Legal Workbook 1: Pre-Action
Book 1 Pre-Action legal workbook
PLAN has put together a workbook to help you organize your thoughts shape clear goals to increase the success of your action while minimizing harm. (Get a copy imposed for printing here)
Workbook 2: Action Concurrent
Book 2 Action concurrent legal workbook
PLAN has put together a workbook to help you organize your crew for success during your action while minimizing harm. (Get a copy imposed for printing here)
Check out the links below for further resources:
Line 3 Legal Defense Fund - Helping with limited financial support for some line 3 defendants.
Minnesota Uprising Arrestee Support - Resources and trainings for protest related charges
Minnesota Freedom Fund - Paying bail for low income folks in Minnesota
Civil Liberties Defense Center - Has great resources for activists and organizations in all phases of criminal and civil legal matters.
National Lawyers Guild - Has lists of lawyers that may be willing to provide representation. The NLG has a Minnesota Chapter and also runs a Legal Observer program that can show up, support, or train your crew.
Protect The Protest - Offers support and education around Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), a type of civil suit often filed against activist organizations.
Midnight Special Law Collective, The Water Protector Legal Collective, The Mutant Legal Collective - Are current and former organizations working to support activists and water protectors.
The Grand Jury Resistance Project - Is a great place to start learning about grand juries.
The Tilted Scales Collective’s Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant is the new gold standard for politically minded defendants
NYC Anarchist Black Cross and The Jericho Movement to learn about our shared movement political prisoners and prisoners of war.