Symposium: Forensic Science(s) in the Courtroom
Forensic Science Symposium ? sponsored by Widener Law Review and 
Widener University School of Law
Date: 	April 12, 2013, 8:00 a.m. ? 5:00 p.m.  
Location: 	Widener University School of Law
	4601 Concord Pike
	Wilmington, DE 19803
	Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom
This symposium is designed to make practitioners more proficient in the forensic sciences.  Four hours will be devoted to major disciplines - DNA, Latent Prints, Ballistics, and Crime Scene Evidence ? taught by national experts in these fields; and the remaining two hours will provide an ethics credit and analyze policy, practice and legal issues in cases involving the use of forensic evidence, including a perspective from the Bench.
	
The symposium is approved for 6 CLE credits, including 1 ethics credit in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and is approved for Pennsylvania Rule 801Capital Counsel CLE credit.
*For registration details, contact Rose Callahan at:  recallahan@mail.widener.edu or complete the attached registration form and mail it in to Widener Law Review, Widener University School of Law, 4601 Concord Pike, Box 7474,  Wilmington, DE 19803.
   Cost:
   CLE Registration:			$ 125
   Widener Law Alumni:		$ 100  
   Public Interest Lawyers:		$  75
Schedule of Presentations:
9:00 a.m.   FUNDAMENTALS OF FORENSICS DNA:  Anjali Ranadive, JD, Master of Forensic Science Degree, President of SciLawForensics
10:15 a.m.	   LATENT PRINTS:  Professor Cedric Neumann, PhD, Penn State Eberly College of Science
11:15 a.m.   BALLISTICS AND FIREARMS:  Carl Rone, Delaware State Police Forensics Firearms Examiner, Clinical Instructor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 
Lunch
1:30 p.m.   CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE ? IDENTIFICATION, COLLECTION, PRESERVATION:  Anjali Ranadive 
2:30 p.m.   FORENSICS AND LAW:  A view from the bench on the presentation of forensic evidence at trial; the role of an in-house forensics team in a public law office; and alternatives to courtroom litigation to challenge and improve forensic evidence.
3:45 p.m.   ETHICS AND FORENSICS:  Distinguished Speaker Marissa Bluestine, Legal Director, Pennsylvania Innocence Project
*Full Symposium Brochure, with complete schedule, to follow.