Product Description

Sexual assault cases are extremely challenging, emotionally charged, and potentially devastating to all involved. In order to prepare and try a case properly, prosecutors must be able to get their evidence before the jury and be aware of and able to anticipate defense strategies. Defense counsel must know what pretrial motions need to be filed and how to argue them, what evidentiary issues may arise, and how to cross-examine the government’s expert.

This program covers the use of psychological experts in rape cases, how to get privileged records to the court and before the jury, changes in the language around DNA, and campus allegations and investigations. By the end of this full-day program, you are prepared to handle your next sexual assault case, whether it is in Juvenile Court, District Court, or Superior Court!

Agenda & Materials

• 9:30 – 9:40 A.M.

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Kate B. MacDougall, Esq., Essex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Salem
  Julie A. Buszuwski, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Framingham
  
• 9:40 – 10:25 A.M.

  Human Trafficking

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  Carrie A. Spiros, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  Sandra Gant, Esq., Federal Public Defender Office , Boston
  
• 10:25 – 11:25 A.M.

  What is New in DNA Testing?

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  Ira L. Gant, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Brockton
  Amy Barber, Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory , Maynard
  
• 11:25 – 11:40 A.M.

  Networking and Refreshment Break
• 11:40 – 12:25 P.M.

  Dwyer/Lampron – How to Get Privileged Records to the Court and Before the Jury

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• 12:25 – 1:15 P.M.

  Psychological Experts – When You Need Them and How to Cross Them

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  Shannon Byrnes, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Brockton
  Audrey C. Mark, Esq., Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 1:15 -2:15 P.M

  Lunch (on your own)
• Campus Investigation (webcast)

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  Susanna B. Murphy, Esq., Campus Investigations LLC , Hingham
  Elaine Gill, Merrimack College , North Andover
  
• 3:15 – 3:30 P.M.

  Networking and Refreshment Break
• 3:30 – 4:30 P.M.

  Judicial Symposium

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  Hon. Beverly J. Cannone, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Gloria Y. Tan, Middlesex County Juvenile Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Cambridge
  Hon. Kathe M. Tuttman,
  Hon. Michele M. Armour, Attleboro District Court , Attleboro
  

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