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Legal Support Training
Activist legal support is more important than ever and a dedicated team within the activist group who plan, organise and coordinate legal support builds resilience and helps us to stay active when the police take action. This includes speaking with / advising and seeking regular confidential advice from lawyers about actions that are planned, what are the potential charges, whose jurisdiction a particular site is and what are the possible penalties. Below is a list of resources that may be useful in training for activist legal support approaches and strategies.
What is this thing called Activist Legal Support?
Many people these days equate Legal Observing with “legal support” partly due to the relatively high visibility and profile of Legal Observing, particularly in Victoria – Legal Observers stand out whilst back-end legal support training / arrest support / court support is far less visible to anyone and therefore less understood. Read our post explaining the importance of legal support.
Activist Legal Support Manual
A comprehensive guide to help activists, campaign organisers, lawyers and legal workers provide effective activist Legal Support. Published by Fitzroy Legal Service.
Before a protest: planning legal support
Skilling up and planning can give people realistic expectations of what can happen at a protest event. It can help people to make more informed choices about how they want to be involved. Activist Rights has published a number of guides and templates, including arrest-watch forms, to help activists develop legal support strategies.
Melbourne Activist Legal Support training
We run periodic training workshops for activists and community campaigners to understand the bigger picture of activist legal support. These workshops help activist organisers understand why activist legal support is important as part of your overall campaign or action strategy: Keep up to date here.
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