Public Defense

Provide scholarship support to indigent defense providers (public defenders and private assigned counsel) to attend NACDL's 2018 Annual Meeting taking place on July 26-29, 2018 in Miami Beach, FL.

Provide scholarship support to indigent defense providers (public defenders and private assigned counsel) to attend NACDL's 2018 Midwinter Meeting held on February 14-17, 2018 in New Orleans, LA.

Provide scholarship support to indigent defense providers (public defenders and private assigned counsel) to attend NACDL's 2017 Sex Crimes Conference from November 16-17, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.

In collaboration with the Justice Programs Office at American University and in furtherance of the goals of the BJA-led Right to Counsel National Campaign, NACDL will help further the goals of the R2C initiative by creating at least one short video to highlight the importance of the right to counsel. A presentation consisting of multiple videos discussing the importance of the right to counsel was played at the R2C 3rd Annual Meeting.

In collaboration with the Justice Programs Office at American University and in furtherance of the goals of the BJA-led Right to Counsel National Campaign, NACDL will help further the goals of the R2C initiative by recording and disseminating podcasts with thought-leaders in the area of the right the counsel and public defense reform.

In collaboration with the Justice Programs Office at American University and in furtherance of the goals of the BJA-led Right to Counsel National Campaign, NACDL will help further the goals of the R2C initiative by recording and disseminating podcast with thought-leaders in the area of the right the counsel and public defense reform.

On April 6 and 7, 2017, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the Foundation for Criminal Justice, the Monroe Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Center for Court Innovation, and the State of New York Unified Court System, met to explore the impediments to and reforms needed to ensure effective justice in all stages of the criminal process, with a particular focus on the judicial role in high-volume misdemeanor courts.

In collaboration with the Justice Programs Office at American University and in furtherance of the goals of the BJA-led Right to Counsel National Campaign, NACDL, BJA, and AU co-hosted a meeting featuring a number of panel and small group discussions with various stakeholders about the right to counsel.

Scholarships for public defense practitioner(s) to attend NACDL's 2016 Joint DUI/Drug conference (or either DUI or Drug individually), on October 5-7, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV.

Provide scholarship support to indigent defense providers (public defenders and private assigned counsel) to attend NACDL's 2017 Advanced Criminal Law Seminar held in Aspen, CO from January 22-25, 2017.