Tag: social justice lawyering
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Margaret Reuter, Stephen A Rosenbaum & Danielle Pelfrey Duryea, “Attorney as Accompagnateur: Resilient Lawyering When Victory is Uncertain or Nearly Impossible”
This article addresses the difficult consequences of social justice lawyering, including when even a “win” for a client still leaves clients in the same unjust situations and systems they began with. They propose that the role of “Accompagnateur” can be helpful – which resituates the lawyer’s role as accompanying the client (meaning: “stand beside, stand…