Upcoming Training for 2024

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Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington & Idaho Spokane Office, 601 W Riverside Ave., Spokane, Washington 99201

Forensic Science Standards and You: An Introduction to OSAC

Monday, May 6th 2024 12:00 PM

Presented by: Dana M. Delger

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science, administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), leverages volunteer efforts from over 800 stakeholders to support the development and implementation of forensic science standards across a wide range of disciplines. As part of this effort, an OSAC Registry was developed to serve as a repository of voluntary forensic science standards that crime laboratories and other forensic science service providers can choose to implement into their operations. Even in jurisdictions where laboratories have not yet adopted standards on the OSAC Registry, understanding forensic standards and how to use them is critical for any attorney managing a case with forensic science evidence. This presentation will serve as an introduction to OSAC's work and the standards development process, as well as on how standards fit into the legal system. Through the lens of several key standards, attendees will learn both how to understand forensic standards and how to use them.

Dana M. Delger is an attorney who works as a consultant to the Forensic Science Standards Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Between 2014 and 2020, she served as senior staff attorney in the Strategic Litigation Unit at the Innocence Project. Ms. Delger previously represented clients in state and federal criminal proceedings at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and at Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Ms. Delger graduated from New York University in 2007 and Columbia Law School in 2010, where she was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

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