UTS:LAW Professional Development (CLE/CDP)

Forensic Science for Lawyers - 7 Session Series

Potential Participants:

• Legal practitioners
• Counsellors, psychologists & professionals
• Support staff in and around the courts
• Law enforcement agencies
• Support agencies

Program:

UTS:LAW Professional Development Unit and the UTS Centre for Forensic Science are collaborating to provide the legal profession with knowledge which effects the understanding and outcomes of many trials - Forensic Science.

The sessions starting Wednesday 26 March 2008 then every second Wednesday until 18 June 2008 from 4.00pm to 7.00pm will cover several different fields of Forensic Science and how to understand the language of experts.

Session 1 - DNA (Wed 26 Mar '08)

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Collection
• Laboratory processes
• Interpretation

Session 2 - FINGERPRINTS (Wed 09 Apr '08)

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Collection
• Detection techniques
• Identification process and interpretation

Session 3 - TRACE EVIDENCE (Wed 23 Apr '08)
Including paint, fibres, hair, glass etc

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Collection
• Laboratory Processes
• Interpretation

Session 4 - DOCUMENTS (Wed 07 May '08)
Inks, paper, dating, changes and documents

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Collection
• Paper and ink analysis
• Printer and photocopier identification
• Interpretation

Session 5 - CLANDESTINE LABORATORIES (Wed 21 May '08)
Illicit drug, explosives, unknown chemicals

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Scene examination
• Laboratory processes
• Interpretation/context

Session 6 - FIREARMS INCIDENTS (Wed 04 Jun '08)
Bullet and cartridge cases identification, gun shot residues etc

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Scene examination
• Bullet and cartridge cases identification
• Gunshot residues
• Firing distance estimation
• Interpretation

Session 7 - FIRE INVESTIGATION (Wed 18 Jun '08)

• 30 min lab tour
• Importance
• Terminology
• Scene examination
• Accelerant analysis
• Interpretation

Presenters:

Professor Claude Roux
Director, UTS Centre for Forensic Science

And other presenters including experienced and well-respected academic and operational forensic scientists.

Venue:

• UTS:LAW, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket NSW 2000
  Room: CM05B.3.18

Cost:

• All sessions: $1200(incl GST)
• Five Sessions: $900 (incl GST)
• Each Session $210 (incl GST)
  
  (10% discount to UTS:Alumni)

CLE/CPD:

• 1 CLE/CPD point = 1 hour of participation

Date:

• Starting Wed 26 March 2008 then every second Wed until 18 June 2008

Time:

• 4.00pm - 7.00pm

Registration

Further information and enrolment details is available
via the Forensic Science for Lawyers [PDF] brochure.

Further information:

Professional Development Unit
p: +61 2 9514 3793
e: pdu.law@uts.edu.au