Legal Support Team Resources
Legal Support Teams are organised groups of activists, legal students, legal workers and lawyers who provide a range of activist legal support work before, during and after the action.
If any arrests are anticipated organise a Legal Support Team. If the action is small and involves only a few people, good activist legal support and back up is still essential. Organise a Legal Support Team well in advance if the action will be large.
The team can co-ordinate legal information, legal briefings and training, and also work on site to provide arrest support as people are getting arrested or police action is occurring.
A Legal Support Team may not be able to provide long-term legal representation for activists so a network of supportive lawyers is still important.
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