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Attorney-client communications case law and legislation in District of Columbia
Amicus Curiae Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint filed by NACDL in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Department of Justice (Civil Action No. 2014-0269).
The Department of Justice Office of Information Policy's response to NACDL's appeal for access to the Federal Criminal Discovery Bluebook. This resulted in National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys and United States Department of Justice (Civil Action No. 2014-0269).
Letter to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy regarding an NACDL Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the Federal Criminal Discovery Bluebook. This resulted in National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys and United States Department of Justice (Civil Action No. 2014-0269).
Letter to the Advisory Committee on Local Rules chairman regarding proposed changes to criminal disclosure rules in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of petitioner-appellee Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Military commissions created by Respondents are incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress. Constitutionally, there is no “inherent” Presidential authority to create these military commissions and challenge to their jurisdiction via habeas corpus has long been recognized in our military law.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.
Amicus curiae brief of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, the Constitution Project, the Rutherford Institute, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioner.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioner – Appellee Mohamedou Ould Salahi urging affirmance of the district court’s decision granting habeas petitioner’s plea for release from Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba.
NACDL amicus brief in support of appellant on rehearing en banc.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Center for Competitive Politics in support of appellant.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Federal Defenders and the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital in support of appellants, urging reversal.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of appellant.
