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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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Imagine a young Baylor Law School graduate, the first Black student to walk the halls of his institution, staring down a future in a system far from perfect. That's where Michael Heiskell's story begins, and it's a tale woven with threads of resilience, trailblazing, and a relentless pursuit of justice.
NACDL and its work are often mentioned in print and broadcast news for the Association’s extensive criminal legal reform efforts, including its research, reports, amicus programs, policy statement and resolution, conferences, and other initiatives. In addition, NACDL leaders and experts often field inquiries from reporters covering the criminal legal system beat. In this section of the website, you will find links to some of the “best of” NACDL and its work in the news.
NACDL curates third party news content of interest to its members, criminal legal reform advocates, and the public in general. Stories are selected from among those included in NACDL’s Daily Criminal Justice Briefing, a daily newsletter available as an NACDL member benefit. In this section of NACDL’s website, you will find links to selected news stories of interest concerning the criminal legal system.
NACDL Public Affairs & Communications Intern Denise Tugade sits down with Holland & Knight Pro Bono Partner.
NACDL Director of Public Affairs & Communications Ivan J. Dominguez recently had the opportunity to speak with NACDL member and attorney Cristina C. Arguedas and her colleagues Ted W. Cassman and Raphael M. Goldman, all from the law firm of Arguedas, Cassman & Headley, LLP in Berkeley, California.
