National Institute for Trial Advocacy

NITA's founding was brought about in 1971 by the Committee on Advocacy of the Section on Judicial Administration of the American Bar Association, which was trying to address a critical shortage of competent trial attorneys.

[1] A group of law professors and lawyers concluded that learning-by-doing trial training was the best approach towards filling this gap.

NITA's inaugural National Session was held June 25 to July 21, 1972, at the University of Colorado Boulder.

[1] NITA's National Sessions bring together participants from all across the country who are taught through a learning-by-doing approach how to better represent their clients in the courtroom.

[3] NITA finally came home to Boulder in October 2010 when it leased part of the former Exabyte headquarters building.