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Unconstitutional Policies Coming Around Again Jim E. Lavine March 2011 5 On March 7, 2011, President Obama issued an executive order directing the secretary of defense to resume military commission prosecutions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and institutionalizing a regime of indefinite detention

Tools for the White Collar Bar Jim E. Lavine September/October 2010 5 This special issue of The Champion, which coincides with NACDL’s Sixth Annual White Collar Seminar, is the perfect opportunity to reflect on both the past accomplishments of the Association’s white collar initiative and th

The State of NACDL Cynthia Hujar Orr July 2010 5 As I approach the end of my presidency, in spite of a tight economy and the resulting budget cuts, NACDL continues to meet its core policy objectives without sacrificing morale, quality, or resolve. What follows is a skim across the surface of

FROM THE PRESIDENT Lisa M. Wayne   No Apologies Necessary Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down you could stand me up at the gates of hell but I won’t back down Gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around and I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down gonna stand my ground and I won’

Judicial Elections: Threats to the Independence Of the Judiciary at the Local and State Levels Jim E. Lavine May 2011 5 Last August, when I was installed as NACDL’s 52nd president, it was clear that the landscape in which we practice as criminal defense lawyers had changed dramatically over the cour

Is Mail Still Mail? And Will the Fourth Amendment Survive the 21st Century? Jim E. Lavine President's Column January/February 2011 5 As communication technology outpaces the legal analyses of a bygone era, courts around the country must confront vitally important 21st century search and seizur

Criminal defense lawyers should (1) increase their use of science and (2) protect the Fourth Amendment so that it does not become a meaningless ideal.

From The President Lawrence S. Goldman

From The President Barbara Bergman

From the President Lawrence S. Goldman From the President December 2002 4   Mandatory videotaping of interrogations At the close of every legislative session, I breathe a sigh of relief. I know then that, barring unusual circumstances, for at least a few months there will be no laws enacted esta

From the President Lawrence S. Goldman September/October 2002 4   We are one A year ago, I attended the 70th birthday party of a former NACDL Board Member. Many of the guests were his colleagues in another smaller, selective organization of generally affluent criminal defense lawyers. Some of t

From the President Irwin H. Schwartz May 2002 4   Volunteers — NACDL's heart and soul The heart and soul of this organization are many members who volunteer their time for the good of the profession and country as well their fellow members. Most of what we accomplish results from the efforts of

From the President Irwin H. Schwartz April 2002 4   Race and Racism in the Criminal Justice System Will it take one or two more generations? Will it take longer before race is no longer a major divisive social issue in America? Can we avoid tearing apart our social fabric and become one America

From the President Jim E. Lavine June 2011 5 From Ted Stevens to Lauren Stevens: The Federal Conviction Train Goes off the Rails I practiced law for a long time and made a number of Rule 29 motions. … I don’t have a very good track record with those motions. In my seven and a half years as a juri

Faces of Overcriminalization Jim E. Lavine November 2010 5 Krister Evertson never had so much as a parking ticket prior to his arrest on May 27, 2004. 1 A National Honor Society member, science whiz, clean energy inventor, and small business entrepreneur, Krister is now a felon. The nightmare

DOJ Needs Oversight to Shape Up Discovery Practices Jim E. Lavine; Ellen S. Podgor April 2011 5   “From the President” is my regular column on a topical issue. This month I asked Professor Ellen S. Podgor, who has written extensively on prosecutorial misconduct issues at Stetson University Col

Challenges and Opportunities Jim E. Lavine August 2010 5 My name is Jim Lavine. I am a criminal defense lawyer and proud of it. I am equally proud to share this calling with each of you, for you are my colleagues in this noble profession and in our shared devotion to NACDL. And make no mista

From the President Lisa M. Wayne October 2000 5 Bench and Bar I have never been shy when it comes to shaking things up and doing things a bit differently. During the summer, I thought about the writing of this president’s column as well as the topics I wanted to discuss. Nothing says I have to pr

A Second-Class System of Justice (From the President) Lisa M. Wayne From the President November 2011 5 Ten years after President Bush’s creation of the military commissions system at Guantánamo Bay, only six cases have been completed and the legitimacy of the system remains in question. 1 Compare th

‘Camp Justice’: Guantánamo’s ‘Child Soldier’ Pleads Guilty Jim E. Lavine December 2010 5 Canadian Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr pleaded guilty on Oct. 25 to charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, spying, and material support of al Qaeda. Khadr was 15 years old when he was shot and