Use local personal stories for greater impact (November 28, 2005)

Craft and frame the message (November 28, 2005)

Develop a strong message (November 28, 2005)

Find the target audience (November 28, 2005)

Make sure information is accurate (November 28, 2005)

Establish beneficial goals (November 28, 2005)

Be prompt and helpful when responding to reporters (November 28, 2005)

Reach out to local news media (November 28, 2005)

Be creative in how the message gets out (November 28, 2005)

Harness the power of “Letters to the Editor” and Op-Eds (November 28, 2005)

Bowdoin and the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project (Maine Volunteer Lawyers Porject, November 13, 2005)

Reid (Cal) Adams elected chair of the board of directors of Legal Aid of NC (July 11, 2005)

Legal aid office gains support (March 25, 2005)

Maine Launches KIDS Legal Aid Website (Pine Tree Legal Assistance, March 22, 2005)

Legal Aid kicks off Volunteer Lawyers Program (The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, January 22, 2005)

Volunteerism is fundamental to the ethical practice of law (The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, January 17, 2005)

Bar president happy with pro bono effort (The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, January 14, 2005)

Please help save the Community Reinvestment Act (January 13, 2005)

Study Shows Youth Punished as Adults Re-offend Two Times More Than Those Receiving Juvenile Sanctions (Law Offices of the Public Defender for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, December 18, 2001)

Legal Aid Society gets grants (The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, December 23, 2004)

2005 is centential year for The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland (The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, December 26, 2004)

Court Rules Indefinite License Suspensions for Minors are Illegal (The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, December 17, 2004)

CorporateProBono.Org Seeks Nominations for the 2005 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award (CorporateProBono.Org, November 19, 2004)

Project Director (CorporateProBono.Org, December 10, 2004)

Join Hundreds of Your Equal Justice Colleagues for the 2010 Equal Justice Conference - May 13 - 15!

The 2010 Kutak-Dodds Prizes will honor two legal advocates for equal justice, one from the civil legal aid community and another from the public defense community. Each prizes carries a cash award of $10,000. Deadline to enter is March 5, 2010. Click here to learn more.

Jo-Ann Wallace Featured on NPR's Morning Edition Expressing Support for DOJ's Access to Justice Initiative (Feb. 26, 2010)

NLADA President & CEO Jo-Ann Wallace and Client Board Member Eddie B. Ellis, Jr. To particpate in panel discussion - "From the Cell to the Community" March 1

NLADA participates in National Symposium on Indigent Defense - First in 10 years

National Defender Leadership Institute Launches New Web Site! - Funding for the Web site were provided through a generous grant from the Open Society Institute

Jo-Ann Wallace to Keynote Michigan Legislative Black Caucus Event February 10

IDAHO’S FAILING INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM DETAILED IN NEW REPORT - National Legal Aid & Defender Association releases “The Guarantee of Counsel: Advocacy & Due Process in Idaho’s Trial Courts”

Regular Registration Deadline Extended Till February 16 for LIfe in the Balance and the 17th Annual Advocacy Training and Death Penalty Mitigation Institute!

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NLADA President & CEO Jo-Ann Wallace Testifies before House Judiciary Committee Briefing on Solutions to the Indigent Defense Crisis - Monday, December 14, 2009

2009-2010 Directory of Legal Aid & Defender Offices and Resources Available

President's Budget Recommends $435 Million for LSC and Elimination of Some Restrictions

Bipartisan National Right to Counsel Committee released report on Right to Counsel in the United States, "Justice Denied America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel"

NLADA Applauds Congress, President Obama for Passing and Signing into Law $40 million Increase in LSC Funding

View NLADA's Issues for the New Administration (http://www.nlada.org/News, January 21, 2009)

NLADA Announces 2008 Kutak-Dodds Award Honorees: Charles F. Elsesser Jr. for Civil and Eileen Hirsch for Defender - NLADA Presents 2008 Kutak-Dodds Awards at Exemplar Awards Dinner on June 11, 2008 in Washington, DC

The C. Lyons Fellowship Program -- Supporting Emerging Leaders in the Equal Justice Community - Find out how to contribute today!