National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is an American criminal defense organization. Their stated mission is to "Ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime. Foster the integrity, independence and expertise of the criminal defense profession. Promote the proper and fair administration of criminal justice."
Members include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active U.S. military defense counsel, law professors, judges, and defense counsel in international criminal tribunals, including the ICTY.
The NACDL, headquartered in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1958, has more than 12,000 direct members and 90 state, local, and international affiliate criminal defense lawyer organizations with a total of about 40,000 members.
The organization has a regular journal called The Champion which offers timely, informative articles written for and by criminal defense lawyers, featuring the latest developments in search and seizure laws, DUI/DWI, grand jury proceedings, habeas corpus, the exclusionary rule, death penalty, RICO, federal sentencing guidelines, forfeiture, white-collar crime, and more.
