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Rule of Law Tour 2002

Media Advocacy Workshops
Dates and Locations: April 15 to 16, 2002 at the Public Defenders Office, and April 17 to 18, 2002 at the University of Alberto Huratado, Santiago, Chile

The media advocacy module consisted of a two two-day program, which combined lectures and practice aimed at improving the ability of participants to effectively use the media to advocate for legal reform and judicial innovation. Our first media advocacy session took place on Monday, April 15 and Tuesday, April 16, 2002 with some eighteen public defenders at the National Public Defenders office. The second media advocacy session took place on Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19, 2002 at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado. The participants in the second training session came from regional prosecutors offices (Ministerio Público) and the Ministry of Justice.

Working with ACCESO faculty (Lilia Velasquez, Carlos Gonzales and Andrew Muroff) and local journalists (Alvaro Salinas and others), participants learned how to work with editors and reporters, develop stories, and conduct interviews and press conferences with a view to bringing the media into the reform process. By providing such specialized education to legal professionals, more information can be provided to the public at large. As a consequence, there will be increased public support for the judicial reform that is now underway.

Learning from our instructors’ experiences and through a novel learning-by-doing methodology, ACCESO participants created public service announcements -with a view to educating the public about the importance of justice and the legal method by which to seek it. The workshop included an exploration of the professional responsibility of attorneys and judges when using the media. A rather robust dialogue ensued.

Media Advocacy Workshop
Dates: August 26, 2002, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Tijuana, BC
This one day workshop will be held in Tijuana, México. The instructors will include Carlos Gonzales, Lilia Velásquez and Andrew Muroff.

Oral Advocacy Course (Basic)
Dates: September 23 - 28, 2002
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
This week long course will launch the ACCESO's new oral advocacy work book. Instructors will include Lilia Velásquez, Michael Mandig, Thiedyl Lucienne Arias Chaves, Federico Campos Calderón, and Ricardo Gonzalez.

Oral Advocacy Course
Dates: September 23 to October 4, 2002
Location: Santiago de Chile
Two oral advocacy courses (basic) for public defenders will be facilitated by instructors Maxwell Gould, Laura Safer-Espinoza, Carmen Ormeño Sepúlveda, Michael Mandig, Claudio Pavlic, Georgy Schubert and José Martinez.

Legal Design Workshop
Fecha: November 13, 2002, 7:00 p.m.
Lugar: CECUT, Tijuana, BC, México
The launch of these regional Law + Tec workshops occurs in Tijuana, Baja California. The film Adventuras del Estado de Derecho will have its Mexican premiere and a roundtable discussion will follow.