Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2020 Virtual NLADA Annual Conference
With the ongoing crisis that is the COVID-19 pandemic, we have maintained that the best course of action would be to hold this year's annual conference virtually. The NLADA Annual Conference will take place online November 10 - 13.
Our conference is the premier skills-building and knowledge-sharing event for the civil legal aid, public defense and public interest law communities. We will offer advocates substantive information and professional skills training to meet the legal needs of low-income people. Click the button below to join us online in November!
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As we prepare to deliver this amazing learning and networking opportunity to you, we would like to extend the offer to make your mark and present on a national stage at this year's virtual conference. We are now accepting proposals for workshop sessions and annual awards nominations. Click the buttons below to learn more and submit to each.
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Workshop proposals are due no later than Friday, September 11, 2020
Nominations are due no later than Sunday, September 27, 2020.
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Thank You for a Successful
Equal Justice Conference
Thank you to everyone who joined NLADA and the American Bar Association online from August 11 - 13 for the 2020 Equal Justice Virtual Conference. Despite not being able to hold this year's events in-person, your enthusiasm and dedication to learning helped make the conference a success!
A special thank you goes out to Andrea Young, Executive Director of ACLU of Georgia, for delivering an insightful keynote address at our opening plenary. We also would like to congratulate NLADA's own Don Saunders for winning the Innovations in Equal Justice Award. Having spearheaded NLADA's civil legal aid division for more than 20 years, Don has proven his dedication to equal justice. We are proud to have him as part of our team.
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Join Us NEXT WEEK at the Virtual Exemplar Awards Gala
Individual tickets are available at a reduced rate: $75 per ticket or $25 per ticket for those working in the public interest space. This reduced price is made possible by our generous law firm and corporate supporters. To purchase your ticket click here.
With a digital cocktail reception, online social justice art auction (now open!) and dynamic virtual awards program, this evening is far more than just another Zoom call or webinar. It will be a party! You won’t want to miss this celebration of the resilience and ingenuity of the equal justice community. Your ticket purchase directly supports NLADA’s ever critical mission. Learn about the virtual gala.
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Save Black Lives
The Black Public Defender Association and the Center for Justice Research's new report, Save Black Lives: A Call for Racially-Responsive Strategies and Resources for the Black Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic, details why public health responses addressing COVID-19 must be centered on race and the criminal legal system.
The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting the Black community, who are more likely to live in coronavirus hotspots. Black Americans also experience disproportionate incarceration rates, further increasing their chances of being exposed to the virus. With these issues in mind, the COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to simultaneously fight mass incarceration, racial inequality and the virus. To read the full report, visit the Black Public Defender Association's website.
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Federal Policy Responses Proposed as Scale of Potential Evictions Crisis Becomes Clear
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order asserting that preventing residential evictions is necessary to limit the spread of COVID-19 and temporary halting the eviction of any renter earning less than $99,000 per year.
If legal challenges to the CDC order are successful, an estimated 11 million evictions could be filed in the next four months. Data indicates that more than 16.9 million rental household are currently unable to pay rent in America, and that there are stark racial disparities in vulnerability to evictions, with Black renters almost twice as likely as white renters to report an inability to pay rent next month.
In July, the Housing Emergencies Lifeline Program (HELP) Act was introduced in Congress. If approved, it will provide $10 billion in Emergency Solutions Grants to fund legal representation of tenants in evictions cases, among other provisions. Even with the CDC order, access to legal representation will continue to be necessary, in order to ensure that families do not experience eviction in violation of the order.
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Client Update
NLADA unites the civil, client and defender communities to effectively scale justice to 100%. Clients’ voices and advocacy are critical in this effort. Not only are clients’ lived experiences critical to ensuring the development and implementation of effective justice programs, clients are uniquely powerful advocates in helping those around them gain access to the services they need.
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NLADA's COVID-19
Resource Center
It is remains important as ever to stay informed. To help you, we are continuing to provide the most pertinent and up-to-date information regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic. NLADA's Resource Center provides information by issues most relevant to our members. Access the latest information here.
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Upcoming Virtual Learning Events
Increase your expertise with these upcoming virtual learning events:
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Member's Corner
As we approach the end of summer and look forward to the fall, we are grateful to all of our members who have been with us during the past year as we work toward our common goal - advancing equal justice excellence – especially during these increasingly difficult times. We are proud to offer advocacy and support and resources to our programs that support our members across the country.
We want to remind you that as members, you have the ability to take advantage of several exclusive member benefits that will aid in your quest to achieve equal justice.
Every member strengthens our voice with federal agencies and other organizations, enabling us to push forward on the issues that matter to you. We hope you take pride in your NLADA membership. We are so glad to have you with us and look forward fighting for equal justice with you for the rest of this year and into next year.
If you ever have any questions about your membership, your member benefits, or the different ways NLADA serves you, please don't hesitate to contact us at membership@nlada.org.
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