NYSACDL
New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Membership Application Please print or type
Name: ______________________________________________________ Firm Name:__________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: ____________________ County: _____________________ Phone:__________________________ Fax:________________________ Email:_______________________________________________________ Website:_____________________________________________________ Bar Admission State:_______________ Year Admitted:________________
Please circle membership type *All memberships include $15 donation to the NYSACDL Foundation, Inc. o Please check here to remove.
Lifetime Member President’s Club Sustaining Member Regular Member
Income over $50,000 or In practice over 5 years
$2500 $515 $315 $223
Regular Member
$145
Full-time Public Defender Allied Professional Member
$145 $197
Income under $50,000 or In practice less than 5 years
Non-lawyers who assist in the defense of criminal cases (consultants, investigators, etc.)
Retired Attorney $93 Law Student/Recent Law School Alumni (less than one year since completion) $67 School: __________________________
Graduation date: __________________
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Our Mission NYSACDL is dedicated to protecting the rights of criminal defendants through a strong, unified, and well-trained criminal defense bar. Our guiding principle is that vigorous defense is the strongest bulwark against error and injustice in the criminal justice system. In an era when the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, we expand on the question most often posed to our members and ask “how can we defend those people most effectively?” NYSACDL’s goals are to: n Serve as a leader and partner in advancing humane criminal justice policy and legislation. n Promote the rights of criminal defendants through the adoption of policy positions, targeted concerted action, and the submission of amicus briefs on issues of significance to the fair administration of criminal justice and the protection of civil liberties. n Advocate for individual and systemic accountability in the criminal justice system, with a particular emphasis on instances of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct. n Develop a broad, inclusive and vibrant membership of private criminal defense practitioners and public defenders throughout New York State. n Provide a forum for our members to exchange ideas and information, with a particular emphasis on mentoring those who are new to the profession. n Provide quality continuing legal education to our members through live programs, a comprehensive and easily-accessible briefs and motions bank, e-alerts and website updates with new developments, and articles in our quarterly publication, Atticus. n Defend our members in professional emergencies and honor their achievements through articles on our website and in Atticus, and awards at our annual dinner
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Please make your check payable to NYSACDL and send it to: NYSACDL Office, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, New York 12207 Fax: 888-239-4665
Atticus | Volume 28 Number 3 | Fall 2016 | New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers