Conferences and Workshops

Upcoming Seminars and Workshops:

Webinar #6: “OSAC Essentials: Forensic Science Resources"
Webinar panelists include: Ken Melson, Mark Stolorow, Hon. Christopher Plourd
Sept. 26, 2017
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. EST
Free Webinar
This project was supported by Grant No. 2015-CP-BX-K006 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

"Asking Adam" Cases and Controversies in Higher Education
Speaker: Adam Jussel
Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy
TBA
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Cost: $250.00 per site
Webinar

“Web Accessibility on Campus: Individual Complaints, Federal Reviews, and Other Challenges Along the Path to Making Your Online Environment More Accessible”
Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy
1:00 -2:00 PM Eastern
TBA
Cost: $250.00 per site
Webinar

19th Annual National Conference - Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts
Oct. 18-20, 2017
The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club
St. Petersburg, Florida

Celebrating 19 years, the National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts will provide an in-depth review of major issues presented in special needs planning and in the creation, administration and monitoring of special needs trusts. This year’s conference features three pre-conference intensives, followed by the two-day national conference.

Florida Criminal Counsel's Continuing Obligations After Sentencing
Nov. 3, 2017
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Stetson University College of Law
Tampa Campus
Tampa, Florida

Online CLE Courses Available:

Locating, Evaluating and Selecting Expert Witnesses
The National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law at Stetson University College of Law and The Law Enforcement Innovation Center (LEIC) at the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Public Service have launched an innovative online CLE course. The course has been approved for 3.5 General CLE credits and .5 CLE Ethics credits.

Crime Scene Essentials Webinar
This webinar will explain identifying, documenting, processing, preserving and collecting of evidence. This is the first of eight webinars which are designed for lawyers working on capital cases and will offer step-by-step training from evaluating the crime scene to defending or prosecuting death penalty cases in court.

Crime Laboratory Essentials Webinar
The “Crime Lab Essentials” webinar features a tour of the crime lab conducted by forensic scientists that covers five forensic disciplines:latent prints, firearms, forensic biology (DNA), drug identification and toxicology.
After describing a mock crime, MNPD-CL forensic scientists will demonstrate a behind-the-scenes, step-by-step look at laboratory analysis and report writing. The “Crime Lab Essentials” webinar training will also discuss quality assurance, laboratory errors, chain of custody and evidence security.

This project was supported by Grant No. 2015-CP-BX-K006 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.