Posts represent our chapter only & are not official statements. National Lawyers Guild—Texas Chapter (NLGTX) is the University of Texas School of Law student chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. NLGTX is a horizontal student organization that aims to complicate conversations on existing legal, political, and economic structures. We are committed to providing a radical space for students and comm
unity members to discuss and organize around political and legal issues affecting our community. We understand that the law school vision runs counter to the egalitarian, democratic impulses of people who come to law school to gain skills useful to movements for social change. Law school indoctrination mirrors the political, social and moral perspective of the Rehnquists, Scalias, Thomases and, alas, Alitos and Robertses who define and dominate modern jurisprudence. It also exalts the work of corporate law firms that wield awesome power in the service of their wealthy clients. Law school is designed to prepare law students to accept and perpetuate these realities—not to challenge them. Therefore, NLGTX aims to encourage our members (and law students more generally) to think beyond the acceptable range of conventional options in aspirations for social change. Safety education information: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12fUinvM_ANr6yTdEgclocrtMpTm-GZY2YgUWpZgz3Xg/edit?usp=sharing
