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NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level.
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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.
Here are the 2019 profiles of new leaders, staff members, and interns at NACDL.
The executive director profiles the 2012 law clerks, interns, and minority fellows.
NACDL’s Diversity Task Force sponsored a law student essay contest. The task force asked students to discuss voter ID laws and whether these laws are being used to disenfranchise citizens from exercising their right to vote.
Law Student Essay Competition: The Diverseness of Racism and the Uncertain Potential of Diversity
Law Student Essay Competition Dawn Hunter June 2011 52 Stop Talking and Start Doing: Increasing Diversity In the Legal Profession The greatest challenge to increasing diversity in the legal profession and on the bench is taking action. Law schools, bar associations, law firms, and other organi
Increasing Diversity in The Legal Profession Jumba M. Mugwanya September 2011 60 The lack of diversity in the legal profession is a reflection of the larger socioeconomic disparities that exist in the United States. The legal community is exclusive by nature, considering that one must graduate from
