北京市大禹律师事务所

Louisville, Colorado (April 25, 2007) – Seven lawyers from China attended NITA’s recent Advocacy Teacher Training program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a result of special international scholarships coordinated by the NITA Foundation and the Ford Foundation in Beijing, China.

From March 30 through April 1, 37 participants—including the seven special guests from China—participated in the intensive workshops that focused specifically on critique and teaching the NITA learning-by-doing methodology.

“My evaluation on the NITA training in Harvard was ‘brief in time, heavy in task, specific in method, and. . . unforgettable,” said Xu Xiaoping a sole practitioner out of Shaanxi, China, who attended the program. “I sincerely hope that the Ford Foundation and American lawyers [continue to] spread the fairness and justice of law all over the world.

Levy worked closely with Advocacy Teacher Training program directors, William J. Hunt and Michael Kelly along with program coordinator Raquel Ramos-Najera to ensure that everything from travel, to translation went smoothly for the Chinese attorneys.

“The whole experience was phenomenal to watch,” said Levy. “It was a testament to the NITA method and in particular to the participants. . . I felt honored to be a part of the program and a part of NITA showing its global commitment.”

NITA’s intent on training the Chinese attorneys is to promote advocacy training on a global scale, not just a national scale.

NITA President & CEO, Laurence M. Rose, explained that NITA is continually asked to assist international organizations in their efforts to train attorneys, and will gladly continue to support such efforts.

“In countries like China where teaching oral advocacy is just now coming to the surface, it is particularly important for NITA to have a presence,” Rose said. “Part of NITA’s mission is to promote justice through effective and ethical advocacy and this is not limited to the borders of the United States. Our work in South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Eastern Europe has added much to the legal systems in those areas.”

About NITA

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) is the nation’s leading provider of litigation skills training. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Louisville, Colorado, NITA pioneered its unique learn-by-doing methodology over 35 years ago and has remained the gold standard in continuing legal education ever since. With an average student/faculty ratio of 4:1 and an all-volunteer faculty drawn from a cadre of judges, law professors and practicing attorneys, attendees at NITA’s weeklong basic trial skills “boot camps” benefit immensely and experience significant improvement in their ability to advocate for their clients. NITA places a special emphasis on training lawyers who work in child advocacy, tribal law, death-penalty defense and violence against women. NITA is also the nation’s third largest publisher of legal texts, many of which are used by renowned law schools. For more information, visit www.nita.org.

信息来源：美国庭审辩论研究所网站 www.nita.org. 2007-4-25 （附图）

路易斯维耳科罗拉多州 (2007年4月25日) 在美国庭审辩论研究所基金会和美国福特基金会北京办事处的共同努力下,通过特别国际奖学金,7位来自中国的律师参加了最近在麻萨诸塞州剑桥镇举办的庭审辩护教师培训。从3月30日到4月1日,37位学员-包括7名来自中国的特殊来宾参加了这次高强度和浓缩的培训。这次培训特别针对庭审辩护的点评技巧以及教授NITA的通过实践进行学习的方法。

徐小平参加此次项目，他是来自中国陕西省唯一的一名学员。“我对NITA在哈佛的培训的评价是：时间紧凑、任务沉重、方法简明、以及…令人难忘，”徐小平说。“我真诚的希望福特基金会和美国的律师同仁继续将法律的公平正义精神洒播到全世界。”

通过福特基金会支持的一个称为中国发展（China Development）的民间组织，NITA的项目官员玛莎·莱维和NITA理事芭芭拉·伯格曼都曾到中国执教于庭审技巧的培训。得益于她们的工作，中国发展组织和NITA携手协助来自中国的律师们到剑桥镇参加这次培训。

NITA的莱维全程与本次的庭审辩论教师培训的项目官员，威廉姆·亨特和麦克·凯利紧密合作，包括交通旅行、翻译，确保中国律师顺利参加培训。“整个培训的效果非常显著，”莱维说，“这是NITA方法的又一次实证，也使每个参与者获益…我非常荣幸能够成为本项目的一员，为NITA向世界作出贡献的付出自己的一份努力。”

NITA培训中国律师的意旨在于在全球范围内促进庭审辩论培训的开展，而不是仅仅局限于一国范围内。NITA总裁兼首席执行官劳伦斯·罗斯说：“NITA将会继续协助国际组织在律师培训上的工作，并且乐于支持这些工作的展开。”“像中国一样，言辞辩论技巧的教学刚刚开始在实务界展开的国家， NITA参与其中是非常重要的。”罗斯说。“NITA部分宗旨就是通过合乎职业道德的、有效的辩护促进公正的实现，这不局限于美国的国界之内。我们在非洲南部、北爱尔兰和东欧的努力已经促进了这些地区的法律体系的发展。”

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