National College of Advocacy
The National College of Advocacy (NCA) is the educational arm of AAJ. Through the NCA Board of Trustees, the NCA is responsible for all AAJ education programs and establishing the education policy of AAJ.
Register for an Education ProgramIn 1946, 11 trial lawyers realized the great need to exchange information with other trial lawyers across the country, as this would help level the playing field against well-funded defendant corporations. Today, the NCA continues that tradition by sharing strategies and knowledge on how to hold wrongdoers accountable through our education programs.
We know education is important, but we wanted the data to back it up; thus, every year we look at AAJ members who joined in the last 5 years to see if we can find patterns, and the results are clear! If you attend an AAJ education program within your first 5 years of joining, then you are more than twice as likely to renew your AAJ membership. In addition, you are more likely to join a Section or Litigation Group, donate to AAJ PAC, or join Leaders Forum. This is why education is a cornerstone of AAJ.
Richard D. Hailey
Rich Hailey is a long-time supporter of AAJ’s National College of Advocacy. He has been teaching for the NCA since 1989, has served two terms on the NCA Board of Trustees, is a current co-chair of the NCA, and received Diplomate status in the NCA Masters of Trial Law professional recognition program. As a past president of AAJ, Rich appreciates the value that education brings to the whole organization, through membership retention and overall engagement.
