The Legal Network for Gender Equity and TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund hosted a webinar, “Legal Empowerment in Practice: A strategy for fostering client engagement, agency, and self-advocacy skills in legal representation and consultations” on November 12, 2024.     

This interactive webinar, tailored specifically for Legal Network attorneys by the Right Question Institute, included strategies and tools to: 

  • Help individuals seeking legal help feel more empowered to ask questions and participate in decisions during their initial legal consultations;  
  • Build clients’ ability to advocate for themselves, navigate the legal system, and understand legal protections available to them; and  
  • Provide client-centered services and partner with clients to achieve clients’ goals.  

Speakers:     

  • Naomi Campbell(she/her), Director of the Legal Empowerment Program, Right Question Institute  
  • Luz Santana(she/her), Co-founder, Right Question Institute 
  • Lizzy Vogel (she/her), Senior Counsel, Legal Network for Gender Equity & TIMES UP Legal Defense Fund, National Women’s Law Center (Moderator) 

Copies of the slides are available for download on this page.