Indigent Defense

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) recently published a guide on challenging evidence seized by government-installed computer malware authored by the American Civil Liberties Union with input from NACDL and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The guide, “Challenging Government Hacking in Criminal Cases,” assessed recent court decisions evaluating the government’s use of malware in the context of Fourth Amendment protections from unreasonable searches.

This 3 day program will provide trial skills to institutional defenders and assigned counsel in Pennsylvania, with a focus on defenders in Philadelphia and the surrounding county of Montgomery. Emphasis will be placed on forensic issues that arise in sexual assault cases and will include lectures as well as small group/hands-on work.

Provide scholarship support to indigent defense providers (public defenders and private assigned counsel) to attend NACDL's 2017 Annual Meeting and seminar in San Francisco, CA on July 26-30, 2017.

This 3 day training will be held in Boise, ID on August 8-10, 2018. Two days will be devoted to lectures, providing training to 150 public defense providers of varied experience levels. The third day will be dedicated to providing hands-on skills work for 50 less experienced public defense attorneys. The training is being done in conjunction with the Idaho State Public Defense Commission

This 3-day training will be held in Boise, Idaho on August 8-10, 2018. It will include 2 days of general lectures for approximately 150 defenders of all experience levels and one day of specialized small group/hands-on training for approximately 50 less experienced defenders. The attendees will include institutional defenders and members of the private bar accepting court appointed cases. We will be partnering with the Idaho State Public Defense Commission.

NACDL will provide training for public defense providers in Indianapolis, IN on March 8-9, 2018. The program title and topics are being decided in cooperation with the Indiana Public Defender Council.

NACDL presents this webinar with attorneys from National Advocates for Pregnant Women, with the goal of expanding NAPW's nationwide network of criminal defense lawyers who have the training and tools needed to provide excellent representation in cases of women being criminally charged or otherwise punished in relationship to pregnancy. Women have been prosecuted in relationship to pregnancy in cases charged as homicide, feticide, criminal child endangerment or abuse, abuse of a corpse, criminal abortion, and other crimes.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) recently released its report Policing Body Cameras: Policies and Practices to Safeguard the Rights of the Accused. The report outlined NACDL’s position on the introduction and use of body cameras by law enforcement. This webinar will walk through the recommendations and talk about how to negotiate stronger body camera policies in your jurisdiction, the technical aspects of body cameras, and strategies and tactics for defending clients in body camera jurisdictions.

Provide scholarship support to indigent defense providers (public defenders and private assigned counsel) to attend NACDL's 2016 Annual Meeting and seminar in Palm Beach, FL, Aug 10-13, 2016.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Georgia Public Defender Council are planning a two-day training program in Macon, Georgia, to target the underserved area of southwest Georgia. Public defense providers, including institutionally employed defenders and those who do public defense via court appointment, are welcome to attend. The program will have a dual track on the first day, with juvenile and adult topics, and the second day will be comprised of "crossover" topics for both adult and juvenile defenders.