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Ten Reasons Why You Should Join NMCDLA:
1. Place yourself within a strong community of criminal defense professionals who available through email or phone via our online directory. With more than 400 members and affiliation with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, NMCDLA provides you with an extensive network.
2. Access the Listserve, a “Members Only” online bulletin board where you can post inquiries about judges and prosecutors, swap motions, and exchange news with other lawyers.
3. Search the Listserve’s archives of previously discussed issues, so you always have access to information when it becomes relevant to you and your client.
4. Stay current with changes in criminal law and practice through the Association’s skill-sharpening CLE seminars, for which members receive substantial discount. Held four-six times a year, CLEs feature top criminal defense lawyers from around the state and country.
5. Make your voice heard. By informing you of pending legislation, the Legislative Action Alert gives you the information needed to contact and influence your legislators regarding matters that affect your clients.
6. Reference the Association’s comprehensive database of questionable practices by law enforcement. Members have access to this information and can also provide input concerning incidents that should be added to the store of data.
7. Participate in groups such as Indie Lunch where attorneys meet to problem solve around the defense of indigent clients; or, LifeLunch where members and guest experts strategize and assist each other with death penalty cases.
8. Advocate vigorously knowing the Association’s Strike Force is ready to step in if you are ever prosecuted, harassed or subpoenaed for defending your clients. Members under siege can have legal services provided at no cost.
9. Receive a periodic Electronic Digest of Appeals via Listserve and the Association’s quarterly newsletter, chock full of information to make you a better advocate.
10. Purchase high-quality, user friendly trial products including the NHTSA training DVD and manual as well as the laminated Immigration Chart.