Community toolkit for change
Explore resources designed to build knowledge and power of communities and movements fighting for justice
Resources for leveraging the courts
How can communities and movements use the courts for their causes and campaigns?
Systemic Justice has designed a series of resources to help answer this question and build the knowledge and power of communities and movements fighting for justice.
These free resources were created for groups and organisations exploring whether legal action could support their work, and who want to understand litigation on their own terms. Each tool reflects the priorities and lived experiences of the organisations, movements, and collectives we partner with.
You can access these resources below. We are committed to making all resources and tools accessible by design and making them available in multiple formats and languages.
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Strategic litigation: A guide for legal action
This guide takes you through the essential components of strategic litigation, what it is, and what it can do, both inside and outside of the courts. Through real world examples, the guide illustrates how communities can leverage the courts for change.
Words for justice: A glossary of essential legal terms
Legal terminology can often feel like a language of its own. This glossary aims to provide common definitions for a shared understanding of legal terminology and its meaning. Rather than a regular A-Z glossary, this resource is divided into sections, with each section looking at a specific aspect of the litigation process.
How can we use the courts: A conversation starter
This is a simple worksheet to help communities work through some of the baseline questions that come up when deciding if and how litigation can play a role in their campaigns for change, and what the opportunities and risks to consider may be.
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