Home - National Criminal Defense College - NCDC - National Criminal Defense College NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE The National Criminal Defense College profoundly elevates the practice of criminal defense in the United States and has for decades. Our goal is to consistently pursue meaningful improvement in the quality of justice for people accused of crimes. VISION We envision a world in which all individuals who come in contact with the legal system are treated with dignity respect and fairness regardless of wealth race ethnicity nationality gender sexual orientation or status in any marginalized group. MISSION Pursuing justice by delivering the highest standard of trial skills training through a diverse faculty to criminal defense attorneys across the United States to ensure that people accused of crimes are represented by clientcentered trialfocused and zealous counsel.