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The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is currently accepting proposals from individuals to serve as an independent contractor for various projects related to NACDL's Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI).
Criminal Mitigation Strategies for Borderline Personality Disorder with Mark Silver. Materials attached.
NACDL encourages counsel not to abdicate their responsibility to provide effective representation to their clients and to continue to make a full record of work that cannot be achieved during the pandemic. NACDL supports its members and others who adhere to fundamental capital practice standards during this pandemic and refuse to undertake substandard in-person work.
Amicus curiae brief of the Child Welfare League of America, the Juvenile Law Center, and NACDL in support of petitioners.
