2019 NLADA Annual Conference-Innovative Justice

This workshop will use a report by The Center for Community Solutions as a best-practice case study on how to effectively tell the legal aid story using data. The first-of-its-kind report, jointly commissioned by two legal aid organizations in northeast Ohio, includes survey data from more than 1,200 former clients across 13 counties that shows what impact their civil legal aid experiences had on their lives, and that of their families, years after their cases closed. Researchers from The Center for Community Solutions, along with leadership from both legal aid organizations, will (a) walk through the process of designing and conducting the study, (b) discuss the importance of empirical data from an independent third-party researcher, and (c) share the final results, including the report, visual design elements, infographics, and the culminating website launched at www.legalaidimpact.org.