The relationship between MIT Scientists Against Genocide (SAGE) and the NLG started with care and trust.
The MIT populace, compared to its neighbors with law schools, did not have much experience with the National Lawyers Guild, let alone any familiarity with what Legal Observers do. However, after witnessing the raids at Emerson and Northeastern, students from … Read more>>
The Litigation Committee has been ramping up the battle on a number of fronts, thanks to the work of our committee members.
On April 26, our pursuit of transparency from the Boston Police Department and BRIC resulted in the hearing of our Motion for Attorney Fees before Judge Cowin in the Suffolk Superior Court. David Kelston and Jeff Petrucelly made … Read more>>
Jane Romp (she/her) is the Administrative Coordinator for the NLG-Mass Chapter. Before joining NLG, Jane worked with Common Cause Massachusetts, the Foundation for Civic Leadership, and performed research on the impact of protest-based social movements for Oxford University. She is currently producing a documentary uplifting survivors of sexual violence while investigating the role of gender bias in the handling attorney … Read more>>
1. What motivated you to go to law school?
I was an anti-war, racial justice and political activist and in 1972 was part of a women’s prison collective that visited and supported the women incarcerated at the Framingham prison. We worked closely with Lawyers’ Guild lawyers who were part of a law … Read more>>
Speakers: Luca Falciola (author of “Up Against the Law”), Professor Randall Kennedy, Judy Somberg, and Roger Geller… Read more>>
“Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example […]. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” These prescient and powerful words written in dissent almost 100 years ago by Justice Louis … Read more>>
College Disciplinary Hearings
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Contacts
Chris DiOrio – 617-847-4343, pcdiorio@gmail.com
Urszula Masny-Latos – 617-308-0947, nlgmass-director@riseup.net
NLG-MASS CHAPTER FILES A LAWSUIT AGAINST BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BRIC FOR VIOLATIONS OF PUBLIC RECORDS LAW
Boston, February 26, 2024 – Today, the National Lawyers Guild-Massachusetts Chapter (NLG) filed … Read more>>
Featured NLG representatives from Massachusetts and New York City, CAIR, and ACLU.
Held on Thursday, February 15, 2024
The Harvard Law School National Lawyers Guild Chapter held an event on campus, titled the “Palestine Exception: Free Speech and the Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Voices,” featuring attorneys from the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the National Lawyers Guild-Massachusetts Chapter … Read more>>
1. When were you first introduced to the Guild?
I was first introduced to the Guild when I first entered law school. I was struggling with reconciling the desire I have for change and the way the law was structured. So much of first-year classes are taught in a manner that the “law is the law” no matter who it … Read more>>
1. When were you first introduced to the Guild?
I first found the Guild during law school orientation week. I saw the Suffolk Law chapter of the Guild (“NLGSU”) at the organization fair, spoke with one of the members, and was hooked!
2. Who/what encouraged you to join the Guild?
I have always been eager to utilize my privilege. When … Read more>>
1. When were you first introduced to the Guild?
I first learned about the Guild when I was applying to law schools. I was reaching out to current students at all sorts of different schools, and a NUSL student told me about it.
2. Who/what encouraged you to join the Guild?
I joined NLG because it seemed like a group … Read more>>
As a result of our latest (and third) lawsuit against the Boston Police Department under the Massachusetts Freedom of Information Act, we recently received a list of every complaint against BPD officers from 2011 to present. Each complaint provides the officer’s name, the date and description of the complaint, and the disposition.
Thanks to five undergraduate students from Harvard College, … Read more>>
by Josh Raisler-Cohn and Jeff Feuer
Over the last 12 months the volunteer lawyers and law students of our Mass Defense Committee (MDC) have once again risen to meet the needs of the on-going movements for racial, economic, gender, and climate justice. We continued our longstanding work across the state providing trainings, supplying trained Legal Observers™, representing people in court, … Read more>>
Chris DiOrio has been on the front lines of fighting for individual rights for over thirty years. Chris started his career as a Legal Aid Society public defender in New York City, then moved to Massachusetts where he has been a trial attorney, as well as a civil rights and liberties and constitutional law professor, educating students from 8 to … Read more>>
The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) mourns the tremendous loss of life in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel over the past month. We grieve the lives of those already lost, wish for freedom for those in captivity, and remain committed to a future where every life is recognized as precious, and all people live in freedom … Read more>>
December 5, 2023
To Chairman James Eldridge, Chairman Michael Day, and members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
I am writing to ask you to oppose Bill H.1558, An Act relative to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.
I am submitting this testimony on behalf of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. For over 80 … Read more>>
During the Fall 2023 semester, the NLG-MA Litigation Committee partnered with the Boston University Spark! program on a project to use machine learning to analyze complaints against the Boston Police Department. Spark! is an interdisciplinary program for undergraduates combining artificial intelligence, data science, and investigative journalism approaches to help organizations with real-world data projects. This project represents one facet of … Read more>>
ABORTION JUSTICE TASK FORCE CALL TO ACTION!
NLG-Mass’ Abortion Justice Task Force (AJTF) was established in response to the Dobbs decision. The AJTF is currently researching the most pressing legal questions for those seeking an abortion, helping with accessing an abortion, and performing abortions in Massachusetts. Additionally, AJTF is researching the added legal concerns for more vulnerable populations, such as … Read more>>
This year, our student chapter has hosted a wide range of events. In the spring semester, we hosted a movie screening “Philadelphia” to help raise awareness about employment discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. We also hosted a panel on the “School to Prison Pipeline” where we brought in speakers from Massachusetts Advocates for Children, CPCS Youth Advocacy Division, Citizens for Juvenile … Read more>>
Suffolk University Law School’s NLG Chapter has been busy organizing and advocating this year. The goal was to bolster our ranks and try to build out our operational capacity. This goal has been largely achieved and we’re hoping to turn our attention towards even bigger and bolder ideas.
Our semester started with Disorientation event in September. We had the opportunity … Read more>>
The NLG student chapter at Northeastern has been quite busy these past months. Throughout last September, NLG members at Northeastern participated in Election Observing as the greater Northeastern community voted on a Graduate Worker Union; on September 30th, our members attended the NLG Student Brunch hosted by the NLG-Mass Chapter at Andala Cafe in Cambridge; we participated in the MA … Read more>>
Harvard Law School NLG is going strong, with an executive board of 7 students and two dozen students who have attended our general body meetings.
In the Fall 2023 semester, HLS NLG recruited 36 students and community members for NLG Legal Observer training, conducted by NLG-Mass Chapter Co-Chair Melinda Drew. Our members participated as Legal Observers in over 20 protest … Read more>>
