Clearinghouse Review article on community lawyering
September 12, 2008 (posted by Mona Tawatao)In Race-Conscious Community Lawyering: Practicing Outside the Box, published in the July-August 2008 issue of Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, LSNC volunteer attorney (and former staff attorney) Tammi Wong discusses “community lawyering as a strategy to develop cultural competence between our client population and the systems with which our clients interact[.]“ The article sets forth the basic components of community lawyering practice, with an emphasis on pursuing advocacy from a client-driven framework using the Sacramento Hmong Mediation project as an example. The project is lead by Hmong community leaders and Sacramento judges and court staff who are seeking to create a bi-cultural family court mediation system. To read this article in its entirety, subscribe to Clearinghouse Review or order the individual article.