ACDL-NJ Toolkit

This page is intended to provide links to every online resource that a New Jersey criminal defense lawyer will ever need in day-to-day practice. The links are arranged by topic, with each topic subdivided into New Jersey state resources followed by federal resources. Links marked with an asterisk contain good collections of links to other relevant resources. 

This page will be frequently updated, so please email us with any suggested additions or modifications, or if you find links that need updating.

GOVERNMENT

NJ State

State of New Jersey

"What County is that?" -- click on a city or town and scroll down to "Counties"

New Jersey County Offices -- find county government offices in New Jersey  

Federal

Department of Justice

TREATISES, MANUALS, AND CLE

NJICLE

GannLaw

Georgetown Law Journal “Annual Review of Criminal Procedure”

“Defending A Federal Criminal Case,” Federal Defenders of San Diego

Criminal Defense Manual (Federal Public Defender, D.N.J., 2010 Edition)

ABA Criminal Justice Standards

Federal Judicial Center criminal law materials

    Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials, Sixth Edition” 

NJ Attorney General's Criminal Law Digest:

    Criminal Law Digest - 2001-Original

    Criminal Law Digest - Cumulative Supplement, post-2001COURTS – JUDGES AND CLERKS

NJ State

New Jersey State Courts

    Criminal Law Directives 

    Criminal Division Forms (plea forms, etc.)

    Emergent Duty Procedures Manual - Court Year 2016 - 2017

Municipal Courts

Adult Drug Court

CRIMINAL DIVISIONS BY COUNTY [PDF]:

Atlantic/Cape May Counties

Bergen County

Burlington County

Camden County

Cumberland County

Essex County

Gloucester County

Hudson County

Hunterdon County

Mercer County

Middlesex County

Monmouth County

Morris County

Ocean County

Passaic County

Salem County

Somerset County

Sussex County

Union County

Warren County

Federal

Supreme Court of the United States 

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit     

Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Delaware Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Virgin Islands Bar Association

Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Third Circuit Model Criminal Jury Instructions

District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

    Judges and Staff - Newark

    Judges and Staff - Trenton

    Judges and Staff - Camden

    Rule 11 Form (Application for Permission to Enter Plea of Guilty)

    Subpoena to Testify at a Deposition in a Criminal Case

    Subpoena to Testify at a Hearing or Trial in a Criminal Case

FINDING LAWYERS

Martindale Hubbell

Avvo

FINDING CASE LAW

Google Scholar - search case law for free

Internet Legal Resource Guide

Law Schools

 NJ State

Rutgers School of Law - New Jersey Law page

Rutgers Law Library - Camden

Google Scholar - search case law for free

Primary New Jersey Federal and State Resources from Findlaw

Primary Federal and State Resources Organized by State from Findlaw

Federal

Searchable United States Code

Searchable Code of Federal Regulations

CRIMINAL STATUTES AND RULES

NJ State

N.J.S.A. 2C: Defines specific offenses (Subtitle 2) and sentencing procedures (Subtitle 3)

Municipal Ordinances & Codes (source of potential non-criminal disorderly persons pleas)

New Jersey Court Rules, Part III (Rules Governing Criminal Practice)

New Jersey Court Rules, Part VII (Rules Governing Practice in the Municipal Courts)

New Jersey Court Rules, Part II (Rules Governing Practice in the Supreme Court and Appellate Division)

Model Criminal Jury Charges [PDF]

Federal

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Federal Rules of Evidence

Local Rules of Criminal (and Civil) Procedure, District of New Jersey [PDF]

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

PROSECUTORS

NJ State

New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice

NJ Office of the Attorney General

NJ Attorney General Guidelines

NJ Attorney General Directives

Federal

United States Department of Justice

United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey

FBI - Newark Office

United States Attorney’s Manual

FBI Monthly Bulletin on Policies, Procedures and Other Topics

Other useful FBI publications

DEFENSE LAWYERS

 NJ State

Office of the Public Defender

ACLU of New Jersey

Federal

Federal Public Defender*

Federal Public Defender of NJ

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)*

Association of Federal Defense Attorneys

CJA PANEL INFO

CJA Forms

CJA Plan [PDF]

BAIL/JAIL  - ARREST AND PRETRIAL RELEASE

NJ State

2017 Bail Reform Act Information

The New Jersey Pretrial Justice Manual - NACDL, ACLU, NJ Public Defender (December 2016) [PDF]

Recent NJ Court decisions re: 2017 Bail Reform Act

Emergent Duty Procedures Manual - Criminal Section - January 2017

Emergent Duty Procedures Manual – Municipal - January 2017

AG Directive 2016-6 re: Criminal Justice Reform (October 11, 2016) [PDF]

NOTICE TO THE BAR: MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF APPEALS (EFFECTIVE 1/1/17) [PDF]

E-Courts page

Pretrial Detention Appeal (PDA) – Expedited Information Form (from Appellate Division Forms page)

Other Information

NJ Department of Corrections

Inmate locator

Prison locations

Revised Statewide Bail Schedules, May 12, 2009 [PDF] 

Federal

“The Bail Reform Act of 1984, Third Edition" (Federal Judicial Center 2006)

18 USC CHAPTER 207 - RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

18 USC § 3142 - RELEASE OR DETENTION OF A DEFENDANT PENDING TRIAL

Federal Bail and Detention Handbook (PLI)

Criminal Case Appearance Form [PDF]

United States Pretrial Services Agency - District of New Jersey

D.N.J.: What You Need to Know About Appearance Bonds English/Spanish [PDF]

Cancellation of Appearance Bond after case completion -- see Local Criminal Rule 46.1(b) & (c) [PDF]

U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

Inmate Locator

Prison locations

BOP Program Statements

RDAP program

IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES

Immigration Law and Crimes, By National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

Immigration Law Handbook

Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law & Practice 

GRAND JURY

 NJ State

State v. Hogan, 144 N.J. 216 (1996)

 Federal

Grand Jury Practice

DOJ Grand Jury Manual

DISCOVERY – BRADY/JENCKS/GIGLIO

NJ State

Supreme Court Report on Discovery in Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Matters, 2/21/12 [PDF]

Rule 3:13

Federal

NACDL "Discovery Reform" page*

"Ogden Memo" - Guidance for Prosecutors Regarding Criminal Discovery, David W. Ogden, Deputy Attorney General, January 4, 2010

USA Today database of "201 criminal cases across the nation in which federal judges found that prosecutors broke the rules"

US DOJ Manual, "Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations" [PDF]

PLEA

NJ State

Criminal Division Forms (plea forms, etc.)

Federal

Federal Organizational Plea Agreements   

PRETRIAL MOTIONS

NJ State

Materials regarding Racial Profiling

Federal

MIRANDA/SEARCH & SEIZURE

NJ State

Arrest, Search & Seizure (Gannlaw)

Federal

Georgetown Law Journal “Annual Review of Criminal Procedure”

TRIAL

NJ State

Evidence

Expert Witnesses

Cross-Examination

Jury Issues

Federal

Evidence

Expert Witnesses

Cross-Examination

Jury Issues

SENTENCING

NJ STATE

Pre Trial Intervention Program (PTI)

NJ Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing*

Intensive Supervision Program (ISP)

Oral Argument Sentencing Guidelines [PDF] 

NACDL's Restoration of Rights Page for New Jersey

FEDERAL

United States Sentencing Commission 

    Case Law Documents, Briefs and Court Decisions*

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Sentencing Table

Sentencing.us - A free U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines calculator

Federal Defenders - Office of Defender Services Training Branch - Sentencing Resources Page*

Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Website of Alan Ellis, Past President NACDL and sentencing expert

Sentencing Mitigation & Prison Designation Experts

"Best Places to Go to Prison" article

"171 Easy Mitigating Factors"

Federal Prison Sentence "Good Time" Calculator

United States Probation Office - District of New Jersey

THE PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT, Publication 107, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services (Rev. March 2006) (a/k/a "Monograph 107") [PDF] 

Collateral Consequences of Conviction

Important D.N.J. Standing Orders:

January-2010 Standard Conditions of Supervision [PDF]

March-2008 Amendment to Crack Cocaine Offense Level Guidelines [PDF]

July-2000 Guideline Sentencing [PDF] - sets deadlines for Presentence Report procedure

PROBATION/PAROLE

NJ State

New Jersey State Parole Board

NJ Institute for Social Justice

Federal

United States Probation Office - District of New Jersey 

January-2010 Standard Conditions of Supervision [PDF]

APPEAL

NJ State

New Jersey Court Rules, Part II (Rules Governing Practice in the Supreme Court and Appellate Division) 

New Jersey Standards For Appellate Review [PDF]

Appellate Division Criminal Case Information Statement

NJ Office of Public Defender Appellate Section

Appellate Division Forms

Federal

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

NJ State

Rule 3:22

NACDL's Restoration of Rights Page for New Jersey

Federal Habeas Corpus

Rules Governing 2254 & 2255 Cases  [PDF]

D.N.J. Habeas Information for Pro Se Defendants

COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONVICTION

Summary of NJ Restoration of Rights, Pardon, Expungement & Sealing​

ETHICS

NJ State

Rules of Professional Conduct

Federal

DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility

INVESTIGATION/FORENSICS/DNA

SPECIFIC TYPES OF CASES

Juvenile

White Collar

Sex Offenses

DWI

NJ Attorney General:

Compilation of all DWI Enforcement materials, guidelines and forms

Temporary Procedure for Evidential Breath Test Utilizing Alcotest Instrument for Standard Time Period October 30 - November 6, 2011

DNA/Exoneration

The Innocence Project