Looking toward Chicago
I'm starting to get excited about my first American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting; it's next week in Chicago. I've been spending a lot of time looking at the program - all 200 pages of it. Having decide which programs to attend is new to me - as it would be to most lawyers. Most CLE cases involved a set schedule, with one topic at a time.
Fortunately the decision is made a little easier, since each section of the Academy has its own meetings; the section for lawyers and judges is jurisprudence. Some of the other sections have sessions on topics I can't pronounce, much less understand. However, there are some interesting looking topics in the criminalistics section, as well a general session.
So what's on the agenda? As you can imagine, there is a good dose of discussion about the NAS report. There are also some sessions on error rates and what they mean. One session that looks really interesting is titled "What about non-scientific Evidence? Suggestions for supporting opinion based testimony.
I'll keep you posted.
