Welcome!

We are an association of progressive lawyers, law students, paralegals, judges, legal secretaries, and community activists. Our members collaborate in using the law for social, political, and economic justice.

We are an affiliate of the National Lawyers Guild, founded in 1937 as an organization dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system.

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You’re Invited!
Dine, dance, and celebrate at the Guild’s 29th Testimonial Dinner

Join us
Friday, May 7, 2010
6:00 P.M.
The Colonnade Hotel
120 Huntington Avenue, Boston

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• To buy tickets,
• Place greetings/ads,
• Bid and browse the online auction, or
  
• For more information:

2010 ANNUAL DINNER

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What’s on the Guild’s Calendar?

• NLG Presents… Every month, the NLG Mass. Chapter hosts an event as part of our Speaker Series.  This month’s event is on Wednesday, March 10th: “Free Speech For People, Not Corporations: An Amendment to Defend Our Democracy” with John Bonifaz.  This event is immediately followed by our Happy Hour.
• Annual Meeting: This month the Guild will hold its Annual Meeting! In addition to short committee reports and elections of Chapter Officers and members of the Board of Directors, we will have a beautiful reception and special presentation about the current crisis in Haiti from a local activist.

Please attend our Annual Meeting Tuesday, March 16
5:30 – Reception
6:00 p.m. – Meeting and Elections

7:00 p.m.  – Presentation by Jerry Tisme (GBLS)
“From Colonialism to the Earthquake: Haiti’s Long Road to Recovery”

For a complete list, see our events page.

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PREAMBLE TO THE NLG CONSTITUTION

(Adopted February 22, 1937, amended July 1971)

The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization which shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.

Our aim is to bring together all those who regard adjustments to new conditions as more important than the veneration of precedent; who recognize the importance of safeguarding and extending the rights of workers, women, farmers, and minority groups upon whom the welfare of the entire nation depends; who seek actively to eliminate racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for their repression.