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Register for Upcoming Trainings
Trainings listed on this page are sponsored by Committee on Regional Training (CORT), Management Information Exchange (MIE), and/or the Alliance of Ohio Legal Aids (formerly OTAC) and are open to employees of Alliance of Ohio Legal Aids member organizations.
Consumer Justice without Harm: Responsive Legal Advocacy for Domestic Violence Survivors (remote)
Training intended for attorneys
Sponsored by The Ohio Domestic Violence Network
March 19, 10 AM - 3:30 PM
Approved CLE: 3.25
Description
The Ohio Domestic Violence Network is hosting a free virtual training with 3.25 hours of CLE. They are inviting Ohio legal aid attorneys to the event.
Justice without Harm: Responsive Legal Advocacy for Domestic Violence Survivors
Jocelyn M. Armstrong, Esq., Director of Inclusion & Outreach, Ohio State Bar Association
March 19, 2026, 10AM-3:30PM
This training helps attorneys understand how trauma, lived experience, and limited resources shape the legal challenges faced by domestic violence survivors in rural Ohio, and offers practical, survivor‑centered strategies to reduce re‑traumatization and strengthen advocacy. It emphasizes trauma‑informed practice, relationship‑building, and promoting more equitable legal outcomes.
Please note: This training is intended for attorneys only.
Do you prefer in person? ODVN will host in-person versions of this training (each with a limited number of seats) later this year in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Athens. They will share info for those events when registration opens.
Consumer Law Training (remote)
Open to all advocates
Sponsored by CORT
March 25 - 26, 1 - 5 PM
Description
The Committee on Regional Training (CORT) will be presenting its Consumer Law Training (virtual) on March 25 and March 26, 1 - 5 PM.
The two half-day training is designed to provide attorneys with an opportunity to develop, refine, and practice their consumer law skills. The training is a good opportunity to learn about fundamentals and new developments in the law in a wide-variety of subjects such as bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure, heirs property, auto rip-offs and scams, used car sales and warranty issues, and unfair collection and debt-buyer practices.
Register today!
Advocating for Student Stability: McKinney-Vento & Every Student Succeeds Act (remote)
Open to all advocates
Sponsored by the Education Law Taskforce
April 1, 10 - 11 AM
Application was made to the Supreme Court of Ohio for 1 CLE
Description
Please join the Ohio Education Task Force for this virtual CLE training. Attorneys Sarah Flohre, Senior Supervising Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, and Tracy Jackson, Senior Supervising Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, will discuss how attorneys can use McKinney-Vento and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to advocate for school stability for youth in foster care and highly mobile youth, including youth experiencing homelessness.
Negotiation Skills Training (in person)
Open to all advocates
Sponsored by CORT
April 15 - 17, 2026 | Ann Arbor
Description
The Committee on Regional Training (CORT) will present its Negotiation Skills Training in-person in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Weber’s Boutique Hotel from April 15–17, 2026.
This is an intensive three-day training designed to provide attorneys an opportunity to develop, refine, and practice the link between these three skills: counseling a client in anticipation of negotiation/mediation, negotiations on behalf of a client, and representing a client at the mediation session.
Registration Information
There are a limited number of attendees for this training, so please register as soon as possible.
Registering does not mean acceptance into the training. Once registration closes, we will work with each state/program to select participants to attend the training.
Once admitted into the training, you will receive a confirmation email with more registration details including how to book your hotel.
This registration is for in-person attendance from April 15 to 16 in Ann Arbor, MI.
Please review the full announcement before registering.
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2026
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Farmworker and Immigrant Worker Law (In person)
Open to all advocates
Sponsored by CORT
May 20 - 22, 2026
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Description
This is a three-day (3) substantive training. The following are some of the topics that will be covered at the training: Overview of Farmworker and Immigrant Worker Clients and Laws, Trauma Informed Advocacy, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Immigration Basics and Remedies for Victims of Crimes, H-2A Program, and Farmworker Wages.
Litigation Planning and Trial Advocacy Skills
Open to all advocates
Sponsored by CORT
- Litigation Planning: July 16, 9 AM - 12 PM (remote)
- Trial Advocacy Skills Training (TAST): October 5-8, (in person in Indianapolis)
Description
Litigation Planning and Trial Advocacy Skills Training (TAST) is an intensive training designed to provide participants with an opportunity to develop, refine, and practice trial skills.
Litigation Planning is a virtual training where participants will learn about case planning, theme/theory of a case, evidence planning, and the requirements for a trial notebook. Participants will also meet virtually with small groups to work on exercises related to the case file for the training.
TAST is a four-day training that includes lectures and demonstrations on trial skills. Participants will perform and be critiqued on trial exercises, including opening statements, closing arguments, direct and cross-examination, and using demonstrative evidence. Each participant will be videotaped during the exercises and critiqued on their performance by trainers. Participants will have significant homework assignments leading up to and during the training. TAST culminates in a mock bench trial on the last day (October 8).
CORT will apply for CLE credit for these training courses in Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia.