North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services
Live webinar presented by Attorney Hannah Autry, and Assistant Public Defender Samantha Grill, and Pate Skene, J.D., Ph.D.Mar. 3, 2022, 12:30-2 pm90 min of CLE credit anticipated Description:Indigent Defense Services and the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office will offer a series of monthly webinars which prepare attorneys to challenge unreliable forensic science evidence in 702/Daubert …
Webinar: Challenging the foundational validity of a forensic methodRead More
Live webinar offered by NCIDS. Free to attend.
2-day in person program in Las Vegas offered by NACDL
Free webinar offered by NC Indigent Defense Services and the Mecklenburg Public Defender’s Office
Using the NAS Report and PCAST Report at trial to challenge unreliable forensic methodsRead More
To report attendance in the 2022 series, please use this link: https://forms.gle/CZ2cYwvktuYsCEQn9 In 2021, IDS provided over 1000 hours of continuing education to dozens of NC criminal defense and parent attorneys, investigators, mitigation specialists, and experts who attended the IDS Forensic Science Education Series. It has been a great way to provide free-to-attend forensic training …
Announcing 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education SeriesRead More
IDS would like to recognize the following attorneys, investigators, paralegals, and mitigation specialists who completed at least 10 hours of training through the 2021 IDS Forensic Science Education Series: Dan AnthonyJulie BoyerRichard CullerMalea DrewSteven EhlersS. Stephen Goodwin Karen JacksonBellonora McCallumShelby McCoy-PettifordM. LeAnn MeltonSusan SeahornWalter SmithJanet ThomasShannon TuckerScott WaligoraKimberly WhitehouseTiffany Wilson During the year, these legal …
Legal Professionals Complete 2021 IDS Forensic Science Education SeriesRead More
Research study on bullet and cartridge case comparison finding the odds of disagreement between examiners about the evidential strength of a comparison were approximately five times larger in the blind than in the non-blind procedure, with disagreement about 42.3% and 12.5% of the proposed conclusions, respectively. Also, the odds that their proposed conclusion was reported …
Live webinar presented by Clarissa Noureddine DVM, MS (Veterinary Forensics), MS (Biology)November 4, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated Animal abuse cases can be charged with strong emotions and opinions from multiple entities (e.g., general public, media, and even legal and law enforcement entities). The purpose of this webinar is to step away …
Evaluating Animal Abuse Cases Using Veterinary ForensicsRead More
We have scheduled our final three webinars in the 2021 IDS Forensic Science Education Series. They include presentations on accident reconstruction, veterinary forensics, and forensic pathology. Check out the schedule below for more information! So far this year, IDS has provided over 1000 hours of continuing education to dozens of NC criminal defense and parent …
Free-to-attend webinar. Part of the IDS Forensic Science Education Series. Presenter: Dr. Clarissa Noureddine.
Webinar: Evaluating Animal Abuse Cases Using Veterinary ForensicsRead More
