Advancement Project, Center for Constitutional Rights, Advancement Project, Law 4 Black Lives, Movement Law Lab, Movement 4 Black Lives, Women's March, among other organizations are issuing a call to action. We anticipate a variety of mobilizations, protests, and mass actions at the local, state and national levels. We need trusted legal volunteers to assist grassroots organizing groups seeking to take collective action. The right to vote and to protest are both key functions of our democracy that are essential to movements for racial and social justice. Protecting the ability of everyday people to engage in democratic processes is crucial in a period marked by rising authoritarianism and increased election sabotage, voter repression, protest repression, criminalization, on-going police and political violence.
We urgently need legal volunteers across the country to support organizations planning mobilizations or other activities by providing:
pre-mobilization legal consultation and advice;
know your rights information and trainings;
assistance navigating law enforcement interactions at the polls or protests;
rapid response legal research; and/or
legal representation in criminal or civil rights proceedings
PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for progressive lawyers, legal workers, and law students who will respect the leadership of community and movement leaders, understand how to navigate the unique context of threats and repression due to race, immigration status, gender identity, sexuality, and gender, and have legal expertise in one or more of the above areas.
If you are interested in joining this urgent and historic effort, please sign up today. It’s all hands on deck in this challenging moment. Please sign up today to be available to support activists, organizers and protestors in your area.
CONTACT MOBILIZE@MOVEMENTLAWLAB.ORG WITH ANY QUESTIONS.