NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

NACDL seeks volunteers in historic pro bono effort to secure compassionate release for the most vulnerable federal prisoners.

NACDL to Focus on Service and Support for Members, Clients, and Community Throughout Virus Emergency

With support from the NFCJ, NACDL instituted a Diversity Fellowship program in criminal defense law. The fellowship places law students from historically underrepresented backgrounds with exceptional and experienced criminal defense attorneys, and the fellows experience criminal defense practice firsthand during their eight-week placements.

NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center offers direct assistance to defense lawyers handling cases involving new surveillance tools, technologies and tactics that infringe on the constitutional rights of people in America. The Center is available to help members of the defense bar in bringing new Fourth Amendment challenges.

 To request assistance or additional information, contact 4ac@nacdl.org.

NACDL's numerous studies, reports, and recommendations are described and linked to from this page. From body cameras to discovery reform, and from public defense to electronic surveillance, NACDL's groundbreaking research and reform proposals can be found here.

NACDL and FAMM, backed by the NFCJ, launched the State Clemency Project to support clemency initiatives focusing on individual in state custody. The State Clemency Project partners with governors to assist with their executive clemency goals and develop tailored programs to best accomplish those goals.

As a result of generous grant funding, NACDL is able to offer scholarship assistance to public defense attorneys to attend training programs.