This workshop was put together by CLAC's Legal Self-Defense Committee. This committee provides support and self-training for activists living with judicial repression. You can visit this section of the website or contact us if you need help.
Legal self-defense means defending yourself in court without a lawyer. It's also a way of collectively taking charge of legal risks, and minimizing the psychological and economic consequences of a legal process. The better equipped we are to defend ourselves collectively, the better we can manage risk and survive criminalization, with a view to continuing our activism for a long time to come.
This workshop can also be useful if you choose to defend yourself with a lawyer, because it's important to understand what happens during your trial. The lawyer won't necessarily explain everything to you.
Workshop Plan :
- Presentation
- What to do if you get arrested
- Contesting a ticket
- Basis of the judicial process
- Self Defense : is it a good idea ?
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WARNING
As the members of the CLAC Legal Self-Defense Committee who organized this workshop are neither lawyers nor members of the Quebec Bar, the advices, informations and reflections contained in this workshop are in no way professional legal opinions. They are intended as general information, based on our personal and collective research and experience of the repressive state and its judicial circus.
If you are interested in receiving this workshop, contact us by email for details!