<img width="289" height="353" class="FloatRight" alt="ChildwitnessPromo" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/ChildwitnessPromo.jpg">On Friday, April 3rd, the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on the Delaware campus of Widener Law will serve as the setting for a daylong symposium entitled “The Child Witness.” Offering both Pennsylvania and Delaware CLE credits, the symposium, sponsored by the <a href="/CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/WidenerLawReview.aspx">Widener Law Review</a>, will bring together leading scholars, researchers, practitioners, and jurists from across the nation to participate in six panels exploring the issues surrounding children as courtroom witnesses.<br><br>The symposium will explore the latest studies in child development and their impact on child witness interviewing practices, a child’s competence to testify, appropriate questioning in the courtroom, the use of hearsay in lieu of a child’s live testimony, special accommodations for child witnesses, and ethical issues peculiar to the presentation of child witness testimony. The program is multi-disciplinary, with the first hour devoted primarily to psychology.  The presentation and materials are intended for a diverse audience, including judges, lawyers, paralegals, child advocates and court personnel.<br><br>The program will open with a continental breakfast and registration at 8:00 am. Associate Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/EpsteinJules.aspx">Jules Epstein</a> and Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/NivalaJohnF.aspx">John F. Nivala</a>, the Director of the <a href="/Academics/Institutes/AdvocacyandTechnologyInstitute.aspx">Trial Advocacy Institute</a>, serve as the Symposium Co-Chairs.<br><br>To view the Symposium Agenda and participants, and find out how to pre-register, download the brochure and registration form.