Admirers of North Korea, at a law school near you

That Kim Jong Il regime, so misunderstood — if the poor dears misbehave, it’s only because the evil United States drove them to it. That’s the gist of a new report (PDF) from the National Lawyers Guild’s “Delegation to the Democratic Peoples Republic Of Korea“. The NLG, which we last discussed Apr. 27, 2000 in […]

That Kim Jong Il regime, so misunderstood — if the poor dears misbehave, it’s only because the evil United States drove them to it. That’s the gist of a new report (PDF) from the National Lawyers Guild’s “Delegation to the Democratic Peoples Republic Of Korea“. The NLG, which we last discussed Apr. 27, 2000 in connection with its similar views of Castro’s Cuba, is an Old Left remnant which no longer has much visibility (if it ever did) in the world of actual law practice. But it’s surprisingly well organized at law schools, as witness its directory of student chapters and contacts, which lists nearly 100 campuses. FrontPage magazine has run caustic coverage of the group and its latest venture: Shawn Macomber, “North Korean Lawyers Guild”, Apr. 22; Jesse Rigsby, “NLG: The Legal Fifth Column”, Apr. 25, 2003 (also mentions dissension within the group’s ranks). Newmark’s Door, CrosBlog and Milt Rosenberg (scroll) comment.

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