Reports on restoration of rights and the collateral consequences of an arrest or conviction.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' NACDL Press and Thomson Reuters Westlaw released the second book of their joint publishing venture, Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Law, Policy and Practice by Margaret Colgate Love, Jenny Roberts, and Cecelia Klingele. This volume is a comprehensive resource for practicing civil and criminal lawyers, judges and policymakers on the legal restrictions and penalties that result from a criminal conviction over and above the court-imposed sentence.

Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held in Washington, DC February 20-22, 2013.

Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held in San Francisco July 26-27, 2012.

Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held in New York City May 15-17, 2013.

Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held in Miami February 16-17, 2012.

Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held in Cleveland April 26-27, 2012.

Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held in Chicago October 20-21, 2011.

NACDL undertook an unprecedented and wide-ranging inquiry into how legal mechanisms for relief from the collateral consequences of conviction are actually working, in state and federal systems. NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction conducted a series of regional hearings (Chicago, Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York) to study state and federal relief mechanisms.

Testimony by Patricia Warth, Co-Director of Justice Strategies at the Center for Community Alternatives, to the NACDL Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction

Resolution designating April 2017 as "Second Chance Month" sponsored by Senator Portman (OH).  

Hearings on Barriers to Social Re-Entry And Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions – Washington, DC (July 23, 2012) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (NACDL) Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction will hold its fourth national hearing on how legal mechanisms for relief from the collateral consequences of conviction are actually working in state and federal systems on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27, 2012, in San Francisco, California at the offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 405 Howard St.

A Roadmap to Restore Rights and Status After Arrest or Conviction

Between 2012 and 2014, NACDL’s Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction embarked on a study of relief mechanisms available to those with a conviction on their record on the local, state and federal level. At an event at the Open Society Foundations in Washington, DC, NACDL released a major new report that comprehensively explored the stigma and policies relegating tens of millions of people in America to second-class status because of an arrest or conviction. [Released May 2014]

Promoting the Fair Administration of Criminal Justice: Across the Issues and Across the Country (Inside NACDL) Norman L. Reimer Inside NACDL November 2011 7 Earlier this fall, NACDL conducted a survey to assess the Association’s value to the national defense community. More than 1,800 members and