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Presented by Gina Pruski, Director of Training and Development, Wisconsin State Public Defender
Race Matters II: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice January 10-11, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
Presented by Callie Glanton Steele, Senior Litigator, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Presented by Nan Whitfield, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender
Brief of Amici Curiae Prison Law Office, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Nevada, Ethics Bureau at Yale, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Juvenile Defender Center in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant and in Support of Reversal.
Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant.
Amicus's [NACDL and ACDL-NJ] Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion to Enforce Compliance with the Subpoena.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners (on petition for writ of certiorari).
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
DOJ Policy on Privilege Waivers Disappoints Defense Bar - Washington, DC (December 13, 2006) -- The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a leading member of the Coalition to Protect the Attorney Client Privilege, appreciates the deliberation that went into the Justice Department’s new policy guidelines on corporate investigations (the McNulty Memorandum) issued today. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is the nation’s largest voluntary bar organization dedicated to the defense of individuals and organizations accused of criminal misconduct.
