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116 th Congressional Committee Changes Relevant to the Equal Justice Community
The 2018 midterm elections brought about leadership changes to the U.S. House of Representatives that could affect federal issues relevant to NLADA members. There were also several changes in the U.S. Senate committees.

In the House, the Appropriations Committee is now chaired by Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) and Kay Granger (R-TX) is taking over as the Republican ranking member. The subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related agencies is now chaired by José Serrano (D-NY15) and the ranking member is Robert Aderholt (R-AL-04).

Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10) now chairs the House Judiciary Committee and Doug Collins (R-GA-9) is the ranking member. The House Committee on Education and Labor is now led by Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), with Virginia Fox (R-NC) as the ranking member.

In the Senate, the Appropriations Committee is chaired by Richard Shelby (R-AL) and the ranking member is Patrick Leahy (D-VT). Jerry Moran (R-KS) now chairs the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies subcommittee, with Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) as the ranking member.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is now chaired by Lindsey Graham (R-SC) along with Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) as the ranking member. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is chaired by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) is the ranking member.

Funding for the Legal Services Corporation is among the many justice-related issues overseen by these committees. Learn more about congressional funding for civil legal aid, please go here . For information about the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and its impact on public defense and civil legal aid, click here .
Tyra Patterson to be 2019 Holistic Conferences Keynote

Registration has opened for the 2019 Holistic Defense and Leadership Conferences beginning June 3 in Baltimore, Maryland.

The conferences will include the National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists (NASAMS) Conference, the Community-Oriented Defender (COD) Network Conference and the Black Public Defender Association (BPDA) Conference.

Tyra Patterson will join us as this year's keynote at the COD Network Conference. She became a mentor to girls and a champion of criminal justice reform after being wrongfully convicted of murder. We look forward to learning from her experience at this year's COD Conference. Read more about her inspiring story.


***The American Council of Chief Defenders ( ACCD) will meet in Memphis, TN, on September 9 and 10. Additional details will be coming soon.***
NLADA Board Member
Keir Bradford-Grey Named a
2019 Women of Excellence

Congratulations to Keir Bradford-Grey on being named one of the WDAS (one of Philadelphia's largest radio stations) 2019 Women of Excellence. As Chief Defender of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, Keir has empowered the people of Pennsylvania with ambitious criminal justice reform initiatives, including exceptional efforts to ensure justice for her clients’ pre-trial, as well as following their time in the criminal justice system.

As the Chair of both the American Council of Chief Defenders (ACCD) and the NLADA Defender Council along with being a member of the NLADA Board of Directors, Keir has continuously demonstrated her great devotion to equal access to justice.

Learn more about this prestigious award and the other honorees here .
Registration is Open for the 2019 Equal Justice Conference

 The 2019 Equal Justice Conference will take place May 9-11 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Louisville Marriott Downtown

Last year,  more than 1100 members of the civil legal aid community  gathered to learn from a number of topical workshops covering issues of substantive law, resource development, racial justice and much more. You do not want to miss your chance to take part in this massive learning opportunity!

Save the Date for Innovative Justice: Celebrating Transformational Leadership

Please join us as we celebrate the NLADA community and our tremendous efforts on behalf of access to justice!
June 12, 2019
InterContinental Washington D.C. - The Wharf
6:00 p.m. | Cocktails
7:30 p.m. | Dinner & Program

We will honor NLADA’s Exemplar Awardees Monica Howard Douglas of The Coca-Cola Company and Frank R. Jimenez of Raytheon Company. Learn more here .
Member Corner

Defender Program Members:

Deadline: Feb. 28

Selected programs will host an AmeriCorps VISTA member for one year to help build the office’s capacity around data systems or community partnerships. Learn more about the program from current host sites with our upcoming webinar series. Visit nlada.org/VISTA for more information!

Questions about Program Memberships ? Contact membership@nlada.org today!