The National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) is a professional, non-profit corporation dedicated to the improvement of the criminal defense bar, and to the dissemination of information to the public about drunk driving law and related issues.
[1] The College was founded in 1994 in Chicago by 12 DUI defense attorneys, who formed the original Board of Regents.
In 1999, the college instituted board certification to recognize lawyers within the college who exemplify the program's standards, and who meet the criteria established by the board: extensive experience trying DUI cases and litigating pre-trial issues, a broad knowledge of the science involved in testing for intoxicants, and a command of the legal process on which DUI cases are framed.
In 2008, the American Bar Association re-accredited the National College's specialty certification program in DUI Defense Law.
[2] The NCDD is currently the only organization in the country accredited to certify lawyers as DUI Defense Law specialists.