IDS and the Mecklenburg Public Defender’s Office provide regular continuing education to dozens of NC criminal defense and parent attorneys, investigators, and mitigation specialists who attend the IDS Forensic Science Education Series. In 2024, we will offer monthly 90-minute webinars on various forensic disciplines and preparations for Daubert/702 challenges. These webinars will take place typically at 12:30 pm on the first Thursday of each month.
The first sessions of 2024 will focus on Mental Health Evidence.
Registration and participation:
If you would like to attend the 2024 series, you can register using this link. Only one registration is needed for the entire series, unless specifically noted. If you signed up for the webinars in 2023, you’ll keep receiving the links to attend this year. The webinars are free to attend. Accessibility is important to us. If you have a disability and need an accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Sarah Olson, sarah.r.olson@nccourts.org, 919-354-7217.
Connecting to the webinars:
NC criminal defense and parent attorneys, investigators and mitigation specialists who register for the series will receive an email with the webinar link prior to each session. The webinars will be hosted on Webex.
2024 Schedule:
Feb. 1, 2024: Trends in Psychological Assessment – Dr. Ginger Calloway
Mar. 7, 2024: Evaluating Capacity to Proceed – Dr. Sherif Soliman and Jason St. Aubin
Apr. 4, 2024: Barriers to accessing mental health care and their impacts on our clients – Dr. Courtney McMickens
May 2, 2024: Stimulants and the Brain: What Attorneys Need to Know – Dr. Korin Leffler
June 6, 2024: Toxicology Testing Methods – Dr. Rohan Parekh
June 27, 2024: What Attorneys Need to Know about Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence – Dr. Tori Reynolds and Barbara Lagemann, JD
July 4, 2024: Holiday – no webinar
July 18, 2024, 3 pm: Smith v. Arizona – What does it mean for NC attorneys encountering substitute analysts? Phil Dixon, JD and David Andrews, JD
July 25, 2024: Perpetuating the Presumption of Guilt: Implicit Racial Bias in Forensic Testimony – Janis Puracal, JD
Aug. 1, 2024: Human Factors and Cognitive Bias in Forensic Science – What Does the Research Say? Adele Quigley-McBride, PhD, LLB
Sept. 5, 2024: Challenging the Foundational Validity of a Forensic Method Using a Statistician as an Expert – Jordan Duhe Willetts, JD and Dr. Melinda Thielbar
Sept. 19, 2024: Forensic Science Standards and Their Use in Court: Dana Delger, JD
Oct. 3, 2024: TBD
Oct. 24, 2024: Training on Use of NARCAN in Opioid Overdose: Reid Getty
Nov. 7, 2024: TBD
Dec. 5, 2024: TBD