Seminar Brings Legal, Forensics Experts Together to Win Cases
Penn State Law is offering a day-long seminar on April 5, that will provide attendees an opportunity to learn from experts about forensic tools that can help win cases. “Forensic Science Legal Tools” is designed for prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys and civil litigators as well as members of the science and law enforcement communities who may be expert witnesses. Students who are interested in careers in law, law enforcement and/or forensics are also encouraged to attend. The seminar is free to the public but there is a fee to register for continuing education credits.
“The ‘CSI effect’ has created the perception that forensic science can solve and win cases with ease, but forensic scientists and law enforcement and legal professionals are continuing to face serious challenges on the collection and use of this evidence,” said David Kaye, a professor at Penn State Law. Kaye, who has written a comprehensive history of DNA evidence, will be one of the featured speaker and will be joined by Cedric Neumann, a member of Penn State’s Eberly College of Science Forensic program, and a renowned expert on fingerprint evidence who helped develop the digital ink library for the U.S. Secret Service.
For more information on the seminar’s agenda and location click here.
Source: forensicmag.com
