Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in New Jersey

This training program will aid those working to defend persons accused of homicide in drug-related overdose deaths. Each section of the program focuses on a different aspect of these cases. CLE is not available for this program.

See the various issues on which NACDL has conducted criminal justice advocacy in New Jersey. To see active criminal justice legislation in New Jersey that NACDL is tracking, click the button at the bottom of the page. 

NACDL is working with the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ADCL-NJ) to repeal mandatory minimums in New Jersey. 

Information on the policy and history of recording custodial interrogations in New Jersey.

NACDL is working with coalition partners to improve transparency around police disciplinary records in New Jersey.

Letter to New Jersey legislative leadership regarding a proposed bill to require that law enforcement disciplinary records are government record and available to the public (S2656, 2020).

NACDL's work on pretrial advocacy in New Jersey highlighted by the publication of the New Jersey Bail Manual.  [Released December 2016]

Coalition letter from the NJ Coalition for Transparent Policing to the leadership of the New Jersey state legislature regarding proposed legislation to make law enforcement disciplinary records accessible to the public as government record (Senate Bill 2656).

Public defense issues and developments in New Jersey

Presented by: Jennifer Sellitti, Director of Training and Communications, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender; and Alexander Shalom, Senior Supervising Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ)

Presented by: Jennifer Sellitti, Director of Training and Communications, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender; and Alexander Shalom, Senior Supervising Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ)

Brief of Amici Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union, The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.

Argument: The state violates the Fourth Amendment and article 1, paragraph 7 when it obtains access to an incarcerated person’s recorded telephone conversations without a warrant. Jackson had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the calls he made to his mother from jail. Jackson did not forfeit all privacy rights in his telephone conversations by exposing them to jail staff for security monitoring purposes. Jackson did not consent to the State accessing his calls for its use in his prosecution. Requiring prosecutors to secure warrants in order to access jail calls is the only adequate way to protect the constitutional and policy interests the calls implicate.

Brief of Amici Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey

Argument: The state violates the Fourth Amendment and article 1, paragraph 7 when it obtains access to an incarcerated person’s recorded telephone conversations without a warrant. Jackson had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the calls he made to his mother from jail. Jackson did not forfeit all privacy rights in his telephone conversations by exposing them to jail staff for security monitoring purposes. Jackson did not consent to the State accessing his calls for its use in his prosecution. Requiring prosecutors to secure warrants in order to access jail calls is the only adequate way to protect the constitutional and policy interests the calls implicate.

Policies and rulings on lengthy imprisonment terms in New Jersey.