Forensic Science for Lawyers Parts I & II

New, Total Credit Florida State Bar Association Accredited Course

Florida Bar Course Number 2089-8

This is a new course consisting of Parts I & II which are based upon the textbook, Forensic Science, 2nd Edition, James and Nordby, Eds, CRCPress:Boca Raton:2005. As part of the tuition for this CLE program, a free copy of the textbook will be sent to each registrant. This course has been certified by the Florida State Bar Association for CLE credits for the practicing Florida Attorney. Attorneys who complete this CLE program are eligible for 30 hours of general CLER credits and the full 25 hours of Criminal Trial certification credits. Both parts are only offered as a complete package and are available online immediately. In addition, immediate registration of your CLE credits with the Florida Bar is easy; simply follow the online links in the program. NOTE: all CLE credits earned under this current CLE program must be registered with the Florida Bar on or before November 30, 2009.

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Course Description

Dr. Bernard RaumPart I consists of seven modules each of which consists in part of an extensive video lecture by Professor Bernard A. Raum, Adjunct Professor of Forensic Evidence at the Levin College of Law, University of Florida. The first seven lectures in this series discuss the following topics which are related to chapters in the textbook:

  • Lecture 1. Daubert/Frye and related statutes and rules of evidence, crime scenes
  • Lecture 2. Death Investigation
  • Lecture 3. Trauma/Pathology
  • Lecture 4. Forensic Anthropology
  • Lecture 5. Forensic Odontology, Entomology, and Botany
  • Lecture 6. Biological evidence
  • Lecture 7. Forensic Toxicology

Each of these lectures will be supplemented by additional written materials as important changes and additions occur in the respective areas of science. Part I will be continuously available to registrants for viewing at any time, however, individual registration passwords will only be valid for 6 months from the date of registration.

Part II consists of twelve modules each of which also has an extensive video lecture by Professor Raum which also tracks the textbook. This series of lectures are as follows:

  • Lecture 8a. Questioned Documents
  • Lecture 8b. Vehicle accident investigation and reconstruction
  • Lecture 9a. Footwear, tire tracks, firearms, and tool marks
  • Lecture 9b. Forensic laboratory
  • Lecture 10a. Fingerprints
  • Lecture 10b. Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Lecture 11a. Trace evidence
  • Lecture 11b. Arson & explosions
  • Lecture 12. DNA
  • Lecture 13a. General ethics part I
  • Lecture 13b. General ethics part II
  • Lecture 14a. Competency of counsel, diligence, and effective assistance of counsel

Course cost: $630.00 US, including the textbook.

A former prosecutor, Professor Raum received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore and his Master of Forensics Science degree from The George Washington University.  He has previously taught in both the forensic sciences program at The George Washington University and also at the University of Baltimore, School of Law, where he created the popular course, Forensic Evidence.  He is now an Adjunct Professor at the Levin College of Law, University of Florida, where he again teaches the same course, Forensic Evidence, upon which this new online program is based.  He is a current member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is active in the academy’s programs.