RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
Toolkit: Scaling Up HIV-Related Legal Services
These costs may include: • Recruitment costs; • Professional insurance; • Costs to maintain registration as a practising lawyer; • Professional development costs, such as the training, production and distribution of staff training manual and other resources, membership of law societies and attendance at conferences and seminars. 5. Costs of case management: negotiation, alternative dispute resolution and use of traditional systems
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6. Costs of case management: litigation
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How many disputes per year will the service aim to resolve through negotiation and alternative dispute resolution? On average, how many hours of a lawyer’s or paralegal’s time per case will this require? Will these be staff lawyers and paralegals, volunteers or contractors? If they are contractors, what hourly rates do they charge? Will the service be managing cases that are taken to court? How many court cases per year will the service aim to manage? How many days per year will be required for preparation and attending court? In which courts are these cases likely to be litigated? Are there any special costs involved in taking cases to these courts, for example court filing fees, appeal filing costs, expert witness costs, medical report fees? Will representation in these courts be provided by the legal staff of the legal service, or will expert lawyers need to be contracted to conduct court advocacy? If expert lawyers are required, what are the standard rates? If the case is won, will the client’s legal costs be paid by the other side? It is important to explain legal costs to funders, who may be unfamiliar with the unique costs associated with litigation.
7. Costs of case management: wills and legal drafting relating to non-contentious matters
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8. Costs of outreach (to prisons, hospitals, sex work sites, etc.)
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Will the service include the drafting of wills and other documents relating to decision-making and the management of financial and medical affairs? How many wills and other legal documents per year will the service aim to draft? On average, how many hours of a lawyer’s or paralegal’s time per case will this require? Will the work be done by staff lawyers and paralegals, volunteer lawyers, volunteer paralegals, students or contractors? If they are contractors, what rates do they charge? To which community sites will outreach advice services be provided? How often will the outreach services occur? On average, how many hours of a lawyer’s or paralegal’s time will this require?