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NACDL’s 17th Annual Forensic Science & the Law Seminar, “Making Sense of Science” will be held at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel, April 18-20, 2024.
BIG NAMES. BIG SCIENCE. A BIG-TIME CLE EXPERIENCE!
Don’t miss this great opportunity for a no-nonsense, national networking CLE featuring the leading faculty in their respective fields. This two-day event is produced in partnership with the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ).
Agenda
The program agenda and faculty are subject to change.
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 | |
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| 3:30 pm | Early Registration & Exhibit Hall Open |
| Friday, April 19, 2024 | |
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| 7:15 am | Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Welcoming Remarks and Morning Announcements – NACDL President Michael Heiskell (Fort Worth, TX) & Program Co-Chairs Angelica Cogliano (Austin, TX), Jacqueline Goodman (Fullerton, CA), Tamar Lerer (Newark, NJ), and Jennifer Sellitti (Trenton, NJ) |
| 8:15 am | DNA Transfer – Laura Schile (Sun City, AZ) |
| 9:45 am | Defending the Criminally Insane: Investigating and Attacking the Government’s Expert(s) – Nellie King (West Palm Beach, FL) |
| 10:45 am |
Exhibitor, Networking & Refreshment Break Sponsored by:
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| 11:05 am | Ballistics – Tania Brief (New York, NY) |
| 12:05 pm | Lunch break on your own |
| 1:35 pm | Penetrating and Perforating Injuries…aka the Gun and Knife Club – Dr. Jennifer L. Johnson (Mission, KS) |
| 2:35 pm | Genetic Genealogy Primer – Crystal Grant, Ph.D. (New York, NY) |
| 3:35 pm | Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 3:55 pm | Arson Investigation – Anthony Calloway (Travis County, TX) |
| 4:55 pm | What's That Sniff Worth? K-9 Dogs – John C. Sagebiel, Ph.D. (Reno, NV) |
| 5:55 pm | Adjourn for the Day |
| 6:30 pm | Welcoming Reception |
| Saturday, April 20, 2024 | |
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| 7:15 am | Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Morning Announcements – Program Co-Chairs |
| 8:10 am | Evaluating Strangulation Evidence from a Medical Perspective – Tara Godoy, BSN, RN, CFN (Grants Pass, OR) |
| 9:10 am | Improper Weaponization of Research Articles Used to Back "Expert" Opinions and Testimony – Tristan Wristen (Wall Township, NJ) |
| 10:10 am | Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 am | Reviewing Medical Records and Evaluating Injuries: What Really Happened? – Merriam Young, MS, RN, CCRN, TCRN (Santa Cruz, CA) |
| 11:30 am | Junk Science: Challenging Automated Suspicion – Prof. Maneka Sinha (Baltimore, MD) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch break on your own |
| 2:00 pm | SANE Examinations – Dr. Carrie Edwards, PhD., RN, CA/CP SANE, AFN-BC (Lubbock, TX) |
| 3:00 pm | Fight or Flight – Dr. Scott Fraser (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 4:00 pm | Exhibitor, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 4:20 pm | The Mythology of Shaken Baby Syndrome – Dr. Satish Chundru, D.O. (Cedar Park, TX) |
| 5:20 pm | Seminar Adjourns until 2025! |
Faculty
- Tania Brief (New York, NY)
- Anthony Calloway (Travis County, TX)
- Dr. Satish Chundru, D.O. (Cedar Park, TX)
- Dr. Carrie Edwards, PhD., RN, CA/CP SANE, AFN-BC (Lubbock, TX)
- Dr. Scott Fraser (Los Angeles, CA)
- Tara Godoy, BSN, RN, CFN (Grants Pass, OR) *NACDL MEMBER
- Crystal Grant, Ph.D. New York, NY)
- Dr. Jennifer L. Johnson (Mission, KS)
- Nellie King (West Palm Beach, FL) *NACDL MEMBER
- John C. Sagebiel, Ph.D. (Reno, NV)
- Laura Schile (Sun City, AZ)
- Prof. Maneka Sinha (Baltimore, MD)
- Tristan Wristen (Wall Township, NJ)
- Merriam Young, MS, RN, CCRN, TCRN (Santa Cruz, CA)
Hotel
Paris Hotel Las Vegas
3655 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone Reservations: (877) 603-4389
Online Reservations: HTTPS://BOOK.PASSKEY.COM/GO/SPNFS
Group rate: $129 + $30 reosrt fee + tax (Expires March 28, 2024). Please mention group code SPNFS4 to receive applicable discount rate.
Rooms/discounted group rates are not guaranteed if the block has been filled prior to the cut-off date.
Sponsorship and Exhibits
Disclaimer: NACDL does not necessarily endorse or guarantee the quality, applicability, or discounts of the products and/or services of its exhibitors. Users of these products and/or services do so at their sole discretion and NACDL assumes no responsibility for them.
For information on exhibiting or sponsorships, please contact NACDL's Sales and Marketing Manager Jason Petty at jpetty@nacdl.org or call (202) 465-7637.
NACDL would like to thank the following sponsors, exhibitors, and affinity partners for their support and contributions:
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Exhibitors:
Second Look Training and Forensic Consulting LLC
Pricing
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Members of NACDL enjoy exclusive registration rates for our seminars along with all the benefits from joining.
| Registration Fees | |
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| NACDL MEMBERS: Regular, Life, President's Club and Sustaining Members | $429 |
| NACDL MEMBERS: Public Defender, Associate, Investigator, Professor, New Lawyer, International and Military | $299 |
| Non-Members: Private Practitioners (includes 1-year membership) | $728 |
| Non-Member Public Defenders | $339 |
| ALL Nevada and California Lawyers (Residents Only) | $329 |
| Groups of 4 or more PDs (must register at the same time; 1 payment; no changes or cancellations allowed). To register a group, please visit: http://www.nacdl.org/PDGroups | $279 |
| Non-Attendee Materials / Recordings | |
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| Audio Recording of Seminar (pre-sale) | $225 |
| Video Recording of Seminar (pre-sale) | $299 |
CANCELLATIONS: There is a $75 cancellation fee. Cancellations must be received in writing via e-mail by 5:30 pm E.T. Friday, April 12, 2024, to receive a refund, less the cancellation fee. No refunds can be issued after the cancellation deadline.
Code of Conduct
NACDL endeavors to foster a working, learning, and social environment free of harassment, discrimination, intimidation, and insult. To that end, NACDL has adopted a Code of Conduct for Affiliated Persons that applies to all attendees and participants of any kind at all NACDL sponsored events.
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