Renewed War on Drugs, harsher charging policies, stepped-up criminalization of immigrants — in the current climate, joining the NACDL is more important than ever. Members of NACDL help to support the only national organization working at all levels of government to ensure that the voice of the defense bar is heard.
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NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights.
NACDL harnesses the unique perspectives of NACDL members to advocate for policy and practice improvements in the criminal legal system.
NACDL envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system.
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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This webinar is a rapid-fire overview of the compassionate release legal framework, the process, best practices, and the latest legal developments. Practitioners in the field and long-time experts discuss grounds for compassionate release including COVID-19 and other sentencing developments; the compassionate release exhaustion requirement; getting and analyzing clients’ medical records; how to strategize when filing motions outside of your home district; helping create a reentry plan; and dealing with detainers.
This panel focuses on developing relationships with state power players and seeking unlikely and likely allies in building coalitions for lasting and meaningful reforms.
Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences: Exploring Moral Principles and Economic Innovations to Restore Rights and Opportunity NACDL’s 17th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference and 2nd Annual Presidential Summit | August 23-25, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
This plenary features formerly incarcerated men and women who have successfully re-entered their communities. Panelists are prompted with themes relative to effectively and efficiently navigating the process of reentry.
Collateral Consequences: Practice presented by Amanda David, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender of Eastern District New York
Race Matters I: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice September 14-15, 2017 | Detroit, MI
Collateral Consequences: Policy presented by David Singleton, Executive Director, Ohio Justice & Policy Center
The 126 undersigned organizations representing a broad, diverse group of stakeholders write today to endorse the Reentry Act. This critical legislation would allow incarcerated individuals to receive medical services supported by Medicaid thirty days prior to the individual’s release.
NACDL advocated for reentry reforms and investment in reentry services.
Reentry resources prepared for the webinar "Everything You Wanted To Know About Federal Compassionate Release (But Didn’t Know To Ask)" by Stephanie Grace Prost, Ph.D.
Coalition letter to Congressional leadership regarding supporting the needs of the incarcerated community in the next anticipated federal response package to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coalition letter to Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal regarding the lack of demographic information included in its daily reports of systemwide COVID-19 cases.
Coalition letter to members of the House regarding Pell Grants for people in federal and state prisons, as proposed in the Restoring Education And Learning (REAL) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2521).
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (cert. stage).
