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2022 Symposium: Whiskey in the Courtroom

When: March 4, 2022 Location: We plan to be in-person at Duke Law and also offer a live webcast. We will carefully monitor the prevalence of COVID and move the program completely online if necessary. For in person attendees, there will be a $25 fee to cover refreshments and parking. If you have not already mailed your check, please bring a check or exact cash to pay at the registration table. If you are an IDS employee, IDS will cover the cost of your attendance.

Registration is now closed. For any questions please email Marlyn Dail at marlyn.dail@law.duke.edu.

COVID Safety: Masking and vaccine verification will be required for in-person attendance. If you are attending in person, you must complete the vaccine verification check in process at dukelawcheckin.com/e/whiskey before your arrival.

Presented by North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services, Duke Law Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility, and the Wilson Center for Science and Justice

Agenda
March 4, 2022 8:00-8:45 am	Registration and Posters
8:45-9:00 am	Opening Remarks
9:00-9:30 am	Overview of Center for Firearms Law and Criminalization of Firearms Possession Darrell Miller Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Intellectual Life, Co-Director, Duke Center for Firearms Law, Duke University School of Law Durham, NC
9:30-10:45 am	Firearms 101 and Overview of Firearms Examination Jennifer Slish Forensic Scientist Manager, NC State Crime Laboratory Raleigh, NC
10:45-11:00 am	Introduction and Exhibitors & Break
11:00-11:45 am	Testimony Questions for the Firearms Examiner: Prior Experience and Subclass Kathleen Clardy Forensic Scientist and Microscopist Chapel Hill, NC
11:45-12:15 pm	Illustrating Problems with Firearms Evidence Using a Case Example Emily Byrum Assistant Capital Defender, Office of the Capital Defender Wilmington, NC
12:15-1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00-1:45 pm	Mock Jurors' Evaluation of Firearm Examiner Testimony Brandon Garrett L. Neil Williams, Jr. Professor of Law and Director, Wilson Center for Science and Justice, Duke University School of Law Durham, NC William Crozier, Ph.D. Research Director, Wilson Center for Science and Justice, Duke University School of Law Durham, NC
1:45-2:15 pm	What Makes for Reliable Scientific Research? Nicholas Scurich, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair, Dept. of Psychological Science (Vice Chair), Dept. of Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA
2:15-2:30 pm	Break
2:30-3:30 pm	702 Challenges Based on Unsupported Scientific Methods Maneka Sinha Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law Baltimore, MD
3:30-4:30 pm	A Case Example - United States v. Tibbs Working with an Expert to Challenge Firearms Evidence in your Case Maneka Sinha Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law Baltimore, MD Nicholas Scurich, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair, Dept. of Psychological Science (Vice Chair), Dept. of Criminology, Law and Society, University of Southern California, Irvine Irvine, CA
	Continuing Education Credit: Pending approval for 6.25 General CLE credits for participants and for three years of the Capital Defender's Office CLE requirements.