Our mission is to use law for the people, uniting lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers to function as an effective force in the service of the people by valuing human rights and the rights of ecosystems over property interests. We are creating a Directory of local NLG movement lawyers and legal workers for the community to be able to contact.
Email administrator@michigannlg.org for more information. At the request of social justice and activist groups, Legal Observers (LOs) attend public demonstrations, trained to observe and document police activity and get basic information from arrested protesters. The presence of Legal Observers, who are easily identified by their bright green hats, may serve as a deterrent to unconstitutional behavior by law enforcement during a demonstration.
NLG Legal Observers are the eyes and ears of the legal team, and their presence often helps protesters feel more confident and supported.
Email administrator@michigannlg.org for more information. At the request of social justice and activist groups, Legal Observers (LOs) attend public demonstrations, trained to observe and document police activity and get basic information from arrested protesters. The presence of Legal Observers, who are easily identified by their bright green hats, may serve as a deterrent to unconstitutional behavior by law enforcement during a demonstration.
NLG Legal Observers are the eyes and ears of the legal team, and their presence often helps protesters feel more confident and supported.
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Attorneys, Law Students, Legal Workers, and Activists whose work is aligned with our mission qualify to be members.
Membership dues are sliding scale based on income (honor based) and are renewed annually.
As a member of the National Lawyers Guild, you stand with thousands of attorneys, jailhouse lawyers, legal workers, and community members who have dedicated their lives and work to the proposition that human rights are more important than property rights.
Members are the Guild's lifeblood and determine the Guild's future.
Membership dues are sliding scale based on income (honor based) and are renewed annually.
As a member of the National Lawyers Guild, you stand with thousands of attorneys, jailhouse lawyers, legal workers, and community members who have dedicated their lives and work to the proposition that human rights are more important than property rights.
Members are the Guild's lifeblood and determine the Guild's future.
The National Lawyers Guild has always supported struggles for Black liberation and Black power, defending and fighting for the people who protest and take direct action for the protection, self-determination, and uplift of Black and other oppressed communities.
The Detroit and Michigan Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will continue a high level of legal support for the movement for Black lives and the fight against systemic racism.
Legal Observers (LOs) who, upon request, attend protests and other events where police may appear.
The Detroit and Michigan Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will continue a high level of legal support for the movement for Black lives and the fight against systemic racism.
Legal Observers (LOs) who, upon request, attend protests and other events where police may appear.
At the request of social justice and activist groups, Legal Observers (LOs) attend public demonstrations, trained to observe and document police activity in an effort to deter law enforcement from violating the civil rights of protesters.
The NLG Legal Observer program, established in 1968, is part of a comprehensive system of NLG legal support designed to enable people to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police, and with the fewest possible consequences from the criminal (in)justice system.
The NLG Legal Observer program, established in 1968, is part of a comprehensive system of NLG legal support designed to enable people to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police, and with the fewest possible consequences from the criminal (in)justice system.
Detroit & Michigan NLG members JoAnn Watson, Desiree Ferguson, Victoria Burton-Harris, Julie Hurwitz, and John Royal are some of the Coalition's founding and active participants.
The CPTA is committed to raising community awareness about police brutality, holding the DPD accountable for its actions, and demanding genuine transparency from the department, including an ongoing demand for an independent investigation into Hakim Littleton's killing, as well as other instances of police misconduct in all of its forms against residents of Wayne County.
The CPTA is committed to raising community awareness about police brutality, holding the DPD accountable for its actions, and demanding genuine transparency from the department, including an ongoing demand for an independent investigation into Hakim Littleton's killing, as well as other instances of police misconduct in all of its forms against residents of Wayne County.
The main purpose of the Legal Observer (LO) Committee is to consider and recommend actions and propose policies related to the LO Program, subject to final approval by the Chapter's Board of Directors.
As Guild members, we are working with the Movement Law Lab, local community groups and activists, and (soon) tenants, to fight against evictions in our community.
We wish to address our communities' needs, resistance strategies, and the ways our Chapter can rise to the occasion to help build effective eviction resistance and keep people housed during the this time of pandemic and ongoing crises.
As Guild members, we are working with the Movement Law Lab, local community groups and activists, and (soon) tenants, to fight against evictions in our community.
We wish to address our communities' needs, resistance strategies, and the ways our Chapter can rise to the occasion to help build effective eviction resistance and keep people housed during the this time of pandemic and ongoing crises.
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