Sustainable Economies Law Center Employee Directory
Legal ServicesCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Sustainable Economies Law Center is a legal services organization focused on the evolving framework of the new economy. It educates communities and individuals about the possibilities and limits of innovative economic structures and advocates for laws that enable more sustainable local development. The center provides education, research, advice, and advocacy to support a transition toward localized, resilient economies, with work centered on justice- and sharing-oriented practices such as cooperatives, community currencies, community enterprises, local investing, cohousing, and urban agriculture. It serves communities and individuals pursuing locally grounded economic solutions, including grassroots initiatives and mutual aid groups. Based in Oakland, California, it operates as a small organization within the legal services sector. In recent years, it has pursued programs for grassroots economic regeneration as a replicable nationwide model, including collaborations with crisis-response mutual aid groups in California.