The Resource Center Webinar & Video Library showcases many of the free webinars and information-packed training videos produced by NACDL on a wide variety of topics. This is only a small part of the training videos, resources manuals, and other products across all criminal defense practice areas that NACDL offers – visit the NACDL Store to find even more material to assist defense lawyers.

Professor Wendy Bach and Dr. Mishka Terplan provide information essential for lawyers defending pregnancy-related prosecutions as well as others in the field. They discuss reproductive medicine, use of expert witnesses, and healthcare privacy and HIPAA issues in these cases.

Subject matter experts and litigators from NACDL’s Fourth Amendment Center explain and discuss some of the important digital technology issues that defense counsel will very likely encounter in these cases. The faculty focus on reverse searches, facial recognition, and device searches.

Almost any drug offense - including marijuana possession - can lead to deportation. A drug offense can prevent an undocumented immigrant from getting status or result in deportation for a lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for decades. This webinar will help defense counsel meet their duty under Padilla by providing an overview of the immigration consequences of drug offenses and offer strategies to avoid or minimize those consequences.

Domestic violence and related offenses including child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and violation of a protective order can carry immigration consequences for both undocumented persons and persons with lawful immigration status. This webinar covers the immigration consequences that domestic violence and related offenses have upon different immigrants and discuss how to avoid or minimize such consequences. The webinar also covers a related topic—the immigration consequences of violent offenses, including in non-DV cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court held in Padilla v. Kentucky that criminal defense attorneys have a Sixth Amendment duty to advise clients about immigration consequences of their criminal cases, and that failure to do so is ineffective assistance of counsel. With record numbers of immigrants being deported for relatively minor criminal offenses, it is imperative that anyone representing noncitizens understand basic concepts regarding the interplay between immigration and criminal law and be aware of emerging issues.

Long underused and unfairly applied by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, federal compassionate release is seeing a revival under the First Step Act. That law not only corrected many of the flaws in the way the BOP handled compassionate release requests, but allows prisoners direct access to the courts. The new law clarifies the broad range of circumstances related to age, illness, and family circumstances that might trigger eligibility for relief and further opens up exciting new opportunities to seek reconsideration of sentences that are no longer appropriate for a variety of other reasons.

Webinar on Bite Mark evidence and ABFO guidelines

Webinar on recantation evidence and its uses for innocence claims.

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.

Recording of Systemic Juror Exclusion: How States Continue to Disenfranchise Prospective Jurors Through Improper Policy Implementation, a webinar hosted by NACDL for Second Chance Month 2023.

Lengthy Sentences and A Second Look at Injustice: Dr. Ghandnoosh Discusses Her Report & Research on Prison Sentence Lengths and Criminal Justice Policies. Presented by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., The Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C.; and Seth P. Chazin, moderator, The Law Office of Seth P. Chazin

Presented by Judith Resnik, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT; and JoEllyn Jones, Jones & Ortiz P.A., Glassboro, NJ

Presented by Rene Valladares, Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada

On August 31st, 2022, NACDL and The Sentencing Project hosted "Guaranteeing Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions," a discussion exploring how felony disenfranchisement policies impact individuals with a criminal conviction, the complexities of getting voting rights restored, and the cycle of criminalization some face as a result.