- Comments to BOP on Proposed Rule Changing the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (Feb 2025)
- Comments to DOJ on Issues with the Use of Data-Driven Policing Technologies in EO14110 (May 2024)
- Comments to BOP on Proposed Changes to the Inmate Discipline Program (Apr 2024)
- Comments on Executive Order 14074 on Facial Recognition, and Biometic and Predictive Algorithms
- Letter to DAG and BOP on Access to Counsel in BOP Pretrial and Other Facilities (August 2023)
- Comments to BOP on Proposed Rule Changing the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (March 2023)
- Comments to AG Garland on Extending CARES Act Home Confinement Past COVID-19 Emergency (July 2022)
- Letter to DOJ on Unsafe and Inhumane Conditions at Rikers Island (March 2022)
- Letter to AG Garland on Immigration Sentencing Effects of Thomas/Thompson Opinion (February 2022)
- Comments to DAG Monaco on Compassionate Release Waivers in Plea Negotiations (February 2022)
- Comments to DOJ on Plans to Modernize and Clarify FARA Implementing Regulations (February 2022)
- Comments to BOP on Applying First Step Act Good Time Credit to D.C. Code Offenders (November 2021)
- Coalition Letter to DOJ on OLC Memo Re. Home Confinement During COVID-19 Pandemic (August 2021)
- Statement to DOJ on First Step Act Implementation for Stakeholder Listening Session (July 2021)
- Comments to AG Garland on the Right to Counsel in Criminal Cases in Tribal Courts (June 2021)
- Coalition Letter to AG Garland on Release Options During BOP’s COVID-19 Crisis (March 2021)
- Comments with FAMM and JAN to BOP on Proposed First Step Act Earned Time Credits Rule (January 2021)
- Statement to Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement on Accountability and Reform (June 2020)
- Coalition Letter to BOP Director on Reporting More Demographic Data of COVID-19 Cases (April 2020)
- Coalition Letter to AG Barr on Expanding DOJ Federal and State Response to COVID-19 (April 2020)
- Comments on DOJ First Step Act Implementation Tools (September 2019)
- Letter to Attorney General Barr on FIRST Step Act Implementation (March 2019)
- Coalition Letter on DOJ Request for Data Associated with Inauguration Day Protests (August 2017)
- Comments to DOJ on Advancing Forensic Science (June 2017)
- Comments to DOJ on Proposed Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports (August 2016)
- Comments to DOJ on Forensic Science Discipline Review Draft Methodology (August 2016)
- Comments to DOJ on Proposed Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports (July 2016)
- Comments to DOJ on Forensic Science Discipline Review (May 2016)
- Comments to DOJ on the Use of the Term Reasonable Scientific Certainty (February 2016)
- Coalition Letter on USA PATRIOT Act Reforms (March 2015)
- Coalition Letter on the FBI Next Generation Identification System (NGI) (June 2014)
- Coalition Letter to End NSA Bulk Collection (June 2014)
- Coalition Comments to BOP on Compassionate Release Interim Rule (February 2014)
- Comments to the National Commission on Forensic Science (January 2014)
- Letter to FBI Director Comey on Recording Custodial Interrogations in Felony Cases (December 2013)
- Coalition Letter in Favor of Transparency for National Security (July 2013)
- Coalition Letter to DOJ on NSA Surveillance Reports (July 2013)
- Comments to DOJ on Federal Review of State Capital Post-Conviction Cases (March 2012)
- Coalition Letter to DOJ and SEC on FCPA Guidance and Enforcement (February 2012)
- Comments to DOJ on Federal Review of State Capital Post-Conviction Cases (June 2011)
- Letter to the Department of Justice on Preventing and Responding to Prison Rape (April 2011)
- Coalition Letter to AG Holder on Public Safety Exception to Miranda in Terrorism Cases (May 2010)
- Letter to the Department of Justice on Preventing and Responding to Prison Rape (May 2010)
- Letter with FAMM to BOP on Rule Changes to Reentry (December 2008)
- Comments to DOJ on Proposed Regulations in Capital Cases (September 2007)
- Comments to DOJ on the Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification (July 2007)
- Comments to DOJ on Rules to Retroactively Apply the Adam Walsh Act (April 2007)
- Letter on BOP Proposed Reduction in Sentence For Medical Reasons (February 2007)
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Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York Council of Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment.
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News Release ~ Law Enforcement Executive Order
NACDL Warns Executive Order's Dangerous Overreach Undermines Community Safety and Trust in Police – Washington, DC (April 29, 2025) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) expressed deep concern regarding the Executive Order titled "Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens," cautioning that several of its proposals represent a dangerous overreach that undermines these goals by jeopardizing individual rights and the legitimacy of law enforcement in the eyes of the community.
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Trial Tactics for Pregnancy-Related Cases: Skills for Every Defender
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Collaborative Approaches to Appellate Defense: Recognizing Clients' Legal Expertise
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