The National
Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) is the nation’s
leading provider of legal advocacy skills training. A
501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in
Louisville, Colorado, NITA pioneered the legal skills
learning-by-doing methodology over 35 years ago and
has since remained the ultimate standard in continuing
legal education. With an average student/faculty ratio
of 4:1 and an all-volunteer faculty drawn from a cadre
of judges, law professors, and practicing attorneys,
NITA’s multi-day “boot camps” deliver unparalleled
professional development for nearly 6,000 attorneys
each year.
As a public service organization, NITA provides, at
little or no cost, the same high-caliber training we
provide to the nation’s largest firms to legal service
attorneys, public defenders, and attorneys who have
chosen to work in child advocacy, tribal law, death
penalty defense, immigration, domestic violence and
other vital areas of public interest. NITA is also the
nation’s third largest publisher of legal
publications. NITA’s references, texts, case files,
and audio-visual materials are used by thousands of
attorneys and are incorporated into the curriculum at
over 85% of the nation’s law schools.
NITA's Mission Statement
NITA, a
501(c)(3) charitable organization, is a dedicated team
of professors, judges and practicing lawyers who
believe that skilled and ethical advocacy is a
critical component of legal professionalism and all
systems of dispute resolution that seek justice.
NITA's
mission is to:
- Promote
justice through effective and ethical advocacy;
- Train and
mentor lawyers to be competent and ethical advocates
in pursuit of justice; and
- Develop
and teach trial advocacy skills to support and
promote the effective and fair administration of
justice.
NITA's
Mission Statement defines NITA and articulates its
Mission. We will fulfill our Mission through NITA's
Goals and Objectives to be carried out through a
Strategic Plan outlining NITA's programs and
publications.
NITA
Long-Range Goals and Objectives are to:
- Enable and
encourage lawyers to become effective, ethical and
professional advocates;
- Create and
promote the highest quality professional and ethical
advocacy training and educational materials;
- Support
and assist the Judicial System in providing the
important, effective administration and resolution
of disputes; and
- Encourage,
support and assist advocacy training for and
dedication to public service.
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