Center for Legal Aid Education

Welcome to the Center for Legal Aid Education


The Center for Legal Aid Education provides continuing education, training and leadership development to equal justice attorneys and staff across the country. Our work is grounded in a deep conviction in the power of the law to protect and advance the rights of people who are low-income or vulnerable and to ensure justice, equality and fairness in the broadest sense. It is further grounded in the belief that in order to deliver on the promise of equal justice, the equal justice delivery system requires highly skilled, knowledgeable and committed advocates.

To that end CLAE's mission is simple but powerful - to provide equal justice advocates, through high quality, accessible continuing education and training, with the tools they need to obtain justice for their clients.

   CLAE Annual Report

Learn more about CLAE's work by downloading a copy of our most recent Annual Report.

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"The Case Planning & Discovery training was an eye-opening experience. Especially for me as a new attorney, I felt like it really gave me a good grasp on trial preparation an what is expected from me. I know that when I have to do discovery and deposition in the future, I will be able to meet the challenge."

- Deanna Coates
Three Rivers Legal Services, FL

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Basic Lawyering Skills Online


The starting point for countless legal aid advocates' careers, CLAE has redesigned the traditional BLasT course to make it available online to advocates throughout the country who cannot attend or do not have access to an in-person introductory legal skills training. Our online version uses video demonstrations and presentations, web based live class meetings, interactive exercises and telephonic interviewing, counseling and oral advocacy simulations - all led, observed and critiqued by a highly experienced national faculty. The course provides a solid foundation for new advocates entering the legal services advocacy community.
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