday, November 10, 2025, 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT / 6:00pm MT / 5:00pm PT
As the administration moves to expand its domestic terrorism framework, new policies and rhetoric are raising alarm among social justice advocates.
Monday, November 10, 2025, 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT / 6:00pm MT / 5:00pm PT
As the administration moves to expand its domestic terrorism framework, new policies and rhetoric are raising alarm among social justice advocates.
The application for the NLG's Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice for Summer 2026 is now available! The Burns Fellowship is open to students and legal workers working on projects that find creative ways to advance justice.
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The application for the NLG's Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice for Summer 2026 is now available! The Burns Fellowship is open to students and legal workers working on projects that find creative ways to advance justice.
The National Lawyers Guild stands with anti-ICE dissent and calls for solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants. We cannot tolerate the dangerous criminalization of a noise demonstration against ICE.
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The National Lawyers Guild stands with anti-ICE dissent and calls for solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants. We cannot tolerate the dangerous criminalization of a noise demonstration against ICE.
Yesterday, a new indictment was revealed in North Texas that uses Trump’s new directive to go after “antifa” to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants. This is the first instance where the Trump Administration has framed “antifa” as a terrorist group in a criminal case.
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yesterday, a new indictment was revealed in North Texas that uses Trump’s new directive to go after “antifa” to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants. This is the first instance where the Trump Administration has framed “antifa” as a terrorist group in a criminal case.
Antifa is short for antifascism. Antifascism is an idea and a form of resistance to the ever increasing authoritarianism in the United States. It is not a national organization or nonprofit that takes donations.
October 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Antifa is short for antifascism. Antifascism is an idea and a form of resistance to the ever increasing authoritarianism in the United States. It is not a national organization or nonprofit that takes donations.
This past week brought hopeful reports about the achievement of a preliminary ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This past week brought hopeful reports about the achievement of a preliminary ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Proudly anti-fascist, since 1937.
Our members continue to be in the streets, making sure our movements are supported.
Need Legal Observers? Reach out to your local NLG chapter.
The feds come knocking? Call our Federal Defense Hotline at 212-679-2811.
Our members continue to be in the streets, making sure our movements are supported.
Need Legal Observers? Reach out to your local NLG chapter.
The feds come knocking? Call our Federal Defense Hotline at 212-679-2811.
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Proudly anti-fascist, since 1937.
Our members continue to be in the streets, making sure our movements are supported.
Need Legal Observers? Reach out to your local NLG chapter.
The feds come knocking? Call our Federal Defense Hotline at 212-679-2811.
Our members continue to be in the streets, making sure our movements are supported.
Need Legal Observers? Reach out to your local NLG chapter.
The feds come knocking? Call our Federal Defense Hotline at 212-679-2811.
1. Lock the door or entrance.
2. Speak only through the door or entrance. Shouting is fine!
3. Say you do not consent to the agents’ entry.
4. Demand to be shown a warrant. The agents can slide it on the ground, slide it through a crack, show it through a window, etc.
2. Speak only through the door or entrance. Shouting is fine!
3. Say you do not consent to the agents’ entry.
4. Demand to be shown a warrant. The agents can slide it on the ground, slide it through a crack, show it through a window, etc.
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1. Lock the door or entrance.
2. Speak only through the door or entrance. Shouting is fine!
3. Say you do not consent to the agents’ entry.
4. Demand to be shown a warrant. The agents can slide it on the ground, slide it through a crack, show it through a window, etc.
2. Speak only through the door or entrance. Shouting is fine!
3. Say you do not consent to the agents’ entry.
4. Demand to be shown a warrant. The agents can slide it on the ground, slide it through a crack, show it through a window, etc.
Remember, if you are in a private area of the university, and an ICE agent comes:
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Remember, if you are in a private area of the university, and an ICE agent comes:
As the federal government escalates its attacks against immigrants, university campuses have become a focus of political repression. ICE is targeting non-U.S. citizens on campuses due to their political speech and beliefs. Read on to know your risks and ways to fight back!
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As the federal government escalates its attacks against immigrants, university campuses have become a focus of political repression. ICE is targeting non-U.S. citizens on campuses due to their political speech and beliefs. Read on to know your risks and ways to fight back!
NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!
September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!