CLAE and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law sponsor Affirmative Litigation Training
Forty legal aid attorneys from 17 states and 28 legal aid programs participated this past summer in Affirmative Litigation Training (ALT) sponsored jointly by CLAE and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. The attorneys participating in the July-August ALT join the previous 157 attorneys from 20 states and 45 legal aid programs who have participated in Affirmative Litigation Training as students and faculty in the last five years.
ALT provides a comprehensive introduction to the process of prosecuting a complex affirmative case in federal or state court; it is grounded in the legal aid community’s long-standing role in preserving and expanding the rights of people who are poor through creative and aggressive advocacy in both state and federal courts. In sponsoring Affirmative Litigation Training, our goals are twofold: first and foremost, to equip legal aid attorneys nationally with the confidence and skills necessary to engage in broad-based and strategic advocacy; and second, to build an ongoing network of attorneys nationally able and willing to support each other in pursuing impact-oriented, affirmative advocacy on behalf of the individuals and communities they serve.