NLADA offers training opportunities for clients and client advocates as part of its Annual Conference. The client-focused training is developed by a design team that includes clients, members of the Training Committee and others.

Annual Conference 2005

Client Track - Community Based Justice: Partnerships, Collaborations, & Leadership

Client centered, community based advocacy is critical to the effective delivery of indigent defense services and civil legal assistance. Program priorities, operations, and service delivery should be based on meeting client needs – as defined by the individual client and client community. The leadership development of clients, client board members, and community activists is an essential component of community-based justice. Meaningful collaborations and partnerships are essential to the development of legal service and defender services grounded in the communities served. These partnerships require program aid, advocates, boards of directors, and clients to view the client community as full and equal partners in achieving equal justice for all. The following are proposed topics: