In the wake of the severe cuts to the provision of indigent defense services during sequestration in 2013, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) created a Federal Indigent Defense Task Force to examine the federal indigent defense system. The mission included an assessment of the level of independence afforded to the Office of Defender Services and consideration of whether reforms are necessary to ensure adherence to the ABA’s Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System. [Released September 2015]

President Gerry Morris's letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government regarding ensuring adequate funding and support needed for federal defender services to ensure adequate representation for those who cannot afford it.

Coalition letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding further cuts to federal defender budgets, resulting from the recent sequestration, that continue to affect the adequate funding and training needed for defender services to ensure adequate representation for those who cannot afford it.

Coalition letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government regarding further cuts to federal defender budgets, resulting from the recent sequestration, that continue to affect the adequate funding and training needed for defender services to ensure adequate representation for those who cannot afford it.

Member Richard Kammen's written statement to the House Appropriations Committee regarding adequate funding and training for defender services to ensure adequate representation for those who cannot afford it.

Letter with the National Association of Federal Defenders to members of the Senate regarding concerns for cases in tribal courts as addressed in the proposed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 (S. 1925).

NACDL President Gerald Goldstein's written statement to the Judicial Conference Committee on Long Range Planning regarding the future of the federal courts as laid out in the proposed long-range plan.

Member Loren Weiss's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts regarding sufficient funding and availability of federal defender offices and CJA attorneys, pursuant to proposals outlined in the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1995 (S. 1101).

NACDL President Judy Clarke's testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary regarding adequate funding for defense services and training at every level to ensure adequate representation for those who cannot afford it.

NACDL President Gerald B. Lefcourt's written statement to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Commerce, Justice and State, and the Judiciary regarding adequate funding for defense services at every level and other measures to prevent prosecutorial abuse, all addressed in the Citizens Protection Act of 1998 (H.R. 3396).

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.