Welcome to the Center for Legal Aid Education
The Center for Legal Aid Education (formerly Legal Aid University) provides continuing education and training 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. 2007 Year End Report
We're pleased to share the highlights of an incredibly busy year for us in our 2007 Year End Report. For these, course descriptions, and a wider context in which to better understand what CLAE has to off, simply click here to download your copy now! New CLAE Employment OpportunityUnique position/deadline fast approaching... With our training commitments continuing to evolve, we seek a creative and innovative lawyer/educator to join our national training design and delivery team - if this sounds like you, please download the announcement below for full details of this excellent employment opportunity.New England Leadership Institute - Now RegisteringRegistration materials for fellows and mentors are now available for the 2008-09 New England Leadership Institute. Click here for more information about the Institute schedule and application guidelines. Summer Institute at Seattle University School of Law
Sign up now for CLAE's upcoming Summer Institutes at Seattle University School of Law: Affirmative Litigation training from July 22-25 (with two prior weeks of online activities from July 7-19) and Community Lawyering training from July 29-31. read more.... Upcoming Courses and Events
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"I found (BLaST) to be an invaluable experience, and I so appreciated the many years of experience and breadth of knowledge shared by all of the trainers. The skills taught, particularly the client-centered communication skills, are really essential to becoming a competent and successful attorney, and they are skills I am already putting into practice.... " Cat Reny spotlight onNegotiations Skills Training Online Given the nature of our caseload-driven, crisis-oriented legal services practices, there is no skill as central to our success, and as little understood, as negotiation. Utilizing the Getting to Yes and Getting Past No interest-based negotiations framework, participants in CLAE's Online Negotiation Skills course engage in four sequenced telephonic negotiations over two weeks. Each negotiation practice focuses on a different facet of the interest based negotiation framework. |
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