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Navigating the Policy Process: A Legal Approach to Legislative Advocacy

SKU: SKL2100

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Corporations, public interest groups, governmental entities and other clients frequently seek advice on legislative matters. Lawyers need to know how to access and communicate legislative information. Lawyers should be knowledgeable about legislative processes and trained in effective advocacy techniques in order to competently present legislative matters to policy makers.

This CLE course is designed to provide practicing attorneys strategies for collecting, analyzing, assimilating and delivering pertinent legislative information, and develop advocacy strategies. Participants will gain knowledge in how to analyze, investigate and research specific legislative initiatives at the local, state and federal levels.

Lecturer Bio

William Kling

William C. Kling, JD is an attorney, policy consultant, and professor. He has practiced law for over 35 years with an emphasis on all aspects of local governmental, land use, zoning, environmental, and non-profit law. His policy practice has included drafting and advocating for legislative change at the local, regional, state and federal level. He has also taught courses in law, policy and leadership for 30 years.

His action-oriented, practical, collaborative, and common-sense approach has given him the skills to represent a myriad of clients in the courtroom, boardroom and legislative chambers. He has worked in preeminent law firms in Chicago, as well as serving as General Counsel for a well-known community college. His law and policy focus has given him the opportunity to work with several clients on community capacity building, economic development and systems change.

Currently, he has an appointment as the Assistant Director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University in Chicago. His law and policy clients have included municipalities, school districts, community colleges, nonprofits and minority-owned businesses. He has contributed to major innovations in Chicago and Illinois, including initiatives involving vertical farming, cannabis, water resource management, housing, food systems, education, workforce development, and community and economic development. He is well-known for his work in African American and Latino communities. Over the years, he has served on a wide variety of nonprofit boards.

Attorneys may earn all 15 Arizona CLE credits from the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education. All our course formats satisfy the State Bar of Arizona Regulations “Interactive CLE” definition. To view our full accreditation details, please .

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Navigating the Policy Process: A Legal Approach to Legislative Advocacy

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William Kling

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