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.

2009 CLAE Annual Report

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

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"The degree of preparation, knowledge and insight is evident in the quality training, resources and connections. And that's what keeps me coming back."

- Peter Coulumbe
Greater Boston Legal Services

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Board Development: The Legal Aid Context

CLAE's Board Development training reflects the specific context of civil legal aid practice – its unique mission and values, services provided, clients and communities served, and challenges faced – as well as the core principles underlying the governance sections within the ABA's Standards of Practice and LSC Performance Criteria. .
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