Prerequisite: The course is designed for students who anticipate careers in government, public interest law, or movement lawyering. Enrollment is limited; students will be admitted by application based on a short statement of interest describing a problem facing a community they hope to work with in their legal careers and their prior experience (if any) with organizing.

Exam Type: No Exam

This workshop introduces law students to organizing as a leadership practice. Drawing on a variety of frameworks including those pioneered by Marshall Ganz and Jane McAlevey, students will learn how to build collective power using public narrative, relationship building, team-centered campaigns, and movement strategy. The course will link these practices with traditional legal tools, including litigation, legislative drafting, and regulatory advocacy.

The course is highly experiential. Through simulations and team projects, students will learn and practice crafting public narratives; building relationships among constituencies; structuring effective leadership teams, securing commitments from other people to work together toward a common purpose, and devising strategy to turn limited resources into power that can move decisionmakers. Students will also connect these skills to legal practice contexts.