Promoting an expansive view of a legal aid lawyer’s role, Community Lawyering stresses the importance of thinking beyond litigation (while retaining litigation as a vital tool) in addressing the kinds of structural problems low-income communities face. Participants learn the multi-tactic tools of a successful advocacy campaign, including media and outreach skills, facilitative leadership, action research, targeted planning, and campaign feasibility. ‘Tales from the trenches’ enrich this learning experience, while effort is always made to tailor the training to different region’s particular concerns and needs. Similarly, Community Lawyering can be organized in conjunction with local community leaders, thus becoming a relationship building exercise in and of itself. Learn more about Community Lawyering in action through a recent experience in the Gulf Coast.
- How CLAE Courses Work
- - Administrative Hearing Skills
- Affirmative Litigation
- Basic Lawyering Skills
- Board Development
- Case Planning & Discovery
- Community Lawyering
- Community Legal Education
- Designing and Delivering Great Training
- Essential Skills for Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Negotiation Skills
- Supervision Skills
- Trial Skills
- Whole Client/Whole Advocate
- COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION
- Miscellaneous Resources
- Sample video