Michael Ratner is a past President of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and taught at Columbia and Yale law schools.
In this video, Ratner describes how he became introduced to the Guild while attending Columbia Law school (where he would revive the NLG student chapter), and how the Guild inspired him to litigate politically, not just legally.
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