Portlanders will have the chance to go through one of 40 Protect Your Rights workshops next year, being run by the Northwest Constitutional Rights Center, thanks to the generosity of the Multnomah Bar Foundation.

The MBF, which has donated $5,000 for the classes, is a nonprofit started by lawyers in Multnomah County in 2005, aimed at increasing the public’s understanding of the legal system. The NWCRC, meanwhile, has worked hard over the last year to educate Portlanders about their rights.

“The Foundation’s support is instrumental to helping us educate the community about our civil and constitutional rights,” says Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the NWCRC. “And to achieve better working relationships with the police so we can curb racial profiling and improve civilian oversight of the police.”