Attorney-Client Privilege & Work Product Doctrine
The attorney-client privilege is fundamental to fairness and balance in our justice system and essential to corporate compliance regimes. Without reliable privilege protections, executives and other employees will be discouraged from asking difficult questions or seeking guidance regarding the most sensitive situations.
Resources on the decline of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine and possible reform are available below:.JPG?width=299&height=239 "Gerald B. Lefcourt")
- Letters, Statements, and Advocacy Materials
- Reports, Scholarship, and Surveys
- Government Agency Materials
Pictured right: Seminar Co-Chair Gerald B. Lefcourt moderating a panel discussion on the ethics of privilege and disclosure at NACDL's 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar in New York on October 1, 2009.
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News Releases
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News Release ~ 03/08/2021
NACDL’s Corrections Committee Launches Online Resource Tracking the State of Prison and Jail Communications Systems -- Committee also releases manual on navigating the federal prison system. --Washington, DC (March 8, 2021) – Today, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Corrections Committee released an important new online resource, “The State of Prison & Jail Communication Systems,” as well as a separate manual, “How to Navigate the Federal Prison System.”
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News Release ~ 10/18/2018
NACDL Files Suit Demanding Records About Federal Government’s Monitoring of Emails Between Individuals in Federal Prisons and Their Attorneys – Washington, DC (Oct. 18, 2018) – Today, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) filed suit in federal court demanding that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Department of Justice (DOJ) release records about their monitoring of the attorney-client communications of individuals in federal prisons as well as federal prosecutors’ use of those emails against those individuals in court.