Two-in-a-box: Why we do it

The purpose of the two-in-a-box model is to teach in real-time, by enabling an attorney with expertise in First Amendment and media law to train a lawyer willing to learn alongside them. This allows the pair to work together as they provide guidance to the journalist client. Our model is predicated on the requirement that the attorney being trained, regardless of prior training or skills, has taken relevant modules of the in-depth training we developed with our partners.

Benefits

We know that foundational training is necessary but often not sufficient. This approach allows attorneys to build on their training by watching from the best and enables us to optimize enlisting and engaging the most attorneys the most quickly; at a time when there is a dearth of attorneys able to help journalists in need. As ProJourn’s mission seeks to narrow the gap between the demand for attorneys trained to support journalists and the supply of those able to do this work, our model underscores this goal.

The evolution of the two-in-a-box model

We started ProJourn with our two-in-a-box model focused on in-house counsel being trained by law firm attorneys with expertise in First Amendment and media law. Our success in that paradigm led us to extend it to other models where a law firm attorney with such expertise trains a law firm attorney seeking to learn. We strive to apply this model wherever immediate training is needed to increase the bench of available attorneys with the practical skills needed to support journalists.