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Specific yet diverse trainings from NLADA inform, inspire, and empower a wide range of professionals to carry the torch of equal justice in communities nationwide. They provide opportunities for professional and leadership development, for developing substantive legal practice, for skills building, and for obtaining CLE credit. NLADA excels at offering innovative, interactive, faculty-intensive training programs and conferences.

Conferences

Nov
04
2026 NLADA Annual Conference - Request for Proposals

The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) invites proposals for sessions at the 2026 NLADA Annual Conference, the national convening of public defenders, civil legal aid practitioners, and client and community advocates from across the country.

Webinars

NLADA hosts webinars that strengthen the work of the civil legal aid and public defender communities.

NLADA records the webinars we host so that people from across our community can take advantage of the ideas and expertise those sessions offer. Most be watched, along with other videos, on our YouTube channel; the sessions on budget advocacy organized in collaboration with American University are hosted on its site.

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Apr
07
Free Ethics Webinar! “Not Their Tools, Not Their Rules: An Ethical AI Selection Toolkit”

This program equips public defenders, civil legal aid attorneys, and legal services decision makers with practical strategies for navigating the ethical considerations involved in using AI-powered tools in client-centered legal practice.

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