Bring Legal Power to Communities Abroad
Empowered Legal Consultants travel abroad on 7-10 day trips to Honduras or Greece to facilitate legal clinics alongside local lawyers to empower community members to resolve legal cases.
Consulting Activities
Legal Clinics
Empowered Legal Consultants attend a legal clinic organized by lawyers for the community members with legal issues. Participants receive first-hand experience shadowing lawyers as they provide free legal consultations. Common cases range from marriage and divorce requests to domestic violence and child support.
Help Resolve Family Legal Cases
Consultants meet with families to gain trust and understanding of their legal challenges. Later, the consultants work with lawyers and families to gather all relevant information about the case that will assist the lawyer in resolving the legal issue. Consultants will prepare a workshop to present to the clients with recommendations from the lawyer about how to resolve the legal issue and the next steps within the legal process.
Educational Workshops
Consultants present educational workshops on topics related to legal rights and concepts. These workshops will be provided to both adults and children.
Mooting and Mock-Up Case
Mooting provides consultants with hands-on experience to better understand the subtle intricacies of complex legal issues and enhance their critical thinking, analysis, and advocacy building. Consultants are able to work alongside student lawyers in preparation and delivery of the moot. In Greece, participants learn about the ins and outs of an asylum case application or family reunification case through a mock-up case with experts from the Greek Council for Refugees.
Institutional and other NGO Visits
In Honduras, Empowered Consultants have the opportunity to visit three institutions: a local university in Tegucigalpa, a local municipality and the Supreme Court. Each visit provides a more in-depth look at how international governance and legal operations interact and an opportunity to exchange best practices with law students and country officials.
In Greece, consultants get a deep understanding of how other NGOs in the field support Asylum Seekers and Refugees in their legal claims and efforts for integration.
