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ACCD Ethics Opinion 03-01 on caseload limits

Join the ACCD

The American Council of Chief Defenders (ACCD) is dedicated to promoting fair justice systems by advocating sound public policies and ensuring quality legal representation to people who are facing a loss of liberty or accused of a crime who cannot afford an attorney. The goals of the ACCD are:

  1. To support leaders of all types of indigent defense systems through the exchange of information and ideas, training and networking; and
  2. To increase our impact on criminal justice policies and practices nationally and locally.

The ACCD is a Section of NLADA. A section e-mail list facilitates member communication and the sharing of information.


"Public Defense: Leading the Way to Racial Justice": Video, written summaries, and conference material downloads from the ACCD’s summer conference are now available on-line!

Document Press Reslease publicizing ACCD’s resolution protesting unreasonably high caseloads facing Kentucky public defenders (pdf, 28 Kb)

Document ACCD resolution in support of public defender fight for reasonable caseloads in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (pdf, 238 Kb)

Propsed Adam Walsh Act Guidelines:Sex Offender Registration and Notification ACT (SORNA) Guidelines.These guidelines explicate the Adam Walsh Act's sex offender registration and notification provisions.

Miami-Dade Public Defender Pleadings to Fight Excessive Caseloads

Document ACCD support of public defender fight for reasonable caseloads in Miami-Dade, Florida (pdf, 251 Kb)

Document ACCD resolution in support of public defender independence and reasonable caseloads in Cook County, IL (pdf, 118 Kb)

Document Cover letter for ACCD’s Cook County, IL resolution in support of public defender independence and reasonable caseloads (pdf, 165 Kb)


Document Letter to the Chair of The ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense by ACCD Chair Fern Laethem on the ACCD Caseload Report and Resolution (pdf, 31 Kb)
*The letter was also sent to Presidents of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association.

Document ACCD Resolution in Support of Brian Jones, Public Defender Portage County Ohio (pdf, 12 Kb)

ACCD Statement On Caseloads and Workloads (pdf, 162 Kb)



Law Student Loan Forgiveness


Loan Forgiveness page

ACCD Ethics Opinion


Download a PDF version of the American Council of Chief Defenders Ethics Opinion 03-01 on workloads (2003).


Free Online Training: Eyewitness Identification


Through NLADA's partnership with the Practising Law Institute (PLI), NLADA has taken the first step towards making training to the defender community available online.

Attend a Free, One Hour Seminar on Eyewitness Identification by Leading Expert Gary Wells, from your Desktop.

"Eyewitness Identification" is an online training featuring Gary Wells, Ph.D., Iowa State University. This free training, made possible through the support of the Practising Law Institute, is now available for viewing and CLE credit.



























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