This paper presents a perspective on advocacy and Advocate Counseling and its relationship to institutional racism. The Advocate Counseling Model is described as a vehicle for teaching citizens to act in an assertive and affirmative manner when confronted with public and private institutional problems, including institutional racism. Legal…

National surveys reveal that citizens of all age groups, from school age to adult, are ignorant about the law and its practical use in daily life. The advocate counseling model is an integrative approach combining the elements of legal research and therapeutic counseling in order to teach and guide individuals or groups with institutional problems…