National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild
n. A lawyer's association founded in 1937, which states as its mission a dedication to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of the political and economic system, generally aligned with liberal and socially progressive causes.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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