CDRC Subscriptions
Yearly subscriptions run from October 1 to September 30.
The Criminal Defense Resource Center (CDRC) of the State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) has provided high-quality, client-centered education to Michigan’s criminal defense bar and resources to advocates and impacted individuals.
CDRC’s resources include:
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.
- 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.
- Access to an expert witness database, a police misconduct database, a brief bank, and thousands of opinion summaries.
- Access to the Forum, an online discussion group composed of over 1,800 criminal defense attorneys, and the ability to review and search past messages.
- A collection of model pleadings, filed in the Michigan state and federal courts.
- Access to a video library with past trainings covering a wide array of topics relevant to criminal defense teams.
- A wide array of self-help and informational resources for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens, as well as their family and friends.
If you're interested in purchasing publications or subscribing to services from the CDRC, please visit our Products Page or contact Angela Clayton at aclayton@sado.org or call 313-256-9833.
- 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.
- 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.
- Access to an expert witness database, a police misconduct database, a brief bank, and thousands of opinion summaries.
- Access to the Forum, an online discussion group composed of over 1,800 criminal defense attorneys, and the ability to review and search past messages.
- A collection of model pleadings, filed in the Michigan state and federal courts.
- Access to a video library with past trainings covering a wide array of topics relevant to criminal defense teams.
- A wide array of self-help and informational resources for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens, as well as their family and friends.
If you're interested in purchasing publications or subscribing to services from the CDRC, please visit our Products Page or contact Angela Clayton at aclayton@sado.org or call 313-256-9833.
