About the ACDL-NJ

ACDL-NJ 30th ANNUAL SUPER SATURDAY SEMINAR

Saturday, October 20, 2018
Registration 8:15 AM | Program 9:00 AM - 1 :45 PM
APA Hotel Woodbridge, 120 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, NJ 08830

Program:

Welcome by ACDL-NJ President Sharon Bittner Kean

Breaking Blue: Challenging Police Officer Credibility
  • Jennifer Sellitti, Esq., Director of Training, NJ Office of the Public Defender
Fourth Amendment Update: Digital Searches & Seizures - Location Tracking and Government's Hacking
  • Michael Price, Esq., Senior Litigation Counsel, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Fourth Amendment Center
Detecting Deception - How to Tell If Someone Is Lying
  • Mark P. Smith, Former Morris Sex Crimes Detective, Past President and current Board Chairman of New Jersey Polygraph Association
Expungements: Something Old, Something New
  • Allan Marain, Esq., Law Offices of Allan Marain
  • Kevin Walker, Esq. First Assistant Public Defender
  • Stephen Hunter, Esq., Assistant Deputy Public Defender
Immigration Update
  • Michael Noriega, Esq., Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan, L.L.C.


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The ACDL's History and Mission

The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ACDL-NJ) was established in 1985 and has since become the primary organized voice for the criminal defense bar in New Jersey. The ACDL-NJ was formed, among other reasons, to respond to the continuing problems confronting criminal defense lawyers when they honestly, ethically, but zealously represent their clients; to protect and insure compliance with those individual rights guaranteed by the New Jersey and United States Constitutions; and to encourage cooperation among criminal defense lawyers engaged in the furtherance of those objectives. The criminal defense lawyer has a difficult job, which is poorly understood by the public and, on occasion, even by the courts. The ACDL-NJ's message to criminal defense lawyers has always been, and will continue to be: in your efforts to insure the basic rights and liberties of all people, you are not alone.

Message from the President




The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey is an active, engaged group of more than 500 members across New Jersey, assisting each other to become effective advocates on behalf of criminal defendants, especially in difficult situations. The ACDL-NJ continues to make its voice heard in the New Jersey appellate courts as amicus curiae on behalf of the interests of the criminal defense bar and its clients in important matters. Our Lawyers Assistance Committee has successfully advocated on behalf of ACDL members in state and federal court, and our Legislation Committee has continued to monitor and weigh in on pending legislation affecting criminal defendants. The ACDL-NJ listserv enables members to reach out to our entire membership and pick the brains of the finest criminal defense lawyers in this State. In sum, there has never been a better time to become a member of the ACDL-NJ. If you are already a member and have suggestions about how to make the ACDL-NJ more useful to its members, please let us know.

- Sharon Bittner Kean, ACDL-NJ President