The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is a professional bar association for criminal defense lawyers that works to advance justice, due process, and fairness in the criminal legal system.
Criminal justice reform, due process protections, constitutional rights, fair sentencing, discovery and evidence rules, policing and search-and-seizure standards, public defense, and opposition to overcriminalization and systemic inequities in the criminal legal system.
Primarily funded by membership dues, conference and education programs, donations, sponsorships, and support for its Foundation for Criminal Justice.
Its members include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, military defense counsel, law professors, and judges; it also works with state, provincial, and local affiliate organizations. Prominent public-facing leadership includes its officers, board members, and the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice.
Non-profit professional bar association
