Austin, TX Attorney E. G. Morris Receives Prestigious 2022 Heeney Award from Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar – Washington, DC (Aug. 17, 2022) – Attorney E. G. "Gerry" Morris of Austin, TX received the Robert C. Heeney Memorial Aw...
2022-23 Officers and Newly-Elected and Re-Elected Members of the NACDL Board of Directors Installed at Annual Meeting – Washington, DC (Aug. 15, 2022) - NACDL installed newly-elected officers and directors at its Annual Board and...
West Palm Beach, Florida Attorney Nellie L. King Installed as President of Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar – Washington, DC (Aug. 15, 2022) – Florida Attorney Nellie L. King was sworn in as the 64th President of the National...
The Pacific Juvenile Defender Center Receives the 2022 Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award From Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar – Washington, DC (Aug. 12, 2022) – The Pacific Juvenile Defender Center (PJDC) was presen...
Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Remembers Past President Frank Maloney – Washington, DC (July 13, 2022) – Texas attorney, longtime member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and Past President (1987-88) Fr...
NACDL Statement on Dobbs, the Criminalization of Pregnancy and Reproductive Health, and the Human Toll of Overcriminalization – Washington, DC (June 24, 2022) – Today, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the S...
Nation’s Defense Bar Celebrates Juneteenth National Independence Day – Washington, DC (June 17, 2022) – On Sunday, the nation will celebrate its 155th Juneteenth National Independence Day. This day commemorates the effective en...
Joint IACDL and NACDL Statement Concerning the Presumption of Innocence, the Presumption of Pretrial Release, and Fundamental Fairness in Our Criminal Legal System – Washington, DC (June 10, 2022) – During a press conference held on ...
Nation’s Defense Bar Condemns Supreme Court Decision Undermining the Right of Habeas Corpus – Washington, DC (May 31, 2022) – Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion undermining the capacity of federal cour...
On the Second Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder, Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Calls for Renewed Focus on Reform – Washington, DC (May 25, 2022) – Two years ago, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George...
