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Shepard Exposition Services has been set up to aid with the vendor services during this years symposium.  Vendors please visit this link for assistance with shipping/receiving, electrical,furniture, storage, etc.

Dear Members- we are just over 4 months into our ASCLD membership drive. The current goal of our membership committee is to partner with advocacy to identify a minimum of two qualified individuals from each state or country that would be an asset to our organization in advance of our ASCLD Annual Symposium in Baltimore MD, September 12-16, 2010.

The Forensics program at Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies in Chicago, Il., provides an excellent overview of forensic science, law, and medicine.  The classes describe the principal activities and procedures that occur in the courtroom, the forensics science laboratory, and the medical examiner's facility.  This program is designed for legal professionals in criminal law (state's attorneys, public and appellate defenders, criminal defense atorneys, and paralegals); professionals in law enforcement (evidence technicians); professionals in the administration

Forensic Science Initiative at West Virginia University, in collaboration with the National Institute of Justice, will be holding the 2010 Spring Continuing Education for Forensic Professionals Program, March 8th-13th in Fort Worth, Texas.  This program offers a variety of free training opportunities in many forensic and investigative disciplines. 

Registration will begin Monday, January 25th . For more information and to register please visit  http://fsi.research.wvu.edu

Want to improve the performance and productivity of your laboratory, check out the following links:

http://www.institutelabauto.org/courses/PublicSchedule.html

http://www.InstituteLabAuto.org

http://ascld.org/content/2010-symposium 

The DNA Crime Lab Technical Assistance Program is based on a yearly solicitation and partnership between the Marshall University Forensic Science Center and DNA Crime Lab Units across the country who have validation needs.  Once the validation study is defined, a MU graduate student is trained at Marshall (Aug 2009 - May 2010) to perform the crime lab-specified validation study in their facility (May 2010 - August 2010).  Based on survey responses approximately 8 lab will be selected to participate in this program.

The ASCLD Board of Directors has briefly reviewed the NAS Report on Forensic Science and is providing some points for ASCLD members to consider.
Please visit ASCLD's Press Room for a link to the Executive Summary of the NAS Report.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for the positions ASCLD supports in order to safeguard the integrity and value of our profession.