National Legal Aid & Defender Association

Directory of Legal Aid and Defender Offices and Resources

Friday, November 20, 2009

2009 Annual Conference Program Book Now Available Online - check out the sessions, when they'll be held and who will lead us in "Justice In Times of Challenge and Change"!

Justice Department Official Burch Lists Anticrime Funding Priorities

NLADA to Honor Three Equal Justice Heroes at the NLADA Annual Conference

2009-2010 Directory of Legal Aid & Defender Offices and Resources Coming Soon! Advance Ordering Available Now.

Save the Date for the 2010 Appellate Defender Skills Training- January 21-24 in New Orleans, Louisiana

November 18 is Right Around the Corner! Join Hundreds of Your Legal Aid & Indigent Defense Colleagues at the 2009 NLADA Annual Conference!

President Obama Announces Five Nominees to the LSC Board

Attorney General Eric Holder Addresses ACCD; Outlines DOJ'S Five Steps For Improving Indigent Defense

NLADA Launches Funding Opportunities for Legal Aid (FOLA) Group Web Site

2009 Exemplar Dinner To Honor Michael Holston. Thanks To Our Sponsors!

President's Budget Recommends $435 Million for LSC and Elimination of Some Restrictions

House Passes Mortgage Reform Bill Including $35 Million for Legal Aid

Bipartisan National Right to Counsel Committee released report on Right to Counsel in the United States, "Justice Denied America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel"

Information and Resources About Law Firm Deferment Programs and How NLADA Members Can Participate

NLADA Applauds Senator Harkin's Introduction of Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009

NLADA's David Carroll Testifies at U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Quality of Indigent Defense in Michigan and Other States (Link to Video of Hearing Included)

NLADA Applauds Congress, President Obama for Passing and Signing into Law $40 million Increase in LSC Funding

View NLADA's Issues for the New Administration

NEW NLADA Update: November 10, 2009 (For Subscribers Only). In this issue read about: Senate Passes Commerce-Justice-Science Bill, Including $400 Million for LSC and Removal of Non-LSC Funds Restriction; LSC Board Visits New Jersey; Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services; Audit Committee Hears Report on New LSC Auditor; Operations & Regulations Committee Defers Most of Work to Next Meeting; Governance & Performance Review Committee Meets; LSC Board Meets on Halloween; Follow-up on HPRP Reporting Requirements; and NLADA Election Results Are In

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