{"id":100894,"date":"2019-01-29T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T02:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namati.org\/?p=100894"},"modified":"2023-01-11T12:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:01:03","slug":"world-first-book-community-paralegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namati.org\/news-stories\/world-first-book-community-paralegals\/","title":{"rendered":"The World’s First Book on Community Paralegals","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am thrilled to share a new book with you: Community Paralegals and the Pursuit of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Community paralegals demystify law and empower people to advocate for themselves. They are at the heart of our movement for justice. But they have been largely ignored by scholars and writers.<\/p>\n

This book starts to fill that void. It\u2019s been a long time coming \u2014 it\u2019s the product of 8 years of research and writing by 14 authors across 6 countries: Indonesia, The Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.<\/p>\n

Each chapter is rich with vivid accounts of paralegals helping communities to take on injustice, from domestic violence to unlawful mining to denial of wages. From these stories emerges evidence of what works and how.<\/p>\n

The book explores questions like:<\/p>\n