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Forthcoming Judicial Conferences and Webinars


Judicial Courses on the Fourth Amendment

The Center offers courses on the Fourth Amendment for members of the judiciary. All of the courses are grant funded and funding for members of the judiciary is available. Please note that the eligibility requirements for each course vary somewhat and more information can be found under the description of each course below.

 

The Fourth Amendment for Appellate Judges: Foundational Principles and Selected Current Issues

Offered in Oxford only. Day one of this program provides an overall framework to analyze search and seizure issues. What is a search? When does a seizure occur? When is a search or seizure justified? When do the police need a warrant? If the Fourth Amendment has been violated, does the exclusionary rule apply? Day two offers an overview of the search and seizure of computers and other sources of digital evidence.

Agenda

Upcoming Conference Dates: TBA

Registration: Please contact us at ncjrl@olemiss.edu

Funding and Other Conference Information: TBA


The Fourth Amendment: Comprehensive Search and Seizure Training for Trial Judges

This four day course provides a framework to analyze search and seizure issues: What is a search? When does a seizure occur? What are the types of searches and seizures? What interests are protected by the Amendment? Who has standing to challenge the intrusion? When is a search or seizure justified? When do the police need a warrant? If the Fourth Amendment has been violated, does the exclusionary rule apply? It also offers insights on motion hearings practice, detailed examination of the principles related to consent searches, and sessions on warrant issuance and review of that decision, warrant execution issues, and searches without warrants. These latter searches include exigent circumstances, community caretaking, inventory searches, automobile searches, frisks, and searches incident to arrest. In every course there is at least one session offering some observations on an issue of particular current significance. Finally, it offers an overview of developing principles related to computers and digital evidence.

Agenda

Upcoming Conference Dates: May 20-23, 2013 (RENO)

Registration: Registration is handled directly through the National Judicial College.  You can register online, or alternatively, you can complete and fax the print version of the application.   Under payment information, simply type: U.S. Department of Justice. Don't worry that it defaults to "invoice your court." Your court won't be charged. Also, please type NA into all yellow boxes (within the payment information section). Also, please feel free to contact the NJC Registrar, Muriel Bartlett, registrar@judges.org (800-255-8343) (775-784-1269 FAX), who can provide you with the most up-to-date information on registration, lodging, expense reimbursement and any other questions you may have.

Funding and Other Conference Information:

    The DOJ grant covers the course and materials.  NO  travel or lodging is covered.  If you choose to take the Technology-Assisted Crimes Against Children course offered May 16-17, 2013, directly before The Fourth Amendment Course, you can use the grant from the first course to pay for travel and lodging (up to $500) for the second course.

     

     

    The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure of Computers and Digital Evidence for Trial and Appellate Judges

    This two day program focuses on the search and seizure of computers and digital evidence, based on a grant from Mississippi State University. Offered in Oxford only. The learning objectives of this course include the following: (a) understanding of the sources and types of digital evidence; (b) examination of the principal approaches courts take to the search and seizure of digital evidence; (c) detailed examination of the application of Fourth Amendment principles to various locations of digital evidence, including computers, cell phones, remote storage, and the Internet; (d) examination of Fourth Amendment applicability doctrines, including standing, voluntary exposure, and the private search doctrine; (e) examination of Fourth Amendment satisfaction doctrines, including warrant issuance and review, search incident to arrest, and probable cause; (f) discussion of the distribution and possession of digitally produced child pornography; and (g) examination of some civil implications, including civil discovery.

    Agenda

    Upcoming Conference Dates: March 21-22, 2013

    Registration: Please contact us at ncjrl@olemiss.edu

    Funding and Other Conference Information

     

     

    Technology Assisted Crimes Against Children Conferences for Trial and Appellate Judges

    Program Summary
    This program utilizes the resources of the NCJRL and the National Judicial College to develop high quality educational programming for state trial and appellate judges on the investigation and prosecution of technology-assisted crimes against children. The conferences focus on core competencies in substantive crimes/defenses, understanding investigative techniques, and litigation of pretrial motions to suppressing physical evidence (search and seizure) and statements by defendants. Four conferences are offered. The program is funded by a grant for the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention.

    I. Child Pornography (2 days)

    Substantive crimes and defenses: First Amendment concerns; understanding of various investigative techniques, including peer-to-peer, chat, traveler cases; introduction to computer forensics and search and seizure.

    Location and dates: University of Mississippi, April 18-19, 2013

    This is a stand alone course because it is the crime that trial judges are most likely to encounter.

    Agenda

    Registration: Please contact us at ncjrl@olemiss.edu

    Funding and Other Conference Information


    II. Technology-Assisted Crimes Against Children: Survey of High Tech Crimes Against Children (2 days)

    Overview course primarily on offenses and defenses, with an introduction to forensics and search and seizure.

    Location and dates: University of Mississippi, October 15-16, 2012

    Agenda

    Registration: Please contact us at ncjrl@olemiss.edu

    Funding and Other Conference Information

     

    III. Technology-Assisted Crimes Against Children: Computer Searches and Seizures and Other Pretrial Motions Practice (2 days)

    The agenda for this course substantially overlaps with the search and seizure of computers course described above. It adds material on understanding of various investigative techniques, including peer-to-peer, chat, travel cases, discovery issues, and motions to suppress based on compelling the suspect to produce his password.

    Location and dates: May 16-17, 2013 (RENO)

    Agenda

    Registration: Registration is handled directly through the National Judicial College.  You can register online, or alternatively, you can complete and fax the print version of the application.   Under payment information, simply type: U.S. Department of Justice. Don't worry that it defaults to "invoice your court." Your court won't be charged. Also, please type NA into all yellow boxes (within the payment information section). Also, please feel free to contact the NJC Registrar, Muriel Bartlett, registrar@judges.org (800-255-8343) (775-784-1269 FAX), who can provide you with the most up-to-date information on registration, lodging, expense reimbursement and any other questions you may have.

    Funding and Other Conference Information:

      The DOJ grant covers course and materials; up to $500 reimbursement for travel and lodging. Conference Meals are not yet covered:  we are working on a separate grant to cover breakfast, lunch, and breaks for each day of the conference.

       

    IV. Webinars: Understanding Internet Technologies - How They Work; How They are Used by Predators or Investigators

    Under a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, The National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law & the National Judicial College are presenting an Internet Crimes Against Children Webinar Series: Understanding Internet Technologies – How They Work and How They Are Used by Predators or Investigators.

    The webinars are free. All are scheduled for 12:00 to 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 to 2:15 pm Mountain / 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central / 3:00 to 4:15 pm Eastern. Please see the schedule below.

     

    Registration: Please contact Priscilla Grantham at pgadams@olemiss.edu to register for all webinars.

     

    SPRING 2013

    Overview of Technology-Facilitated Crimes Against Children - January 24, 2013
    Priscilla Grantham, Esq., Senior Research Counsel, NCJRLL

    Encryption - February 19, 2013
    Priscilla Grantham, Esq., Senior Research Counsel, NCJRL

     

     

    The New Digital Forensics - March 5, 2013
    Professor Don Mason, Associate Director, NCJRL

    Basic overview of “digital forensics” investigative approaches that are responding to the challenges presented by rapidly evolving technologies such as cloud computing, ubiquitous and diverse mobile devices, and pervasive use of home and office networks.  Essentially, as we move beyond the nearly-exclusive focus on “dead box” or “postmortem” computer forensics that has been the subject of training for twenty years or more, we must now be cognizant an array of forensic “specialties” or “branches” relevant to both criminal investigations and civil discovery.  Accordingly, the discussion will define and touch on the highlights of:

      • Network forensics
      • “Live” forensics
      • “Remote” forensics
      • Software forensics
      • Image forensics
      • “Browser” forensics
      • “Triage” forensics
      • Mobile device forensics

     

     

    The Dark Side of Social Networking - April 2, 2013
    Priscilla Grantham, Esq., Senior Research Counsel, NCJRL

     

    Wireless Networks - May 28, 2013
    Priscilla Grantham, Esq., Senior Research Counsel, NCJRL

     

    Web Browsing 101 - June 11, 2013
    Professor Don Mason, Associate Director, NCJRL

     

     

    Registration: Please contact Priscilla Grantham at pgadams@olemiss.edu to register for all webinars.