New Attack on Counsel Access at GTMO to Be Heard Friday -- Washington, DC (Aug. 17, 2012) – In the latest attack on attorney-client relationships at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. Department of Justice now takes the position that Guantanamo detainees whose habeas corpus cases have been terminated no longer have the right of access to their lawyers and vice versa. Under a new “memorandum of understanding,” attorney-client visits and communications are permitted at the sole discretion of the Commander, Joint Task Force-Guantanamo.

Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Joins Letter to U.S. Senators Concerning Attacks on DOJ Civil Rights Division Nominee Debo Adegbile -- Washington, DC (March 13, 2014) – While the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) does not take positions on political nominees, NACDL does strongly deplore attacks on any attorney, including political nominees, arising out of the attorney’s representation of a client in a criminal matter.

Court: Guantanamo Detainees Retain Right to Legal Counsel -- Washington, DC (Sept. 6, 2012) – Today Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order upholding Guantanamo detainees’ access to counsel. The order directly addresses and rejects each argument made by the Government in its attempt to weaken the detainees’ constitutional right to seek review of the legality of their detention.

Criminal Defense Lawyers and ACLU File Challenge to Suspicionless Border Searches and Seizures of Laptops - Washington, DC (September 7, 2010) – Do you want the federal government to know all the details of your most personal affairs? Your internet browser history? Your confidential family matters? Your medical issues? Your divorce? Your workplace or auto accident? Your strategic business plans? Your tax analysis? Your will? The fact that you have consulted with a criminal defense lawyer?

NACDL Hails Legislative Protection for Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material -- Washington, DC­ (September 12, 2008) -- NACDL commends Congress and the federal judiciary for passage of a modified rule of evidence that will continue to protect the attorney-client privilege in cases where privileged material was inadvertently produced.

Criminal Defense Bar Condemns Pentagon Policy Permitting Warrantless Computer, E-Mail Searches -- Washington, DC­ (June 2, 2008) -- The Defense Department’s new policy of requiring military defense counsel to consent to warrantless search and seizure of privileged information on their office computers and peripheral devices was condemned by the Executive Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in a special resolution May 30.

Legislation Still Needed to Protect Privileges, Right to Counsel -- Washington, DC­ (August 28, 2008) -- The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), a leading member of the Coalition to Preserve the Attorney Client-Privilege, appreciates the Justice Department’s latest policy recognizing the attorney-client privilege. It is, however, “only a policy – not binding on the Department or U.S. Attorneys in the field, and subject to revision or rescission by the attorney general at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all,” NACDL President John Wesley Hall said today.

Defense Bar, Business and Legal Groups Support Legislation - Washington, DC­ (November 13, 2007) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers fully supports H.R. 3013, “The Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007," which passed the U.S. House of Representatives Monday afternoon with no serious opposition. 

Defense Lawyers Bar Supports Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Bill - Washington, DC (July 12, 2007) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), a member organization of the Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege, fully supports the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The attorney-client privilege – the oldest privilege under common law – exists to protect the public in civil and criminal matters by ensuring frank and honest communications between client and lawyer.

ABA Resolution on DOJ’s Corporate Compliance Practices: Statement of Martin S. Pinales, President, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Corporations and Employees May Have Valid Joint Interests Washington, DC -- In light of yesterday’s report and resolution approved by the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates at its annual meeting in Honolulu, NACDL President Martin Pinales released the following statement:

Statement of NACDL Past President Nancy Hollander, NSA Lawsuit Plaintiff - Albuquerque, NM (January 17, 2006) -- In the 1960's and the 1970's the FBI, CIA and the Chicago Police Department followed me, kept files on me, wrote about my anti-war and civil rights speeches, made copies of my writings, took my picture. I was not a lawyer then and although their activities were clear attempts to chill my First Amendment rights, they failed.