Recruiting Advocates and Attorneys for NLTP Training Events
Friday, February 08, 2008
- Organization: National Legal Training Project (NLTP)
The National Legal Training Project (NLTP) is now accepting resumes from advocates and attorneys who would be interested in providing training on a variety of legal topics that impact low-income, older adults. Selected trainers would be asked to present a training event at one or more training sessions per year. An NLTP trainer is paid $400 per day for training, with all travel expenses paid. Trainers will use NLTP training materials, but are also expected to prepare a PowerPoint presentation and/or materials as requested for the training. NLTP will provide assistance in designing and preparation for the training event.
Requirements:
* JD degree or relevant advanced degree with at least 5 years of advocacy and/or legal experience
* Subject matter expertise and/or litigation experience in subject matter
Previous training or teaching experience is preferred.
Potential Training Topics:
* Medicaid/Medicare
* Predatory Mortgage Lending litigation
* Predatory Consumer litigation
* Social Security, SSDI
* Guardianship
* Nursing Home Issues
* Elder Abuse including financial exploitation
* Law Enforcement Response to Elder Abuse
* Building Strategic Alliances
If interested, please forward a resume to Imani Woody, NLTP Training Specialist at iwoody@aarp.org or call 202-434-6862
for more information.

