Benefits of Affiliation

Align your organization with the nation's preeminent criminal defense organization, and you will have access to numerous benefits and opportunities.

Exclusive Benefits for Affiliated Organizations: 

  1. Ability to put local Affiliate News in The Champion
  2. Ability to promote your local CLEs in NACDL's CLE Calendar in The Champion and online
  3. Free Annual Subscription to The Champion magazine for your Executive Director
  4. Assistance locating potential speakers for your local seminars
  5. Access to NACDLConnect - an NACDL hosted listserv for engaging, sharing, and communicating with all other Affiliate leaders
  6. Subscription to NACDL's E-News
  7. Access to the lobbying assistance and benefits of the State Criminal Justice Network
  8. Assistance designing and distributing local legislative alerts and more to promote criminal justice reform at the state level.
  9. Review the dates of national CLE's to avoid conflicts
  10. Access to Online Briefs & Motions Bank
  11. Host a NACDL quarterly meeting in your town and your statewide members will receive significantly reduced seminar rates
  12. Profit-sharing incentives for assisting NACDL in the promotion of our events
  13. Receive annually, (2) free NACDL memberships to auction-off at your fundraisers
  14. Receive annually, (1) free NACDL seminar registration to a quarterly seminar to auction-off at your fundraisers
  15. Increase your statewide membership by working with our national staff on joint membership recruitment

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    DATE: May 16-17, 2025
    COST: FREE (registration is required)
    CLE Credit: Up to 14.5 credits 

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    WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 3:00-4:30pm ET / 12:00-1:30pm PT
    CLE CREDIT: not available
    COST: Free