Creative Advocacy Outside of the Courtroom

Despite providing direct representation as attorneys by advocating in the courtroom, there are countless opportunities for advocacy outside the courtroom. Lawyers who know how to harness their advocacy skills beyond the courtroom – using powerful language and messaging strategies, reaching new audiences, collaborating effectively with communities, and leveraging media and storytelling – can critically influence the thinking of policymakers, social influencers, and public opinion. These are powerful levers to drive social justice change.

Attorneys will learn ways to expand their advocacy and become more effective change agents through the fundamentals of communication, language, collaboration, campaigns, storytelling, and messaging.

This session is geared towards legal professionals providing direct representation who are looking to collaborate with communities as an advocate outside of the courtroom and drive systemic change around issues they care about.

This course is designed for attorneys with any amount of experience.

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