Welcome and Introduction

Lincoln Hall

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Holding the Keys to the Gate - The Role of the Judiciary in Improving Forensic Science

John F. Hollway, Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Donald E. Shelton JD, PhD, Criminal Justice Program, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Thomas M. Durkin, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

8:45 AM - 9:45 AM

Break

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Pushing the Gate Closed; Holding It Open - The Role of Attorneys

Jules Epstein, Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law
Julia Leighton, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Ron Reinstein, Superior Court of Arizona (Ret.), Judicial Consultant, Arizona Supreme Court
Matthew F. Redle, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Sheridan County, Wyoming

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Closing the Back Gate - Challenging and Excluding Improper Opinion Evidence from Recognized Forensic Science Disciplines

Jane Campbell Moriarty JD, Professor of Law, Duquesne University
Andrew Sulner MSFS, JD, Forensic Document Examinations, LLC
Jonathan J. Koehler JD, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Slamming the Gate Shut - Judicial Responsibility for Opening the Gate to Valid Forensic Evidence

Stephanie Domitrovich, Erie County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania
Nancy Gertner, Harvard Law School
Calvin Scott, Superior Court of Delaware

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

After Closing the Door - Getting Junk Science Out of Courts Post-Conviction

Tucker Carrington, Director of the Mississippi Innocence Project and Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, Robert C. Khayat Law Center
David L. Faigman, John F. Digardi Distinguished Professor of Law, and Associate Dean, UCSF / UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy
David Koropp, Winston & Strawn, LLP
Barry Scheck, Co-Director of the Innocence Project and Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and Partner, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Improving the Gate - The Future of Courts and Forensic Science

Carol Henderson, Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law
Jules Epstein, Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law
Ron Reinstein, Superior Court of Arizona (Ret.), Judicial Consultant, Arizona Supreme Court

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Closing Remarks

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM