NOVANEWS
• Provide criminal representation (Missouri admitted or pro hac vice required)
• Investigate/file civil rights/constitutional claims
• Conduct jail visits (bar license required)
• Legal observing and training legal observers
• Help coordinate legal volunteers
• Help design mass arrest defense strategiesLegal workers/Law students to:
• Legal representation support
• Legal observing and training legal observers
• Help coordinate legal volunteers
• Help design mass arrest defense strategies
All people of conscience to:
• Donate to the legal support fund at secure.piryx.com/donate/mS25KFCe/MORE/mikebrown.
(Proceeds go towards bail, court costs and legal supplies.)
• Stay informed on developments in Ferguson/St. Louis
• Spread the word about our legal call to action. PLEASE FORWARD THIS CALL WIDELY
There will be TRAINING for all legal advocates who volunteer to come to Ferguson. You will not be asked to figure out how to support the local movements on your own! You will be supported by the FLDC to navigate the local context and find the best way to utilize your skills to support the movement in Ferguson. After you fill out this form visit
PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for politically-conscious lawyers, legal workers and law students who will respect the leadership of local activists/organizers and who are willing to think creatively and collectively about how the law can be used to support the Ferguson movement. We are also looking for lawyers who understand that the vigorous representation of activists includes respecting their client’s political choices and strategies. Finally, as the death of Mike Brown has exposed an enduring fault-line in our country around race, we call for legal advocates who have a deep commitment and solid track-record of implementing an anti-racist practice throughout their legal work. Legal advocates of color, women, and LGTBQ folks are especially encouraged to volunteer.
This is a pivotal and historic moment. Success (or failure) will have a dramatic effect on police abuse, racial profiling and mass incarceration across the country. We invite you to step up and help the people of Ferguson/St.Louis.
In solidarity,
Ferguson Legal Defense Committee
fergusonlegaldefense@gmail.com
Endorsing Organizations:
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union–Missouri
Arch City Defenders
Bronx Defenders
Center for Constitutional Rights
Community Justice Project – Florida Legal Services
Don’t Shoot Coalition
Latinos En Axión STL
Millennial Activists United
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE)
National Lawyers Guild – St. Louis
National Lawyers Guild
National Police Accountability Project
Organization for Black Struggle