The Community LAW Project complements SCLC's efforts to make legal assistance more accessible to isolated and underserved client groups. The Project recruits and trains members of disadvantaged and low-income communities to advocate for their neighborhoods. The Project allows the SCLC to collaborate with Seattle's disadvantaged and low-income community, and to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate legal assistance to individuals who often cannot acquire legal assistance through traditional channels.

Lay advocates are required to dedicate a minimum of ten hours per week to the Project and agree to a minimum six-month service term. Upon acceptance to the program, lay advocates go through a two-month training program that involves the following:

1) Lay advocates shadow SCLC staff persons to get hands on experience and exposure in legal advocacy.