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- EIN 36-2337880
- (202) 452-0620
- 1901 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 500 Washington DC 20006-3406 USA
- www.nlada.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Crime & Law, Public Interest Law
Mission: The national legal aid & defender association (nlada) works to promote and develop high quality, effective civil legal aid and indigent defense services. Nlada accomplishes this by supporting the existing network of civil and defender services throughout the country and by encouraging the formation of new legal aid and defender organizations throughout the country whose purpose it is to provide free legal assistance to low income individuals.
Programs: Special projects - restricted grants received by nlada to carry out specific projects on behalf of civil legal aid and indigent defense. Nlada's civil and defender divisions both received grants to help support the advancement of research and evidence based practices in the field of civil legal aid and public defense. The civil division received grants to support work to enhance outreach, education and training on initiatives and opportunities for federal funding for civil legal aid programs. This work has included the development of a federal funding website. The defender division has received foundation funding to carry out various initiatives on behalf of an improved public defense system.
civil division - supports a wide array of civil legal aid program providers, pro bono attorneys, law schools, bar associations and other organizations and individuals playing a role in ensuring that low-income americans have access to effective representation in civil legal matters.
training and conference division -the training and conference agendas are in alignment with nlada's strategic goals. They provide training opportunities and conferences to both the civil and public defense communities.