Business Facts

Employees: Approximately 40 individuals employed at the NITA administrative center

Publications: NITA’s publication list is composed of more than 300 textbooks, case files, audio-visual, and reference materials.  All thanks to the work of over 130 authors.

Readership:  NITA publications are used not only in our own programs, but also available at many libraries, law firms and in classrooms at over 150 law schools.

Program Directors: 44 practicing attorneys, judges and law school professors develop and oversee each NITA program.

Volunteer Faculty: Over 1,000 faculty members volunteer to teach in NITA programs

Programs: NITA offers customized programs that are held “In house” or at a law firm or organization of the client, and also publicly around the nation. The student-faculty ratio averages at 4:1 in every NITA program.

Facilities:  NITA’s Education Center in Louisville, Colorado, includes a 27,000 sq. ft. education center that was custom built to house advocacy training. Additionally, NITA rents space to other companies and individuals for their own purposes, but also offers space to all non-profits at no cost.

Other programs held around the United States and the world are often housed in law schools, hotels, and business centers.

Foundation: Since 2003, the NITA Foundation raises donations in order to coordinate public service programs that build on five areas in which NITA has been active over the last decade: legal services, death penalty defense, tribal justice, domestic violence, and child advocacy. In 2007, more than $400,000 in funds was raised to allow lawyers and advocates working for public service organizations and government agencies to attend programs at little or no charge.

NITA Advocates Society: All NITA program alum and other interested individuals are invited to be a member of the NITA Advocates Society.  Advocates support The NITA Foundation with membership fees and other donations as well as stay abreast of NITA news, events, and new products and programs.