2. Understanding Legal and Legislative Advocacy

Goals:

• To introduce participants to Legal and Legislative Advocacy
• To be able to develop an Action Plan that incorporates the legal process

Rationale:
Participants need to familiarize themselves with the legal system, both as a system of change and as an effective support toward self-advocacy. Legal and Legislative Advocacy requires commitment and perseverance on the part of many.

Tools:
Flipchart, markers, pens, and paper.

Method
Warm Up:
It might be useful to recap on information provided at the beginning of the Workshop (Section Two: Module One) concerning the definitions of Legal and Legislative forms of Advocacy.

Legal Advocacy . . .
Includes the use of attorneys and the court system to establish or protect the legal rights of all persons.