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The “Reagan Court” Goes Rogue

            How did we arrive at the historical inflection point where our society is being remade, brick by brick, by a cadre of Supreme Court judges intent on returning us to a time before womens’ rights, before civil rights, indeed before separation of church and state? Where women are viewed as mere reproductive vessels; where the … Read more>>

The Committee continues to grapple with BPD BRIC straight pride public records requests:

“…the resistance is pretty profound.” – Grace Ross

We recently had the opportunity to meet with Grace Ross to discuss her work with the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL).

Grace discussed the development of the alliance, goals they started with and how they have evolved, challenges they continue to face, and ways people can help. She spoke to … Read more>>

We sat down with Annie Guare, Joan Steffen and Kylah Clay, this year’s Annual Dinner Student Award winners, to give each honoree an opportunity to talk a little bit about themselves. They shared what inspired their law school journey, what they planned to do post graduation and how the Guild has influenced their legal careers thus far. Our interviews wrapped … Read more>>

This last Mother’s Day, a protest caravan drove by MCI Framingham as a show of support for those mothers currently locked away and in support of a moratorium on prisons. Our legal observers were present.… Read more>>

LITIGATION COMMITTEE REPORT – 5/16/2022

Since 2020, the Litigation Committee of the NLG-MA Chapter has been working on a campaign to ban or severely limit the use of so-called “less-lethal” and chemical police crowd control devices, such as tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray. Because of our work, three cities – Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville – have passed … Read more>>

Last Thursday, April 28th, a coalition of people’s rights organizations led a protest which marched from Galaxy Park in Cambridge, MA to the Moderna headquarters located just a few blocks away. Lead in part by Justice is Global, the protest called for Moderna to share the science and help put an end to the pandemic the world over. The organizers … Read more>>

Members of our Harvard Student Chapter stood in solidarity at a recent Prison Moratorium Rally with fellow activists and abolitionists. … Read more>>

Organized by: NLG International

Human rights & Rule of Law in Spain:  

the Aftermath of the 2017 Catalan Pro-Independence Referendum. 

Friday April 1, 2022 

1:00pm EST

Register here: https://bit.ly/catalanlawyers 

Join NLG International for an important presentation and meeting with our Catalan colleagues 

ABSTRACT:

In October 2019, nine Catalan pro-independence political and civil society leaders were convicted for sedition and … Read more>>

Contributed By: Joanie Steffen

For our work with FJAH, I’ve been organizing with People Not Prisons (also called PNP, FJAH’s external volunteer/organizing formation) for the last year and a half or so. One of our members (Collette) also attends weekly legislative strategy meetings under PNP. Through that relationship, our chapter has found opportunities to support FJAH and PNP in their … Read more>>

Join the NLG International for an important webinar:

Understanding the Crisis in Ukraine

Monday February, 28th

1PM EST /10AM PST/6PM GMT

Register online: https://bit.ly/crisisinukraine

Speakers:

Yevgenii Gerasymenko, Ukrainian Association of Democratic Lawyers

Marjorie Cohn, National Lawyers Guild International, International Association of Democratic Lawyers

Discussion facilitated by Suzanne Adely, NLG President and NLG International co-chair

Other Speakers to be … Read more>>

Please join the Northeastern School of Law Abolition Collective, Housing Justice Collective, and the National Lawyers Guild for a panel discussion during the Week Against Mass Incarceration on February 28th, from 5:30-7pm in DK 250. The year’s theme is Mass Incarceration and the Housing Crisis. Panelists will include community leaders and organizers from Justice 4 Housing, City Life/ Vida Urbana, … Read more>>

The Harvard student chapter of NLG-Mass is hard at work this year on various projects and we will be sharing more on those as the details come in. For now, there are two events that you can look forward to that are listed below. Register Now!

Cosecha’s long campaign and fight for the rights of Massachusetts residents who have yet completed the formal immigration process has come to an end. The House has passed a bill that makes it possible for those residents to get their own driver’s license. 

We have been supported Cosecha from the beginning of this campaign, providing legal support and legal observes … Read more>>

Student member, Kylah Clay is one of a growing force of employees who are taking a stand for workers rights and fighting to mobilize workers to band together to unionize the workforce of Starbucks. Kylah and Ash O’Neill are two organizers and  leaders based out of an Allston Starbucks, one of the stores that has petitioned the NLRB for a union … Read more>>