This renowned bring-your-own-case program will offer a mixture of plenary sessions and small group workshops to help attorneys develop their appellate skills.

Training is a key component of NLADA's mission to seek justice for all by providing high-quality, cost-efficient legal representation to low-income persons accused of crimes. An experienced and dynamic faculty, carefully selected for each program because of their professional expertise, conducts all of NLADA's trainings. Conferences offer innovations in technology and management techniques and strategies plus specific opportunities to sharpen trial, appellate, and training skills.
Past Events
Holistic Defense & Leadership Conferences
Nuts and Bolts: Leadership Reimagined
Appellate Defender Training
Life in the Balance Conference
New Defender Leadership Institute Conference
Defender Conferences and Training
April 9th, 2026
NLADA and the Cook County Public Defenders will co-host the 2026 American Council of Chief Defenders (ACCD) Training on April 9-10, 2026, in Chicago, IL.

