Our Mission

The Center for Legal Aid Education provides continuing education, training and leadership development to equal justice advocates and staff nationally. In support of this mission, we: 

• Deliver core advocacy skills trainings for new and experienced legal aid staff through a combination of in-person, web-based and blended learning forums;

• Design new curriculum to respond to emerging needs, and new multi-media resources to enhance courses we already offer;

• Convene equal justice advocates to examine unmet needs and emerging issues and develop new strategies for addressing them;

• Develop replicable mechanisms for identifying and nurturing a new generation of diverse equal justice leaders;

• Build the capacity of legal aid programs statewide, regionally and nationally to support these critical functions on an ongoing basis.