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This Litigation Manual was developed by NACDL’s Criminalization of Reproductive Health Task Force to serve as a comprehensive resource to effectively litigate abortion cases. As the nation’s preeminent criminal defense bar, we are deeply committed to ensuring that the defense community is fully equipped to represent all accused persons at the highest level. This resource is restricted to defense attorneys. It is not to be used by those employed by prosecution or law enforcement organizations or otherwise involved in the prosecution of criminal cases or law enforcement. [Released Nov. 2023]
Prepared by Ellen Yaroshefsky for for the NACDL Post-Dobbs Defender Skills Summit in July 2023
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association for Public Defense, Immigrant Defense Project, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioner-Appellant.
Brief in Support of Appellant by Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
