About Us

Our city. Our rights.Our future.

Make NYC the most legally empowered city in the world. That’s our mission. Through podcasts, music, workshops, and practical resources, we bring the law into everyday life and put legal knowledge in the hands of our communities.Make NYC the most legally empowered city in the world. We bring the law into everyday life through culture.

Our mission

Legal knowledge
is community power.

Make NYC the most legally empowered city in the world.

The law shapes where we live, how we work, and what happens when we encounter the justice system. Understanding it should be within everyone’s reach.

Attorneys with Swag is a New York City–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit making legal knowledge accessible, engaging, and useful—especially for communities that have been underserved, overpoliced, and left out of traditional legal education.

We bring lawyers, creatives, and community voices together through plain language, lived experience, music, and storytelling.

You shouldn’t have to wait for a crisis to start learning your rights.

Understandable. Clear language. Honest questions. Room to learn.

Connected to culture. Humor, storytelling, and experiences people recognize.

Useful in everyday life. Better questions, clearer options, and places to turn.

The mission in motion

Find your way into the law.

A conversation. A song. A place to find answers.
Different ways to build the same power.

Attorneys and guests in conversation in the AWS studio

Attorneys with Swag

Start with a real conversation.

Our flagship podcast brings attorneys, advocates, and community voices together to explain the law through lived experience. Conversations about housing, family, and criminal justice make complex systems easier to understand.

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Meet The Jury’s Out

The Jury’s Out extends the conversation to the unwritten rules of work, culture, and opportunity.

The Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor

The Learning Center

Keep building the knowledge.

The Learning Center connects substantive conversations with structured study and written resources. Our developing CLE program extends the mission into professional learning, helping attorneys build knowledge that serves their communities.

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CLE offerings are in development. Course pages identify their current approval and credit status.

Our vision

A city that knows its rights.
And knows where to turn.

Knowledge that moves through families and neighborhoods, helping people face important decisions with greater confidence.

Four guests gathered at the AWS trailer premiere — Community is at the center of the work.

What success looks like

Knowledge before the crisis.: Recognizing the legal questions in everyday life before a notice, dispute, or court date creates pressure.
Confidence to take the next step.: Asking informed questions, finding resources, and knowing when to seek professional help.
Understanding that travels.: A lesson brought home. A conversation shared with a friend. Knowledge that reaches beyond its first audience.

An AWS presenter leading a legal education seminar — Our educational work today

The long-term vision

A permanent home for legal empowerment.

We envision a physical hub in New York City for community learning, resource access, and content creation. A place to ask questions, exchange knowledge, and keep the conversation going in person.

Today’s programs and partnerships lay the groundwork for that future.

A legally empowered city takes all of us.Bring your expertise, creativity, or support to the work.

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Our city. Our rights.Our future.

Legal knowledge
is community power.