As offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to new cities, protesters are bringing their message to a new space — the courts.

About 1,000 people affiliated with Occupy protests across the country have been arrested to date, said Carol Sobel, co-chairwoman of the National Lawyers Guild’s mass defense committee, which is coordinating legal defense efforts.

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