The National Health Law Program and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association will be holding the 2011 National Health Law Training, A New Era of Health Advocacy on July 11-12, 2011 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

It has been announced that ten scholarships will be awarded to pay the costs of registration and up to two nights stay at the hotel.

The National Health Law Training will provide an overview of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) their impact on low-income people and will guide participants in new advocacy challenges resulting from ACA for the legal services community. It will also highlight the serious impact of state fiscal crises on the implementation of the new law and variation of state approaches.

Legal Services offices can expand their ability to serve the increasing needs of low-income clients as health law changes are coming. Sessions will provide legal services attorneys with critical information on the ACA, defending Medicaid and other health law matters.

Eligibility for Scholarships:

To be eligible to receive A New Era of Health Law Advocacy: National Health Law Training Scholarship, applicants must:

• Be admitted to practice law in any state or jurisdiction in the United States for three years or less
   
• Be employed fulltime as an attorney in a legal aid, public defense or other equal justice organization dedicated to providing free civil or defender legal services to the poor,
   
• Not have received a scholarship from NLADA to attend a training or conference in 2010 or 2011,
   
• Complete and submit a registration form, noting "Scholarship Application" in a conspicuous location on the form, along with the scholarship application and other requested materials. (NOTE: Payment of the registration is not required to be eligible for the scholarship),
   
• Submit a short, written statement of need (no more than 350 words), explaining the objectives for attending the conference and how conference attendance will impact your work,
   
• Provide the names and contact information of two references who are knowledgeable about your commitment to equal justice,
   
• Agree to submit a report and evaluation of the National Health Law Training by Friday, July 24, 2011, stating objectives achieved from conference attendance, and how this knowledge will be put to use in your work.

Award:

The total amount of each award shall not exceed $750 and will only cover the registration fee and accommodations at the conference hotel for up to, but not exceeding, two nights (July 10 and 11). Scholarship recipients are responsible for all travel costs, meals, hotel accommodations beyond two nights, and incidentals outside of those included in the registration fee. Should hotel accommodations not be necessary, the scholarship amount will cover only the cost of the conference registration fee.

Deadline for submitting applications is 5:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Click here to apply for a scholarship