Client Committees

There are three client committees. To learm more about the members and work of each committee, click on the links below.

Communications Committee
Training Committee
Membership Committee

Communications Committee

The Communications Committee is one of the committees of the Client Policy Group. The committee's purpose is to address the issues of communication among and with the client membership, the policy group and the association.

One of the committee's first recommendations to the policy group was the creation of a newsletter to be published jointly with the National Association of Client Advocates (NOCA). The Client Update is published three times per year. To view the current and past issues of the Client Update, please go to the Client Resource Center.

Committee Members

Jennifer Sommer, Bloomington, IN (Chair)
Eddie Ellis, Washington, DC
Donyetta Hamm, Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Logan, Oklahoma City, OK
Peggy Santos, Dorchester, MA

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Training Committee

The Training Committee is one of the committees of the Client Policy Group. The committee's purpose is to address the training opportunities and needs of the client membership.

NLADA offers training opportunities for clients and client advocates at its Annual Conferences. The training designed especially for clients is planned by a design committee that includes members of the Training Committee and others.

Committee Members

Eddie Ellis, Washington, DC (Chair)
Donyetta Hamm, Los Angeles, CA
Harry Johnson, Atlanta, GA

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Membership Committee

The Membership Committee is one of the committees of the Client Policy Group. The committee was established because of an expression of interest from the members in establishing a client section of NLADA. The committee was instrumental in achieving this objective, and in March 2001 the NLADA Board approved the creation of the Client Section. Now, the committee works to promote membership in the section and in NLADA.

Learn more about the benefits of NLADA membership.

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Committee Members

Cindy Borroto, Hialeah, FL
Peggy Santos, Dorchester, MA
Shaquella Butler, Lynn, MA

Benefits of Membership

NLADA is the nation's oldest and largest national nonprofit membership organization devoted to equal access to justice for the poor. Since 1911, it has offered its members a wide range of benefits and services aimed at helping them to achieve their primary mission: the provision of high quality, effective legal aid and indigent defense for the poor. Among them are:

• Advocacy
• NLADA Insurance Program
• Training and Conferences
• Annual Conference
• Technical Support and Capacity Building vPublications
• Member Sections
• Member Discounts

Individual Client Member - $20
If you have used the services of a civil legal aid or indigent defense office, you are entitled to join NLADA at the special rate of $20 for Client Membership. Client Members receive the full range of benefits and services available to all NLADA members.

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