NCLC 2025: By the Numbers

December 29, 2025 — Article

The National Consumer Law Center advanced consumer justice in many ways in 2025. In addition to direct advocacy on behalf of low-income consumers, we provided training to the consumer law community through in-person conferences, webinars, digital articles and publications, online resources, and in the media. Here’s a look at NCLC in numbers in 2025. 

Conferences and Trainings 

Number of attorneys and advocates for low-income households/consumers trained: 9,276

In-person NCLC/NACA conferences: 3

• Consumer Rights Litigation Conference and Class Action Symposium – 1004 attendees Washington, D.C. (up from 887 in 2024)
• Spring Training – 312, Long Beach, Calif.
• Mortgage Conference – 138, Los Angeles

In-person conference attendees at NCLC/NACA conferences:  1,454 (up from 1,233 in 2024)

NCLC advocates participated in 83 on-site and virtual trainings during 2025.

Awards given for outstanding achievements in the consumer law community:

• Len Bennett received the Vern Countryman award, consumer law’s highest honor.
• Erin Witte and Duran Keller earned Rising Star awards.

Publications/Digital Library

Free Articles Published: 21

Most Popular Articles by Reads: 

• 12 Ways to Recover Even When Lemon Used Cars Are Sold “As Is”: 21,450 reads
• When (and When Not) to File Bankruptcy: 19,030 reads
• April 1 Increase of Federal Bankruptcy Exemptions, Other Dollar Amounts: 8,834 reads

Print Revisions: 5

Revised Treatises in the Consumer Law Practice Series:

• Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice (14th Ed.)
• Consumer Credit Regulation (4th Ed.)
• Repossessions (11th Ed.)
• Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (11th Ed.)
• Surviving Debt (2025 Ed.)

New Revision from Another Publisher:

• HUD Housing Programs: Tenants Rights’ (The Green Book), Sixth Edition, by the National Housing Law Project

Digital Subsection Updates: 367 chapters updated

Digital Library Usage 

User sessions: 795,000 user sessions (up from 538,000 in 2024)

Digital library visitors: 539,000 visitors (up from 317,000 in 2024)

Number of Active subscriptions: 5,705

Surviving Debt reads: 728,000  (up from 270,000 in 2024)

NCLC.org

Resources (reports, issue briefs, fact sheets, etc.) indexed and added to the website: 725+

Posts (press releases, articles, take actions, etc.): 210+

Visitors: 552,000 users (up from 315,000 in 2024)

Views: 8.8 million 

StudentLoanBorrowerAssistance.org 

Visitors: 208,000 (up from 79,838 in 2024)

Views: 686,700

Media Mentions

Number of unique mentions of the National Consumer Law Center in national, state, and local media: 8,400+ (up from 6,300+ in 2024)

Social Media

Number of social media pages: 5

NCLC continued to actively engage audiences on social media, including:

• Bluesky, where we interact primarily with allies, 
• Twitter/X, where we engage with reporters and decision makers,
• Facebook,  where we present our work to a general audience,
• LinkedIn, where we engage with the legal community and professional groups, and 
• YouTube, where we share video content, specifically the student loan help video series.