(Code AC2) Post-conference Advanced Trial Consulting & Testimony Workshop - SOLD OUT

This interactive workshop is specifically geared towards forensic nurses who are ready for an advanced course on consulting and testifying as an expert at trial(consider a minimum of 5 times testifying as an expert witness). Using an adult strangulation fact pattern, participants will be separated into groups to provide consultation and testimony for the prosecution or defense (or act as the control group to see how effective both sides are at issue spotting). Every group will work with both an experienced forensic nurse mentor and attorney to assist to work through challenges, develop questions, and provide actual testimony. All participants should come to the workshop with a laptop or mobile device that allows them to access trusted resources, such as journal articles and other publications that may inform their consultation and testimony (the workshop space will be Wi-Fi enabled). Participants will leave the workshop with increased confidence, new skills to deploy when testifying for either side, and a better understanding of what is required of a consultant during trial.

Registration is required for this workshop. Members: $275; Non-members $375.

For more information and to register for this session, email Sarah Jimenez-Valdez at sarahjv@forensicnurses.org.

Learning Outcomes:

Increased knowledge about:

• effectively consulting and testifying as expert witnesses in adult strangulation cases, including advanced issue-spotting, collaboration with legal teams, and evidence-based testimony skills.