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The ACLU Drug Law Reform Project is a division of the national ACLU. Our goal is to end punitive drug policies that cause the widespread violation of constitutional and human rights, as well as unprecedented levels of incarceration.


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ACLU of Hawaii Editorial: Drug-Testing Teachers Wholly Unnecessary (10/30/2007)
An op-ed by ACLU of Hawaii Executive Director Vanessa Chong printed in the Honolulu Advertiser regarding a proposal to randomly drug test Hawaii's public school employees.

Judge Stephen Trott: Outline of Lecture to Prosecutors on the use of Informants (10/30/2007)

American Bar Association Rules Regarding Informants (10/30/2007)
This document lists the text of rules and statutes which are relevant to the representation of informants under the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

California Ethical Rules for Lawyers Regarding Informant Use (10/30/2007)
This document lists the text of California rules and statutes which are relevant to the representation of informants. Included also are rules relevant to ethical problems involved in joint defense agreements.

Judge Stephen Trott: Checklist for Prosecutors Using Informant Testimony (10/30/2007)

Judge Stephen Trott: Do's and Dont's for Prosecutors Using an Informant (10/30/2007)

Organizing and Directing Multiple Client Cases: Joint Confidentiality and Defense Agreements (10/30/2007)
John T. Philipsborn provides a review and analysis, for California-based lawyers, of some of the law that helps to protect common or joint communications and work product where several lawyers are representing co-defendants in a specific case.

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