Creative Advocacy Outside of the Courtroom
$59
Credits in
1.00 General
Practice Areas:
Business & Professional Development, Election, Campaign, & Political, Ethics, Litigation, Other, Paralegal, Trial
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About
This Course
While attorneys play a vital role in advocating for clients inside the courtroom, there are countless ways to drive change beyond it. Lawyers who understand how to use their advocacy skills outside traditional legal settings through strategic communication, compelling storytelling, community collaboration, and media engagement can shape public discourse, influence policymakers, and help shift cultural narratives. These tools are essential for advancing social justice and creating lasting systemic change for their clients and beyond.
In this session, attorneys will explore how to expand their impact by mastering the core elements of advocacy beyond litigation. Topics include effective messaging, campaign strategies, collaboration with community partners, and the power of narrative to engage broader audiences and serve their clients and the public.
This session is designed for legal professionals who provide direct representation and are ready to become more effective advocates in the public sphere. Whether you are early in your legal career or a seasoned practitioner, this course offers practical insights for using your voice and platform to help drive the change you want to see.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of engaging in systemic advocacy outside of court.
- Explore the various methods of advocacy you can pursue both inside and outside the courtroom and the office.
- Identify systemic advocacy initiatives through collaboration with communities impacted by your work.
- Discover how intentional language and advocacy storytelling can be powerful tools for advocating.
- Use expertise, experiences, and other methods to craft consistent and coordinated messaging.
Production Date: 12/7/2024 | Closed captioning (CC) available
About the Presenters
Alexzandria Poole, Esq.
Zealous
Practice Area: Non-Profit (+ 2 other areas)
As Director of Defender Initiatives at Zealous, Alexz serves as the point-person for public defender offices in which Zealous is working nationwide, trains defenders and their allies on non-traditional systemic advocacy tools, and supports advocacy campaigns in collaboration with communities impacted. She jointly develops and supervises law school clinical projects, co-develops and co-teaches law school curriculum for law schools throughout the country and is Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School.Prior to her work at Zealous, Alexz spent her legal career serving as a public defender in New York City and Detroit. In addition to being a ...
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Asia Johnson
Zealous
Practice Area: Other
Asia Johnson is a writer, storyteller, and filmmaker who has worked with several organizations in the criminal justice reform space, including The Bail Project, cut50, Shakespeare in Prison, Prison Creative Arts Program, Hamtramck Free School, and the Michigan Prison Doula Initiative. Asia is a 2019 Right of Return Fellow, 2019 Room Project Fellow, 2021 Brennan Center for Justice Fellow, 2022 Art for Justice grantee, and a 2022 Highland Leader. Her Chapbook, An Exorcism, was released in 2018 and her directorial debut, Out of Place, was released in 2022.Asia studied at University of Michigan-Dearborn and is the Manager of Storytelling and ...
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Crystal Maloney, Esq.
Zealous
Practice Area: Civil Rights (+ 2 other areas)
Crystal Maloney is a movement lawyer and Managing Director at Zealous. She co-developed the first national training for public defenders moving their advocacy outside of court and continues to develop and teach this curriculum with Zealous. Crystal leads Zealous’s multidisciplinary advocacy work across the country with attorneys, advocates, artists, and people directly impacted by the criminal legal system to achieve transformative policy changes.Crystal previously worked as the Coordinator of Media Advocacy at Brooklyn Defender Services and Social Media Editor at The Appeal. In Oregon, she has worked on indigent defense cases and provided legal support to protestors. Crystal is on ...
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