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Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions (URLPWC) Program
During this January 2021 webinar, the presenter provided an overview of the FY 2021 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Site Based and Training and Technical Assistance Program solicitation.
BJA awarded funding to NACDL in 2015 to conduct national trainings, provide technical assistance and webinars, and expand online resource materials for lawyers who evaluate and litigate post-conviction innocence claims. Additional funding was provided in 2017 to conduct a new assessment of the current state of the URLPWC Program to inform BJA's advancement of its wrongful conviction prevention efforts.
University of Pennsylvania Law School's Quattrone Center was awarded funding by BJA to provide training and technical assistance to seven selected projects in 2018.