Embedded practices: lawyers, clients, and social change

Article Abstract:

Political lawyering, previously based on the Legal Services Corp model, must move towards the concept of embedded practices, i.e, private, client-funded services rooted in the local community. Wisconsin area legal services programs such as the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging groups and battered women's services are examples of the client nonprofit approach to embedded practices, while Strickland & Caldwell is an example of the social justice law firm model. Embedded practice issues such as funding, diversity, community development, and nonlawyer participation are also discussed.

Practice, Legal assistance to the poor, United States. Legal Services Corp.

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Am I my client?: the role confusion of a lawyer activist

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A lesbian attorney tries to sort out her overlapping roles as a lawyer and as a gay activist, specifically analyzing her involvement in civil disobedience actions with other activists. After reviewing at the client-centered counseling approach, she decides that a clear line is needed between her work as a lawyer and those actively engaged in civil disobedience. She finds that she can only function fully and properly as an advocate and attorney when she maintains a degree of separation from those she is entrusted to defend.

Gays, Analysis, Political activists, Activists, Lesbians

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An aversion to clients: loving humanity and hating human beings

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Political lawyers must make poor clients and their communities the focus of their work and let go of their cynicism about their clients. Clients may not always be insightful, but political lawyers must nurture their involvement rather than simply working in a rarefied atmosphere in which clients are kept at a distance. Shunting clients aside is essentially an empty approach to activism. Lawyers can be realistic about clients while remaining actively and positively engaged with them as well.

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