2019 NLADA Annual Conference-Innovative Justice

This session will provide practical tips and a list of considerations for any organization wanting its work to build the capacity and power of the client communities it serves. Organizations wanting to adopt a community lawyering model must provide adequate staff and program supports for the model to succeed. Organizations committed to community lawyering must make decisions about caseloads (to allow more time in the community), office hours (to allow for evening community meetings), closed-case requirements (to allow for long-term campaigns), staff (to expand organizing or community-relations capacity), and priority issue areas (to allow for community-driven agenda setting).