Open to Filipino lawyers, paralegals, law students, and allied advocates committed to public-interest legal work. What we ask is time, care, and a willingness to publish your work openly.
Every brief, comment, and publication carries your byline. Build a public portfolio of meaningful public-interest legal work.
Senior counsel pair with junior members on every working group. Quarterly clinics, peer review, and structured feedback on writing.
142 members across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Working groups, regional convenings, and a quarterly bench-wide gathering.
Members-only access to working drafts, internal research memos, citation databases, and the LGP template library.
Active members of the bar or accredited paralegals working in any practice area.
Currently enrolled in an accredited PH law school, 1L through 4L. The intake cohort runs each semester.
Researchers, journalists, technologists, organizers, and policy professionals who support public-interest legal work.
Tell us about your background, areas of interest, and time you can commit. Takes ~7 minutes.
A 20-minute call with a Membership & Community team member to discuss working group fit.
Approved members onboard with the current quarterly cohort. First working group within two weeks.
Yes, membership is free and always will be. We don't accept government, corporate, or political party funding, and we don't charge fees. The organization is supported by volunteer time and small individual donations.
The "catch" — if it is one — is that we ask members to publish their work openly. If you join a working group, expect to put your name on briefs and explainers. We don't have a paywall on advocacy.
The minimum commitment is roughly 4 hours per month — enough to participate in one working group meeting and contribute to a small piece of work. Active members typically commit 8–12 hours per month.
You set the pace. We don't expect anyone to put public-interest work above their day job or studies.
Yes — the Student track is one of our three intake categories and our largest by membership. Roughly 40% of LGP members are currently in law school. Each student is paired with a senior member as mentor.
Yes. The Allied Advocate track is open to researchers, journalists, technologists, policy professionals, organizers, and anyone whose work intersects with the legal-public interest space.
Several of our most-cited publications were co-authored with technologists and journalists. Plain-language explainers especially benefit from non-lawyer perspectives.
We have active working groups in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao, with members in 12 cities across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Most work happens remotely — there's no requirement to attend in-person meetings to participate.
Applications are reviewed monthly. If your background fits a current working group, the Membership & Community team will reach out for a brief 20-minute intro call to discuss fit. Approved members onboard with the current quarterly cohort.
End-to-end, the process takes 2–6 weeks depending on cohort timing.