Law resource centre
Using the law for social change: a 101 guide
of using the law – and some the key concepts
and questions you may encounter.
Further reading
More useful information, examples and advice on using the law.
What’s possible?
Using legal expertise to inform or persuade
Equipping people to make their own change
Challenging and enforcing the law
Costs
What is pro-bono?
Sources of funding
Law as part of your campaign strategy: Shelter Case Study
Read our blogs about using law for social change
Messing with the ‘constitutional plumbing’: law, politics & implications for civil society
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Does your campaign need some legal fireworks?
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Using the law for social change: is it in your toolkit?
Don’t dismiss using the law in your campaigning and change-making before you understand it better As the Supreme Court deliberates the lawfulness of prorogation, it seems an appropriate time to ask ‘what is our justice system for and is civil society using it well?’...
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