Affiliate Election Notice - Call for Nominations

Request for Nominations:

NACDL is currently seeking nominations from its Affiliated Organizations for a vacancy on its Board of Directors dedicated exclusively to Affiliate Representatives. If you know someone from your state organization who can effectively speak on behalf of your local interests, and those of other Affiliated Organizations, I urge you to please consider nominating them. Each Affiliate is entitled to nominate one person from their state as a candidate.

 

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Qualifications for Nomination:

To qualify for nomination, a candidate must be a member in good standing with both NACDL and the Affiliated Organization making the nomination. Additionally, the nominee must be willing to attend all quarterly NACDL Board meetings during their tenure except in cases of illness, serious personal/professional difficulties, or official court business.

 

The nomination deadline is 5:00pm ET, Friday, March 7, 2025. All submissions should include: 1) a letter from an Affiliate officer or executive director nominating the individual, 2) the nominee's letter of intent to run for the Affiliate Board seat, and 3) a statement of qualifications written in paragraph form by the nominee not to exceed 700 words, and a professional photograph. All qualified nominees will be automatically placed on the ballot.

 

How to Submit a Nomination: Please submit all candidate nominations here https://www.nacdl.org/AffiliateRepNom2025. If you have any questions, contact Jessica Stepan, jstepan@nacdl.org.

 

Election and Voting:

Each NACDL Affiliate shall be entitled to cast one ballot in the election. Ballots may be cast electronically by an official representative of the affiliated organization, namely the executive director, an executive officer, or by an individual member of that affiliated organization designated by one of its officers. A non-officer designee must provide written documentation from an executive officer of their respective affiliate at the time of voting which authorizes them to cast the ballot on behalf of the organization.

 

Affiliated organizations are recognized as such because their mission, goals, and structure mirror those of NACDL, and they are like-minded in their pursuit of ensuring justice and due process for persons accused of crime, improving the integrity, independence and expertise of the criminal defense profession, and promoting the proper and fair administration of criminal justice.

The Council of Affiliates. Your Voice.
The Council of Affiliates is comprised of (4) affiliate representatives who serve on NACDL's Board of Directors. Council members are elected by the local leadership of affiliated organizations and are responsible for representing the interests of all 95 NACDL Affiliates to its Board. The Council is primarily tasked with coordinating information and maintaining the relationship between NACDL and its county, city, state-wide, and international Affiliates.

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The current Council is broken-up by region. 

Please identify your Affiliate representative below:

Vikram Kapil  Class of 2025 South Boston, VA Phone: (336) 337-6166 vkrmkpl@yahoo.com Northeast Representative: CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, and VT	Amanda Clark Palmer Class of 2025 Atlanta, GA Phone: (404) 262-2225 aclark@gsllaw.com  Midwest Representative: IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, and WI
Carrie Lynn Thompson  Class of 2024 Denver, CO Phone: (303) 990-1993 carriecourtney8@gmail.com Western Representative: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MP, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, and WY	Jim Boren  Class of 2024 Baton Rouge, LA Phone: (225) 387-5786 jim@jamesboren.com Southeast Representative: AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV