Overview
Description
This course provides judges with the tools to make evidentiary rulings quickly and confidently in criminal cases.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Currently serving as a judicial officer (e.g., judge, hearing officer, magistrate, justice of the peace).
- See [www.judicialstudies.unr.edu/handbook.pdf](http://www.judicialstudies.unr.edu/handbook.pdf) for additional information on eligibility.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Currently serving as a judicial officer (e.g., judge, hearing officer, magistrate, justice of the peace). See www.judicialstudies.unr.edu/handbook.pdf for additional information on eligibility.
Units
Lecture1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Currently serving as a judicial officer (e.g., judge, hearing officer, magistrate, justice of the peace).
Attributes
S U Only
Learning Outcomes
- evaluate evidentiary foundations and admissibility.
- evaluate evidentiary issues involving competency and child witness testimony.
- distinguish among rules governing authentication of evidence, including electronic evidence.
- analyze the rationale for the rule on expert opinion evidence.
- distinguish hearsay and determine the admissibility of evidence which is asserted to be hearsay, and is under selected hearsay exceptions.
- generate a plan to conquer future issues by analyzing national trends in evidence/scientific evidence.