Judge Frederic Block has demonstrated his willingness time-and-again to be bold and speak his mind, just as he did in his memoir Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge. Judge Block made headlines again recently with a lengthy opinion in the case of the United States of America …
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Collateral consequences: Keeping it all straight
José Padilla had been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for more than 40 years when he was assured by his attorney in 2001 that pleading guilty to a drug offense would not affect his immigration status. Almost immediately, however, the government began deportation proceedings against him. Nine years later in Padilla v. …
Collateral Consequences
One in four Americans has some form of a criminal record. The collateral consequences of a conviction – finding work or obtaining a professional license after an incarceration, for instance – can be severe and hard to diminish, and the volume and extent of these consequences are substantial. Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Law, Policy …
NACDL CLE content now on West LegalEdcenter
CLE content from NACDL (National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) is now on West LegalEdCenter. NACDL’s CLE offerings, which feature nationally-recognized speakers addressing the most current and relative issues in the criminal defense community, is available to NACDL members and other attorneys.
