Mission Statement & Founding Purposes

Mission

• To be the unified voice of an inclusive criminal defense community.

• To promote excellence in the practice of criminal law.

• To improve the criminal justice system at the judicial, legislative and executive levels.

• To insure the integrity and independence of the criminal defense lawyer.

• To promote the protection of the rights of individuals.

Founding Purposes

• To promote study and research in criminal defense law and related

  discipline;

• To disseminate by lectures, seminars and publications the advancement

  of knowledge of the law as it relates to the field of criminal defense

  practice;

• To promote the proper administration of criminal justice;

• To foster, maintain and encourage the independence and expertise of the

  criminal defense lawyer; and

• To further the education of the criminal defense community through

  periodic meetings and to provide a forum for the exchange of information

  concerning the criminal justice system.