AI ETHICS
About NACDL
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system. NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level. NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights. NACDL harnesses the unique perspectives of NACDL members to advocate for policy and practice improvements in the criminal legal system. NACDL also actively engages with emerging technologies through its Fourth Amendment Center and related programming and task forces, educating defense attorneys on issues like probabilistic genotyping, forensic genetic genealogy, and the impacts of AI on policing, sentencing, and privacy rights. Additionally, NACDL has launched a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence to establish policy and the ethics of artificial intelligence and to monitor the impact that AI will have on criminal defense lawyers and their clients. NACDL also believes “Justice is Green,” and is committed to being a bar organization that leads in criminal legal reform as well as various going green initiatives. This commitment prioritizes NACDL’s respect for the planet alongside its vision for a more just and fairer criminal legal system. NACDL believes we all need to modify our behavior to ensure the wellbeing of our planet and its inhabitants; for NACDL, this commitment will be reflected in its conduct as well as its messaging to other bar associations around the country. Finally, NACDL has established the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice (NFCJ), a 501(c)(3) registered charity. The mission of the NFCJ is to preserve and promote the core values of the criminal legal system guaranteed by the Constitution — among them due process, fair sentencing, and effective assistance of counsel — by educating the public and the legal profession to the role of these rights and values in a free society.
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Parity in Practice: The Defender’s Duty to Ethically Use AI
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