Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course introduction

    • Introduction

    • Course Handout
  • 2

    Legal Standards

    • Frye Standard

    • Fingerprint Sourcebook- Chapter 13

    • Daubert Standard

    • Federal Rules of Evidence 700 Series

    • Introduction to Expert Witness Testimony

    • Importance of Public Speaking

    • Documentation and Testimony

    • Discovery
  • 3

    Key Cases

    • Jennings 1999

    • Commonwealth vs Patterson

    • Bryan Rose

    • NH vs Langhill

    • Review of FBI procedures following Mayfield

    • Important Cases
  • 4

    Error Rates

    • Black-Box Study

    • White-Box Study

    • Miami-Dade Research Study

    • Error Rate Discussion
  • 5

    Testimony

    • Terminology and Language

    • Importance of CV

    • Teaching during Testimony

    • Expert Testimony Process

    • Legal Standards
  • 6

    Moot Court Exercise and Completion

    • Introduction to testimony and mock trial exercise

    • Mock Testimony

    • Course Closing

    • Course quiz

    • Course Survey

    • Course Survey