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Expert Witness Training
Expert Witness Training
Expert Witness Training is designed for personnel who may inspect, record and collect samples for further testing, those who may or may not be involved in the examination and/or testing and those who write reports for legal purposes and give ‘expert evidence’ in courts of law.
The purpose of this training course is to empower participants with the tools and resources to confidently undertake forensic work and to present the results in a court of law. Therefore workshops are conducted in ‘real’ courtrooms.
Various workshops are available. Workshops are tailored to the participants experience and requirements.
Generic Learning outcomes:
- Discuss the structure of the Australian legal system including legislation and common law.
- Explain the types and rules of evidence
- Explain the requirements and issues relating to the preparation and delivery of evidence
- Identify relevant court guidelines and practice notes
- Explain the ethical obligations of expert witness
- Discuss the layout of the courtroom
- Discuss the proceedings of a trial
- Demonstrate correct basic courtroom procedure and protocol including the use of visual aids.
This is a 2 day workshop
Day 1 will consist of all the theory you will need to understand to be proficient at giving expert evidence.
Day 2 will be located in a courtroom and will give you a chance to experience the courtroom and to give expert evidence in a moot court.
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Legal Awareness Training
Legal Awareness Training
Legal awareness training is designed:
- as an introduction to the legal system; or
- for non-reporting staff working in a paraprofessional role.
The purpose of these awareness courses is to support risk management processes within the laboratories and testing facilities.
The duration can be either half a day or one full day.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe concepts such as chain of custody, evidence security and legal reporting.
- Identify the practices required for testing and/or examination to be admitted into legal argument
From Collection to Court
From Collection to Court
Collection to Court is for field based personnel who inspect, record and collect samples for further testing, who may or may not be involved in the examination and/or testing and who write reports for legal purposes.
The purpose of this course is to support risk management processes within laboratories and testing facilities.
This workshop is conducted over one day or in a custom format.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe the Australian legal system
- Discuss the role of the ‘lay’ and ‘expert’ witness
- Discuss the end-to-end process from material collection to reporting
- Describe concepts such as chain of custody, evidence security and legal reporting
- Describe the requirements for results of these processes to be admitted into legal argument
- Recall requirements stated in relevant discipline and forensic standards.
Withstanding Legal Scutiny
Withstanding Legal Scrutiny of Your Analytical Testing
This workshop is designed for laboratory based personnel who undertake examination and/or testing and who write reports for legal
purposes.
The purpose of this course is to support risk management processes within laboratories and testing facilities.
This workshop is conducted over one day or in a custom format.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe the Australian legal system
- Discuss the role of the ‘lay’ and ‘expert’ witness
- Describe concepts such as chain of custody, evidence security and legal reporting
- Identify the practices required for analytical testing to be admitted into legal argument
- Recall requirements stated in relevant discipline and forensic standards
Advanced Skills Workshop
Expert Witness Training
Forensic Foundations has conducted the ‘Expert Witness Training’ and ‘Provision of Expert Evidence’ workshop for the last 10 years. In 2019, we will be formally launching the ‘Advanced Court Skills’ workshop.
We all recognize giving oral testimony in court is a skill, as important as the technical aspects of forensic practitioners’ role.
Whilst many practitioners have participated in some introductory training, this workshop is designed for forensic practitioners with some (or a lot) of experience giving evidence and aims to build on that experience.
The workshop will run for two days in a ‘real’ courtroom with access to video link and participants can attend day one, day two or both days.
Day one will include discussion, demonstration and practice in the advanced techniques used during cross-examination and practices to respond to such techniques and also some time spent on voice training including clarity & projection.
Day two will include an opportunity for the participants to present their evidence via video link and as part of a ‘hot tub’ (Concurrent evidence).
Dates are yet to be finalized but there will be one workshop held in Melbourne in January 2019 and in other capital cities following the introductory ‘Expert Witness Training’ workshops scheduled for July and August 2019. Workshops can also be conducted in-house on a mutually convenient date.
Discipline Specific Training
Discipline Specific Training
Forensic Foundation facilitates a range of discipline specific workshops upon request. We organize the workshop, including the relevant discipline specific expert(s).
Examples include:
- Statistics for Forensic Science
- Sub disciplines of forensic science;
- DNA Interpretation and Reporting
- Fingerprints
- Crime scene examination
- BPA
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