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- EIN 30-0212513
- (303) 953-6800
- 325 W South Boulder Rd Ste 1 Louisville CO 80027-1130 USA
- www.nita.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Crime & Law
Mission: The nita foundation, a qualified charity, is dedicated to supporting activities for the benefit of and to carry out the charitable and educational purposes of the national institute for trial advocacy (nita) which is also a qualified charity. In the furtherance of its mission, the nita foundation shall promote and support activities aimed at improving and assisting the administration of justice in the courts of the united states and other countries through education and training of lawyers, professors of law, and law students. In particular, the nita foundation helps further the mission of nita through the foundation's scholarship program and public service support plan outlining nita's programs and publications. Nita's long-range goals and objectives are to: enable and encourage lawyers to become effective, ethical, and professional advocates; create and promote the highest quality professional and ethical advocacy training and educational materials; support and assist the judicial sy
Programs: Scholarship program: the nita foundation provides scholarship funds to defray the cost of tuition associated with attending a nita program. Each year, the foundation selects worthy applicants who have demonstrated their commitment to public service by representing the underserved, disenfranchised, and indigent in our community. The foundation provided tuition assistance to attorneys who could not otherwise afford to attend a nita program through significantly discounted tuition rates; mission and need-based scholarship funding is also available for most public programs.
program services: the nita foundation supports a variety of public service programs that are offered free or for a reduced fee to lawyers working in the following areas: child advocacy, death penalty defense, tribal advocacy, legal services, and international rule of law. The foundation provided a number of scholarships for tuition assistance to attorneys working in the area of child advocacy as well as to those attorneys working in developing nations to advance the rule of law and promote gender equality. In addition, books are donated to lawyers and organizations which serve under-represented segments of our population.