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NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights.
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NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level.
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There is no question – racial and ethnic disparities abound in our criminal justice system. Racial bias, both conscious and unconscious, results in more people of color being stopped, arrested, convicted and imprisoned than ever before. Criminal defense lawyers and public defenders are not immune to bias and, of all people in the system, should be aware of their biases and keep them in check.
NACDL released its report Policing Body Cameras: Policies and Practices to Safeguard the Rights of the Accused in March 2017, outlining NACDL’s position on the introduction and use of body cameras by law enforcement. This webinar walks through the recommendations and talks about how to negotiate stronger body camera policies in your jurisdiction, the technical aspects of body cameras, and strategies and tactics for defending clients in body camera jurisdictions.
Presented by Drew Findling, NACDL President (2018-2019), The Findling Law Firm PC, Atlanta, GA
Race Matters II: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice January 10-11, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
Presented by Nicole Porter, Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
Presented by Alisa Rachelle Blair, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender
Presented by Todd Pugh, Breen & Pugh Attorneys at Law, Chicago, IL
Presented by Professor Devon W. Carbado, Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Presented by Eric Davis, Chief of the Felony Trial Division, Harris County Public Defender (Houston, TX)
Presented by Gina Pruski, Director of Training and Development, Wisconsin State Public Defender
Presented by Professor Barbara Creel, Professor of Law and Director of the Southwest Indian Law Clinic, University of New Mexico School of Law
Presented by Cynthia W. Roseberry, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Wilberforce University
History of Race in America presented by Jeffery Robinson, Deputy Legal Director and Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, American Civil Liberties Union
Race Matters I: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice September 14-15, 2017 | Detroit, MI
Presented by Callie Glanton Steele, Senior Litigator, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Presented by Isaac Bryan, Master of Public Policy candidate, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Presented by Dr. Ifetayo Ojelade, PhD, licensed psychologist and expert on trauma recovery, Atlanta, GA
