ABA Criminal Justice Section

07/11/2025

"D.C. Circuit Throws Out 9/11 Plea Deals"

A federal appellate court ruled Friday that former Sec. of Defense Lloyd Austin acted lawfully when he withdrew from plea agreements reached with three defendants last year.

07/10/2025

SCOTUSblog: "The criminal side of the docket is not what you think"

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Welcome to the initial biweekly “ScotusCrim” column for SCOTUSblog, which we hope […]

07/09/2025

"Lessons from Recent White Collar Crime Trials" -- a panel of the upcoming Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute, Sept. 3-5.

https://events.americanbar.org/event/5E59FDBF-AFF2-413E-B0AE-77FC5453904A/summary

07/08/2025

New CJS Podcast: What do the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Chabad Chassidic movement have to do with criminal justice reform? It all starts with “Aleph."

Rabbi Bryski and his team work with defense counsel to craft alternative sentencing proposals for offenders.

07/07/2025

New CJS Newsletter article: "DOJ’s FCPA Guidance Protects U.S. Companies, Fights Foreign Bribery"

The Department of Justice’s updated guidelines for investigations and enforcement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act put to rest notions that the law will lie dormant for the foreseeable future.

07/02/2025

Check out this panel of the upcoming Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute.
More info at: https://events.americanbar.org/event/5E59FDBF-AFF2-413E-B0AE-77FC5453904A/summary

06/30/2025

New JustPod Episode: "Volunteering for the Death Penalty: Discussion with Award-Winning Journalist Gianna Toboni"

Gianna Toboni’s book is a morally provocative chronicle about Scott Dozier, a former Army Ranger, who was sentenced to death, and “volunteered” for the death penalty.

06/27/2025

New CJS Newsletter Article: "The Emotional Economics of Entrapment - Understanding Consent, Coercion, and Compliance in the Wake of the Combs Case"

Consent is often treated as a binary matter: yes or no. Yet, in cases involving coercive control and trauma bonding, this framework might not be sufficient.

06/25/2025

New Episode of JustPod Podcast/ White Collar Talks With Nina & Joe

Please join co-hosts Joe Whitley and Nina Marino for an insightful discussion with our distinguished guest, Susan Bozorgi.

06/23/2025

"Cyber Sexual Misconduct: The Evolution of Sexual Privacy Laws and Best Practices for Representing Victims"

Effective practices for representing victims of cyber sexual offenses--including revenge p**n, sextortion, and cyberflashing--are discussed with an explanation of trauma-informed lawyering, preservation of evidence, and remedies available to victims.

06/20/2025

Former CJS Chair Stephen Saltzburg Elected to DC Bar Board of Governors

The DC Bar elected Professor Saltzburg, the Wallace and Beverly Woodbury University Professor of Law and Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, for a three-year term on the Board of Governors.

06/17/2025

The ABA asserted that President Donald Trump has, through the powers of the executive branch, coerced lawyers and law firms to abandon certain clients, causes and policy positions. According to the association, the president and his administration are carrying out its policy of intimidation through a series of actions, including several executive orders that aim to damage specific law firms and intimidate others, and several “deals” or “settlements” between the administration and law firms that hope to avoid these executive orders.

The ABA filed a federal lawsuit on Monday to stop the Trump administration’s ongoing intimidation of lawyers and law firms.