National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is a professional membership organization representing criminal defense attorneys in the United States. It advocates for reform of the criminal legal system, promotes the protection of constitutional rights of the accused, and provides resources and professional development for members of the criminal defense bar.www.nacdl.org
10
MENTIONS
7
EPISODES
6
PODCASTS
Search complete. 10 mentions across 7 episodes found for "National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers".
Oct 3, 2026
Thomas FreemanHOST
and studies by the U.S.
Thomas FreemanHOST
Sentencing Commission and groups like the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have found it can be severe with post-trial sentences often several times longer.
Thomas FreemanHOST
Second, the explosion of criminal law.
Thomas FreemanHOST
Starting in the 1970s, legislators added new crimes Higher penalties.
Jon KatzHOST
The tr- the Trial Lawyers College, which I attended in 1995 when it was with Jerry Spence there every week a- weekday in his ranch and, and so on and so forth.
Jon KatzHOST
And of course, being there with Larry Posner, for instance, you know, doing some of the NA- NACDL programs, the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Dave JohnsonGUEST
Yeah.
Dave JohnsonGUEST
Every office has a training budget.
speaker_5HOST
And frankly, technology forced their hand.
speaker_5HOST
As the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers noted in their public comments, requiring an oath was becoming somewhat arbitrary in the modern era.
speaker_5HOST
A high-definition, video-recorded police interrogation is often far more reliable evidence of exactly what a witness said and how they said it than a fuzzy memory recounted under oath at a formal hearing three years later.
speaker_5HOST
The video doesn't lie about narration or demeanor, even if the statement wasn't technically sworn.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
And I've told my kids this story, told a bunch of people.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
Chief Justice Gerald Kogan, who NACDL honored before his passing, was an instructor in a trial practice course that I had in law school.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
The Supreme Court was next door to the law school.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
So we had the benefit of getting Supreme Court justices to teach courses, which is great.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
Yeah, it really is.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
It's crazy.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
And I saw him years later at this event at NACDL.
Ramón de la CabadaGUEST
And I approached him and I said, look, you're not going to remember who I am.
Hunter ParnellHOST
don't listen to this episode.
Hunter ParnellHOST
Go back and listen to my episode on Tuesday with our friends from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Hunter ParnellHOST
They were the ones who litigated the case.
Hunter ParnellHOST
And they provide the insight into the decision, how it happened, its legal basis, what comes next for that, and potentially how they might litigate this.
Hunter ParnellHOST
Today, I was joined once again by Jumana Musa.
Hunter ParnellHOST
Jumana is the director of the Fourth Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Hunter ParnellHOST
And what are we talking about today? Well, folks, today's episode starts a full week of coverage about the Fourth Amendment.
Hunter ParnellHOST
Specifically, about the landmark Fourth Amendment case that just dropped at the end of the most recent Supreme Court term, Chaudhry v.
Topeka SamGUEST
I still have to pay it.
Topeka SamGUEST
And so we've been working on a piece of legislation called Fairness and Restitution Act to change that with the NACDL, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, to try to introduce this in session next year to get more people remission, which is an act of clemency on the financial aspect of their conviction.
Topeka SamGUEST
So when you're unbanked, you know, you can't get a bank account.
Topeka SamGUEST
Often their bank accounts are closed.