With the initiation of impeachment hearings, the word “hearsay” is getting a lot of play these days. Like many legal concepts that are bandied about, misconception exists about what hearsay is and what it is not. If you listen to some commentators, the impeachment hearing testimony of Ambassador William Taylor...

NITA's courses encompass tried and true trial techniques that work to improve advocacy skills for attorneys of all experience levels. Recently, we spoke with two NITA graduates, Adam Edgecombe and Jared L. Stringham, whose experiences, although differing in course location and type, all had a positive impact with a common d...

Congratulations are in order for NITA faculty member and author Reuben Guttman, who successfully represented whistleblowers and the federal government in a False Claims Act filing against a Boston teaching hospital for allowing its urology department chair to book simultaneous surgeries and for billing Medicare for procedur...

At the Nexus of Stewardship and Exponential Equations Guest letter written by Kay Dragon, NITA's Associate Executive Director of Finance and Chief Development Officer for the NITA Foundation Yes, two of my favorite topics. A recent conversation brought me back to these fundamentals. Principles of stewardship imply a hi...

Written by NITA guest blogger, Jennie Foote Feldman My path to the NITA/CLINIC program in Boulder was an unusual one.  For starters, even though I graduated from law school in 2001, I am new to the practice of asylum law.  I practiced securities litigation in New York and the Bay Area for seven years before takin...

Guest letter written by Jennifer Schneider, NITA's Associate Executive Director of Operations. The leaves of fall put on a spectacular show, bright red, yellow, orange. The changing season is abrupt—crisp sharp air, cool mornings, bright sun followed by rain and more sun. It is a season of reflection, a chance to pau...

As a lawyer, I grew up in dusty warehouses, the repositories for massive document reviews. I tore through boxes, often disappointed to find reams of computer runs, no doubt the product of a twentieth-century printer that pecked out letters one at a time. I drafted my first complaint on an IBM Selectric II typewriter, hittin...

NITA is proud to announce the 2019 3rd quarter recipients of the Advocate Designation. These designations are awarded to a person who has taken a well-rounded set of courses, proving they are serious about trial advocacy. Malcolm Schaefer | Dept. of Navy Office of General Counsel Horacio Sosa | Horacio Sosa PA If you...

On August 14 - 16, NITA had the wonderful opportunity to partner with the Scottish Prosecution College in Glasgow, Scotland, for a Teacher Training course. NITA Program Director, Doris Cheng, led the training along with faculty member Robert Vaughan. Cheng had the distinct pleasure of leading a prior training in Scotland ba...

September is Suicide Prevention month. Last year at this time, I wrote and spoke about my father’s suicide, about the statistics facing the legal community in regard to mental health. I highlighted some of the initiatives that firms, bar associations, and individuals are doing to change the environment and increase la...