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Accessibility and Universal Design for Legal Professionals

March 7, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Free to attend webinar offered by NACDL

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Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NACDL

2024 Western North Carolina Death Investigation Conference

February 29, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Offered by Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Northwest AHEC This activity is meant to inform and educate partners and learners in the medicolegal death investigation field about the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s system and its role in death investigations. Topics covered will include recent changes in the practice and guidelines for the North …

2024 Western North Carolina Death Investigation ConferenceRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: Northwest AHECForensic Discipline: Death Investigation

Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic Genotyping, Forensic DNA Phenotyping, and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Technologies

February 29, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Recordings of the two-day program are available

Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic Genotyping, Forensic DNA Phenotyping, and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy TechnologiesRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: National Academies of ScienceForensic Discipline: DNA

Inconclusive Decisions and Error Rates in Forensic Science

February 27, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Recorded CSAFE webinar available on demand

Inconclusive Decisions and Error Rates in Forensic ScienceRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: CSAFEForensic Discipline: Fingerprints, Firearms

Barriers to accessing mental health care and their impacts on our clients

February 23, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Live webinar presented by Courtney Lockhart McMickens, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.April 4, 2024, 12:30pm90 min of CLE credit anticipated This presentation will define and discuss the concept of structural competency related to mental health. The influence of traumatic stress and social structures on the identification, treatment, and outcomes of mental health concerns will be reviewed. Lastly, there will …

Barriers to accessing mental health care and their impacts on our clientsRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NCIDSForensic Discipline: Mental Health

Webinar: Evaluating Capacity to Proceed

February 2, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Live webinar presented by Dr. Sherif Soliman and Jason St. Aubin, JD

Webinar: Evaluating Capacity to ProceedRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NCIDSForensic Discipline: Mental Health

Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” Evidence

January 16, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

NIJ report on use of direct PCR which may eliminated the loss of DNA that traditionally occurs during DNA extraction and quantitation

Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” EvidenceRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: DNA

Whiskey in the Courtroom CLE – Evolving Trends in Forensic Science: Mental Health Evidence

January 12, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

Indigent Defense Services, the Duke Law Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility, and the Wilson Center for Science and Justice are pleased to announce the 10th annual CLE, “Whiskey in the Courtroom: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science.” “Whiskey 10” will take place March 8 at Duke Law School. Forensic science experts and attorneys who have …

Whiskey in the Courtroom CLE – Evolving Trends in Forensic Science: Mental Health EvidenceRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NCIDSForensic Discipline: Mental Health

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Field Drug Tests and Wrongful Convictions

January 10, 2024 //  by Sarah Olson

This report by the Penn Carey Law Quattrone Center provides the first-ever comprehensive analysis of presumptive drug field test usage across law enforcement agencies in the United States. Inexpensive and fast, these tests have become a tool of choice for law enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, they are notoriously imprecise and are known to produce “false positives,” …

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Field Drug Tests and Wrongful ConvictionsRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Judging Firearms Evidence

November 17, 2023 //  by Sarah Olson

Judging Firearms EvidenceRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Firearms

Making Sense of Science: Forensic Science & the Law

November 6, 2023 //  by Sarah Olson

3-day training offered by NACDL in Las Vegas

Making Sense of Science: Forensic Science & the LawRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NACDLForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics

A Lawyer’s Guide to Vehicle Forensics

November 6, 2023 //  by Sarah Olson

Free webinar offered by NACDL

A Lawyer’s Guide to Vehicle ForensicsRead More

Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NACDLForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

Ethics Opinion: The Field of Firearms Forensics is Flawed

October 10, 2023 //  by Sacejewia White

Ethics Opinion: The Field of Firearms Forensics is FlawedRead More

Forensic Discipline: Firearms

Article: Scientific Guidelines for Evaluating the Validity of Forensic Feature-comparison Methods

October 10, 2023 //  by Sacejewia White

Article: Scientific Guidelines for Evaluating the Validity of Forensic Feature-comparison MethodsRead More

Forensic Discipline: Firearms

Article: (Mis)use of Scientific Measurements in Forensic Science

October 10, 2023 //  by Sacejewia White

Article: (Mis)use of Scientific Measurements in Forensic ScienceRead More

Forensic Discipline: Firearms

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