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Technology in Criminal Cases 2.0

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Summary:

Explore the cutting-edge intersection of technology and criminal defense in this comprehensive 13-episdoe web-training tailored for defense lawyers. NACDL’s "Technology in Criminal Cases 2.0" includes our most up-to-date CLE trainings on technology and the law, designed to equip attorneys with critical insights into the digital evidence increasingly present in modern criminal trials. The program highlights key technological and legal challenges, offering strategies for navigating these complex cases.

Key Topics Covered:
1. Cell Phone Data Analysis and Cross-Examination: Understand the types of data generated by phones, strategies for excluding unreliable evidence, and effectively cross-examining purported expert witnesses.
2. Peer-to-Peer Networks and CSAM Investigations: Gain insights into law enforcement's technological tools for combating CSAM over P2P networks, alongside defense strategies to challenge investigative methodologies.
3. Leveraging Legal Discovery: Unlock the power of legal discovery to expose government tactics and educate courts on the complexities of modern investigations, enhancing the defense's ability to sow reasonable doubt.
4. Fourth Amendment Challenges in CSAM Cases: Learn to identify potential suppression opportunities in cases involving service provider reporting, ensuring robust challenges to evidence obtained unlawfully.
5. Tech Stack Optimization for Defense Practice: Streamline your practice with actionable tips to enhance efficiency, integrate tools effectively, and secure sensitive data, allowing you to focus on defending clients.
6. Forensic Software in Focus: Examine probabilistic genotyping and facial recognition software, emphasizing the importance of discovery motions and appeals to confront new forensic tools.
7. Digital Evidence in Online Crimes: Navigate the application of ECPA-derived statutes to online solicitation and child pornography cases, challenging common investigative practices like police impersonation and warrantless wiretapping.
8. Digital Search Strategies in Child Pornography Cases: Rethink your approach to digital searches, focusing on issues like third-party searches, compelled decryption, and weaknesses in government targeting strategies.
9. Location Data: Reliability and Application: Investigate the accuracy and reliability of various data sources like CDRs, NELOS, and Google Location History, empowering you to use or challenge this evidence effectively in court.

Register for this dynamic training program to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving field of technology in criminal cases. Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools necessary to uphold the principle of "innocent until proven guilty" in the digital age.

WHERE: Online
PRICING: NACDL Members: $159 / Non-Members: $179
CLE CREDIT: This training is approved for approx. 13 - 15.6 hours of self-study CLE general credits, inluding 1 ethics credit, depending on the state, where applicable. Approval is not guaranteed for all states and jurisdictions.

These trainings are eligible for credit in the following states: Alabama (Pending), Alaska (Pending), Arizona (Pending), Arkansas (Pending), California (14), Georgia (Pending), Illinois (Pending), Kansas (Pending), Kentucky (Pending), Minnesota (Pending), Montana (Pending), Mississippi (Pending), Missouri (Pending), New Hampshire (Pending), New Mexico (Pending), New Jersey (Pending), New York (Pending), North Dakota (pending), Oklahoma (pending), Pennsylvania (Pending), Tennessee (pending), Utah (pending), Vermont (Pending), Washington (Pending).

ACCESS: A link to access the online training will be provided after registration.

Complete List of Speakers & Topics:
1.    Cross Examination of Prosecution Cell Phone Witnesses  - John Ellis
2.    Digital Forensics in Child Pornography Cases - Peer to Peer CSAM Defense Strategies - Anrew Garrett
3.    Fourth Amendment Challenges in NCMEC Cases - Michael Price
4.    Killer Robots: Race, Tech, and Law Enforcement   - Jumana Musa
5.    Tech Tips to Use Today - Catherine Sanders Reach
6.    Geofence Warrants - John Ellis
7.    Discovery Litigation and Novel Forensic Technology  - Tamar Lerer
8.    Fourth Amendment Rights in the Electronic Age - Bonnie Burkhardt  
9.    Attacking Electronic Evidence in Digital Searches  - Tim Zerillo
10.    Understanding Online Sexual Offense Behavior - Delmonico & Samenow
11.    Cell Towers, CDR Reports, and GPS Tracking - Robert Aguero
12.    A Lawyer's Guide to Vehicle Forensics - Jonathan Brayman
13.    The Ethics of Jury Selection & Online Research - Jay Clark

Code of Conduct

NACDL endeavors to foster a working, learning, and social environment free of harassment, discrimination, intimidation, and insult. To that end, NACDL has adopted a Code of Conduct for Affiliated Persons that applies to all attendees and participants of any kind at all NACDL sponsored events.

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