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17 Nw. U. J. Int'l Hum. Rts. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/jihr17 and id is 1 raw text is: Brandi M. Lupo Legal Rights, Real-World Consequences: The Ethics of Know Your Rights Efforts and Towards Improved Community Legal Education Brandi M. Lupo* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................... ............1..... I. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A LEGAL SERVICE ............... ................. 3 A. The Rise of Community Legal Education .............4.........4 B. Approaches to Community Legal Education........................... 6 II. LAWYERING WITH YOUR HANDS TIED ..................................9 A. Legal Information versus Legal Advice ............. ............... 10 B. Solicitation of Legal Work................................. 12 C. Adherence to Confidentiality Rules .......................... ..... 13 D. An Incomplete Program ................................. ...... 14 III. TOWARD AN IMPROVED KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. ............................. 16 A. Encourage Attendees to Actively Participate Even if Individual Questions are Not Permitted ............................. 16 B. Ensure Programming is Reality-Centric by Incorporating Real Life Events.............. ......................... ..... 19 C. Understand Participant Goals and Priorities ....................... 21 D. Examine Know Your Rights Program Outcomes ..................... 22 CONCLUSION .................................................. ..............23 INTRODUCTION Legal rights function differently for different people. This is simply another way of saying that even if people are equal on the books, they are not treated as such in society. The ability of a black man to assert his rights against an unlawful police search looks different from a white man's ability to do the same. 1 A migrant worker's ability to protect herself from labor exploitation differs from a * J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (2016) 1 Compare Voices of Liberty: Liberty-Minded Multi-Channel Network, Know Your Rights: Police Checkpoints, (Aug. 6, 2014), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-HX7ZVkWDc, (instructing viewers on their rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and featuring a series of predominantly white men resisting police offers' instructions) , with Sophie Jane Evans, Terrifying Moment Police Smashed a Car Window and Tasered Passenger During Routine Traffic Stop in Indiana, DAILYMAIL (Oct. 8, 2014, 9:03 PM), http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 2783809/Terrifying-moment-police-smashe-car-window-tasered-passenger-routine-traffic-stop- Indiana.html (featuring video of a police officer smashing a car widow and tasering the black passenger when the passenger did not give the officer a form of identification). 1 Vol. 17: 1 ]

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