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SEMINAR DAY ONE - Thursday January 18, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Presenter |
7:30AM-8:30AM | Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits | |
8:30AM-8:45AM | Opening Remarks | NCDD Dean-Virginia L. Landry |
8:45AM-9:45AM | Voir Dire: Start With A Deep Breath | Doug Murphy |
9:45AM-10:45AM | Opening Statements and Demonstration: The Breath of Life | Michael M. Hawkins |
10:45AM-11:00AM | Morning Break | |
11:00AM-12:00PM | Workshops: Choose one track Track 1 Voir Dire Track 2 Opening Statements | |
12:00PM-1:00PM | Lunch and Vendor Presentations | |
1:00PM-2:00PM | Breath Testing: Breathe Life Into Your Case | Juanita T. Kimble |
2:00PM-3:00PM | Take Their Breath Away: Say Hello to My Little Friend The Use of Scientific Treatises in Cross-Examination to Defeat Breath Testing | Michelle L. Behan |
3:00PM-3:15PM | Afternoon Break | |
3:15PM-4:00PM | Demonstrative Evidence: If You Can Breathe, You Can Survive | Victor W. Carmody, Jr. |
4:00PM-5:00PM | Breath Testing Machines: May The Breath Be With You Differences Between Man and Machine | Victor W. Carmody, Jr. |
5:00PM | Formal Session Ends | |
5:00PM-6:00PM | Wet Labs and Machine Handling (Bring Your Machines) | |
6:00PM | Cocktail Reception | Hickory Room at the Hotel |
SEMINAR DAY TWO - Friday January 19, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Presenter |
7:30AM-8:30AM | Breakfast and Exhibits | |
8:30AM-8:45AM | Opening Remarks | Dean Virginia L. Landry |
8:45AM-9:45AM | Breath Overviews: Understanding the Flow The Basics | Dean Virginia L. Landry |
9:45AM-10:45AM | Breath Specifics and Using Your Expert to Breathe Life into Your Case (An advanced case study) | Victor W. Carmody, Jr. and Dr. Jimmie Valentine |
10:45AM-11:00AM | Morning Break | |
11:00AM-12:00PM | Don't Stop Breathing, It Is Bad For Your Health ETHICS | Sara Compher-Rice |
12:00PM-12:20PM | Scorpion Presentation | |
12:20PM-1:20PM | Lunch | |
1:20PM-2:20PM | Closing Statements: When Your Breath is All Gone | William K. Kirk |
2:20PM-3:20PM | Workshops: Choose one track Track 1 Crossing the Breath Test and Using Your Expert Track 2 Closing Statements | |
3:20PM-3:35PM | Afternoon Break | |
3:35PM-4:35PM | Keynote Address: Good Breath To Know-Now and Then | Flem K. Whited, III |
4:35PM-5:00PM | Every Breath Counts: From Passion to Practice | Dean Virginia L. Landry |
CLE Credit Hours:
60min States: 14.75 CLE hours w/1 Ethics
50min States: 16 CLE hours w/1.2 Ethics
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