This training program will aid those working to defend persons accused of homicide in drug-related overdose deaths. Each section of the program focuses on a different aspect of these cases. CLE is not available for this program.

Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant

Adequate Defender Services Funding Needed to Counter Prosecutorial Excesses - Washington, DC (April 1, 1998) -- Years of "woefully inadequate" funding for federal criminal defense services has resulted in "widespread and rampant abuse of citizens rights by federal prosecutors," the President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) told a House Appropriations subcommittee today.

Successful speedy trial motion, memorandum, and order of a Speedy Trial Act violation in federal court structuring the argument under Barker v. Wingo

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, FAMM, and Federal Public Defenders and Community Defenders for the Judicial Districts of the Third Circuit in Support of Appellant and Reversal

The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about the hugely destructive impact of proposed cuts to the federal indigent defense system. To avert the crisis, we are asking that you ensure that the Defenders Services account is fully funded at the requested amount.

Amicus Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Tenth Circuit Federal Defenders for the Districts of Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah in Support of the Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc

Reply brief of the appellant in US v. Chatrie. Michael Price, the Fourth Amendment Center's Litigation Director, is co-counsel for Mr. Chatrie. 

Amicus Brief on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for Defendant-Appellant Seth Fishman

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of En Banc and Panel Rehearing

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Due Process Institute in Support of the Defendant Appellant

Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., in Support of Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing en Banc

Unopposed Motion of American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Illinois, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for Leave to File a Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant Prentiss Jackson and Reversal of the District Court’s Order

US District Court Southern District of New York: Amnesty USA v. Clapper

Memo in Support of Motion for Summary Judgement 

The undersigned groups urge you to oppose the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act of 2023 (S. 412), which would create a new federal crime carrying a one-to-five-year prison sentence for sharing intimate photos of a person without that person’s consent. We recognize that this bill is well intentioned, but we are concerned that it will sweep in and criminalize innocent conduct and worsen the trial penalty that many criminal defendants—including many people who are actually innocent—face in our justice system.