Lawyering for liberation a toolbox for movement lawyers edited by Ameca Reali and Marbré Stahly-Butts

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reali, Ameca, 1983- editor.

Stahly-Butts, Marbre, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cause lawyers--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cause lawyers.

Public interest lawyers--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Public interest lawyers.

Lawyers--Political activity--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Lawyers.

Civil rights movements--United States.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Social movements--United States.

Social movements.

Black lives matter movement--United States.

Black lives matter movement.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California University of California Press [2026]

Summary:

This fiery manifesto provides a concrete action plan for legal professionals and activists advancing Black liberation and transformative social change. Revolutions happen in the streets, not in courtrooms. But in the struggle against systems increasingly designed to perpetuate inequality and benefit those in power, lawyers must do their part. As leaders from the acclaimed movement lawyering and advocacy organization Law for B.

Contents:

I: Making change : the what of movement lawyering

Revolutions happen in the streets not courtrooms

Beyond your mama's liberation movement : a grounding in our politics

This is a call-in (not a call-out)

II: Get in formation : the how of movement lawyering

We in these streets

Bringing movements into the courthouse

Frontline defenders for the revolution

Policymaking for radicals

Teaching the revolution

Contributors

Notes:

Print version of record

Other Format:

Print version Lawyering for liberation

ISBN:

9780520392380

0520392388

OCLC:

1535405637

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license