Congressmember Rashida Tlaib to Headline our 40th Annual Testimonial Dinner
Congressmember Rashida Tlaib will deliver a keynote speech on March 28, 2020 during the annual benefit for the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF). The Michigan representative, the first Palestinian-American in Congress and one of the progressive freshman members of “the Squad,” has been at the forefront of challenging the Trump presidency and reinvigorating the left-wing flank of the Democratic Party. Congressmember Tlaib is also a former attorney with Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, an affiliate of the National Lawyers Guild.
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NLGSF seeks new Executive Director
2019 saw the SF/Bay Area NLG engaged in multiple areas of defense and resistance. Our members fought increasing attacks on migrants both here in the Bay and at the border. We continued to defend the ever growing numbers of those unhoused as well as those locked up...
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NLGSF brings together progressive lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers to protect and defend communities, social justice movements, and political and grassroots organizations and activists organizing for their self-determination and rights.
We provide legal support for activists
Demonstrations
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Our committees do groundbreaking work
Through projects with our
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Prisoner Advocacy
The Prison Advocacy Network (PAN) is a volunteer network of activists, attorneys, legal workers, and law students. We are supervised by attorneys and thus operate under attorney-client privilege and can use legal mail. PAN is an advocacy network, not a litigation team.
We Know Our Rights
We Know Our Rights is a multimedia video toolkit for people dealing with law enforcement, produced by NLGSF and independent producers April Martin and Lucia Palmarini.
Anti-Repression Committee
Originally formed to support Occupy Oakland actions, the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee (ARC) stands against political repression and is in solidarity with all those who challenge the state, capitalism and other forms of systemic oppression and domination.
Anti-Fascist Work Group
The Anti-Fascist Work Group (AFWG) is an informal network of grassroots community, activist and political networks committed to defending their own communities, movement spaces and activities, and local businesses against attacks by white supremacists and hate groups.
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Legal Workers and Law Students - Meaningful CLE’s
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