Calendar of Events

White Collar Practice
12 credit hours
Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19, 2011
The Ritz Carlton Hotel
Philadelphia, PA

White Collar Practice Registration Form

Critical Issues In Capital Cases
6 credit hours
Friday, December 9, 2011
Crowne Plaza Valley Forge Hotel
260 Mall Blvd.
King of Prussia, PA

Critical Issues In Capital Cases Registration Form

Motor Vehicles
6 credit hours
Friday, February 10, 2012
Marriott Lancaster at Penn Square
Lancaster, PA

Judges and Experts: Insight, Opinion and Interactive Discussion
6 credit hours
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Nittany Lion Inn
200 West Park Avenue
State College, PA  16803

2012 Joint Annual Meeting
12 credit hours
Thursday and Friday, April 26 & 27, 2012
The Harrisburg Hilton
1 N. Second Street
Harrisburg, PA

For the Experienced
Sun Tzu’s Art of War: Ancient Wisdom for Today’s Advocate
9 credit hours
Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, 2012
7 Springs Mountain Resort

Search & Seizure
6 credit hours
October 2012
Pittsburgh, PA

 

 

 

 

New Members Only Section: U.S. District Court addresses and counties of jurisdiction in Pennsylvania.

PACDL now accepts credit cards.

News

Letter to Criminal Rules Committee on proposed new Pa.Rs.Crim.P. 556 – 556.12 and proposed correlative changes to Pa.Rs.Crim.P. 103, 540, 542, 544, 547, 560, 573, 578, 582, 646, 648, 1003 and 1101

PACDL's Statement in Support of Advisory Committee Report on Wrongful Convictions

PACDL's Statement in Support of the Capital Habeas Unit

PACDL's Response to proposed changes to Pa.R.Crim.P. 119 & 500

 

The U.S.A.G. has instructed all federal prosecutors to change course and now apply the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to all cases where a defendant was sentenced after August 3, 2010. The new crack mandatories and the new guidelines apply to all cases that had not reached sentencing by 8/3/10 and this will create a basis for some defendants to seek habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 to correct and modify their sentences. Click here for the memo

Member Services

The MEMBERS-ONLY section is password-protected and limited to members of PACDL. If you are a member of PACDL and would like to obtain a password, please contact us.

Brief Bank

One of the valuable benefits of membership to PACDL is access to our extensive Brief Bank, a digital library of briefs written and submitted by our members.

PACDL Listserv

The PACDL Listserv is a private email-based discussion group for members of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

 

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