NLADA Annual Conference
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- Dates
- Usually November (next dates not announced)
- Where
- St. Louis, MO
- Cost
- Ticket $650 to $995. Early bird $650 member/$850 nonmember; regular $800/$995; late fee $75.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Cheaper ways in: Fee waivers (closed).
Speaking opportunities
Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Courts and public interest law
Roles: public defender, legal aid attorney
The field it serves: Legal Services
- Verified open jobs
- about 1,122
- Typical posted salary
- $90,000 a year (middle half $70,000 to $128,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 52% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- +1.2% in professional and business services, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 347 of the newest 1,122 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 1,122 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.
See the detail →Full Legal Services snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Employers at this conference
Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.
- Deaconess Foundation Speaking 2026
Read from the event’s own pages: www.nlada.org.
Speakers and sessions
Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.
Keynotes
Reverend Bethany Johnson-Javois
President and CEO, Deaconess Foundation
Read from the event’s own pages: nlada.org
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in St. Louis, MO. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
Past and planned editions
- 2027: dates not announced
- 2026: November 4, 2026 to November 7, 2026, St. Louis, MO
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