Current Operations
Training. Support. Partnership.
CDRC’s resources include comprehensive books and manuals that summarize and analyze the law relevant to criminal cases in Michigan. Our current publications address motions, pleas, pretrial proceedings and trials, evidence, search and seizure, sentencing, youth life sentencing, interlocutory appeals, direct appeals, habeas corpus, commutation, the department of corrections, and reentry. CDRC publishes the Criminal Defense Newsletter, a monthly publication that covers developing issues, legislative changes, recent opinion summaries, pleadings of interest, local successes, and a training calendar. CDRC subscribers also gain access to an expert witnesses database, a police misconduct database and a brief bank with thousands of opinion summaries. Additionally, there is a Forum with over 1,800 criminal defense attorneys to discuss and share insights.
The CDRC also maintains a video library with past trainings covering a wide array of topics relevant to criminal defense teams and a wide array of self-help and informational resources for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens, as well as their family and friends.
