Appellate Courts

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NACDL will provide scholarship(s) to assist public defense providers with the costs of attending the 2017 NLADA Appellate Defender Training.

TLPI is working with the New York Tribal State Court Forum by providing a presenter at their bi annual forum meeting in Syracuse, NY. Judge William Thorne will speak to the group about organizational issues and potentially institutionalizing the forum.

Supporting the travel and participation of 20 SAAs to a day-long conference on criminal justice reform.

Held a roundtable at NCJA on the role SAAs can play in ensuring the right to counsel.

NACDL Senior Resource Counsel Vanessa Antoun and Post-Conviction Counsel provided instruction at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Conference in Knoxville Tennessee on August 5th. Our presentation, Under the Microscope: Focusing on the FBI Hair Review and Beyond covered information for post-conviction lawyers about the microscopic hair comparison review, and training for lawyers who handle those cases, or other post-conviction innocence claims involving flawed or unreliable forensic evidence.

On July 20, 2016, NACDL presented a webinar on conducting state and local laboratory level reviews of microscopic hair comparison evidence for the purpose of determining whether the statements provided in criminal cases are scientifically valid. Under the Microscope: Examining Strategies for Implementing State & Local Microscopic Hair Comparison Reviews, a 1.5 hour program, provided an overview of the FBI MHCA Review, best practices for state and local reviews, an update on review efforts around the country, and specific examples from Iowa and Massachusetts.

NACDL will conduct an in-person, one-day training for at least 150 defense attorneys on litigating post-conviction claims of innocence. The goal of this training is to increase the ability of attorneys representing individuals in post-conviction proceedings to efficiently and effectively evaluate and litigate cases involving claims of innocence.

Delivered presentation entitled "Developing the First Evidence-Based Assessment Tool for Veterans Treatment Courts: Early Findings and Lessons Learned," about the BJA and National Institute of Corrections funded project to create the first set of evidence based screening and assessment tools for the veterans population.