Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal, also known as Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligan (abbreviated as SALIGAN),[1] is a non-governmental legal organization based in Ateneo de Manila University in Diliman, Quezon City.
Founded in 1987, it works with women, farmers, workers, the urban poor, the indigenous peoples and local communities, and marginalized sector.
Vice President Leni Robredo[2] is best known as the coordinator of the non-government organization in Naga City, especially in her winning case for the Sumilao Farmers of Bukidnon.
[4][5] As a non-government organization working for the marginalized sector, SALIGAN seeks to effect societal change by working towards the empowerment of women, basic sectors, and local communities through the creative use of the law and legal resources.
Being an advocacy-based law firm, SALIGAN includes legal literacy or alternative legal education, paralegal formation, litigation support, policy work, and research and publication, as its flagship services.