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Hyatt Regency, Colorado Convention Center
Denver, CO
November 18 - 21, 2009
Session and Affinity Group Proposals
are Now Being Accepted for the
2009 Annual Conference!
How to Submit Civil, Client and Board Proposal Information?
All Civil, Client, Board, and General session proposals must be submitted electronically no later than June 22, 2009. For detailed information and to submit your session proposal, please visit www.mynlada.org/2009annualconference.
How to Submit Defender Proposal Information?
For the 2009 Annual Conference, NLADA will use a new simplified process to determine the topics of Defender sessions during the conference, and will not be requesting proposals for defender sessions.
Instead, we invite you to click here to provide feedback on the Defender topics, recommend presenters, and offer suggestions for additional topics.
Session Proposal Deadline: June 22, 2009.
Affinity Groups Planned for NLADA's 2009 Annual Conference
One of the best parts of any conference is meeting people just like you. The folks who have been in your shoes can share your pain -- and some solutions!
We want to make it easy for you to find those people. Affinity Group Meetings will be organized on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Join a group to tackle a particular problem, or simply get together to network. What you do is up to you!
We have 2 sessions of Affinity Group Meetings planned for November 19th:
- Affinity Groups I (12:30- 1:30 pm)
- Affinity Groups II (5:00 - 6:00 pm)
What is an Affinity Group?
By definition, it's a group of people with a common interest or identity. Examples of Affinity Groups could include people struggling and succeeding with caseload and budget issues, people working in foreclosures and homelessness, or people who are from a similar geographic region.
Who can organize an Affinity Group meeting?
Anyone can organize a meeting, and you don't have lead or participate. We do have a few caveats, however:
1. Affinity Group Meetings must be for non-commercial purposes.
2. Affinity Groups meetings can not overlap with conference sessions or events.
3. Affinity Group meeting space will be allocated at NLADA's discretion
How are topics and Affinity Group Session leaders decided?
Anyone can lead, organize, or offer suggestions for topics. If you are interested, please share your suggestions concerning potential topics, including whether you have an interest in being an AG leader, via e-mail to Stephanie Griffith, stephanie@nlada.org.
Affinity Group Proposal Deadline: July 17, 2009.
NLADA's Annual Conference is the leading national training event of the year for the civil legal aid,
indigent defense and public interest law communities. The goal of this national gathering is to offer
advocates the latest knowledge and professional skills to enable them to creatively and effectively
meet the legal needs of low-income people.
The conference also provides equal justice advocates with
opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues from across the country and to fulfill continuing
legal education requirements. This year's conference will focus particular attention on developing strategies
where civil legal services and defenders can join together to make equal justice a reality in this nation.
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