What influences the litigation agendas of LGBTQ legal impact organizations in the United States? These organizations are at the forefront of bringing rights claims before the courts, but capacity and resource limitations mean that they cannot litigate every issue important to their constituency. Drawing on dozens of interviews with movement actors and organizational documents, I find that the formation of litigation agendas in LGBTQ legal impact organizations resembles the dynamic models of policy agenda setting, with cause lawyers influenced by a confluence of commonly reoccurring elements of unequal influence. However, one element stood out in influencing litigation choices, above even donor and funding concerns: lawyer autonomy and individual preferences. My findings suggest greater agency of individual cause lawyers and contribute to our understanding of the relationship between legal organizations and social movements.

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了解法律影响力组织的诉讼优先事项

是什么影响了美国 LGBTQ 法律影响组织的诉讼议程？这些组织处于向法院提出权利主张的最前沿，但能力和资源限制意味着它们无法就对其选民重要的所有问题提起诉讼。根据对运动参与者和组织文件的数十次采访，我发现 LGBTQ 法律影响组织中诉讼议程的形成类似于政策议程设定的动态模型，事业律师受到经常重复出现的不平等影响因素的影响。然而，有一个因素在影响诉讼选择方面表现突出，甚至超越了捐助者和资金问题：律师自主权和个人偏好。