Evidence Boot Camp for Juvenile Court Practitioners

 

Evidence Boot Camp for Juvenile Court Practitioners

Presenter:  Susan L. Kay, Esq. Associate Dean for Experiential Education, Clinical Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
 

This training will review the Tennessee Rules of Evidence, and the case law interpreting those rules.  The training will focus on issues that occur most frequently in juvenile court proceedings, including the hearsay exceptions, character evidence and expert testimony. 
 
This course has been approved for 2.0 hours of general CLE. 
 
Distance Learning courses require that the participant complete the registration and training pre-test, view the video presentation in its entirety, and then complete the post-test and CLE request form.
 
  • Partial credit is not given for distance learning courses
  • An attorney may take each course only one time for CLE credit.

To continue, complete the registration form below, answer the pre-test questions and click on "SUBMIT".  You will be directed to the video presentation.

Should you have any issues with the training, please contact the CIP Administrative Assistant at cipadminassistant@tncourts.gov

 

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Acknowledgment - Action required below

CLE credit for Distance Learning courses is based on both content and time spent viewing the course. In order to receive CLE credit for the course, I must complete and submit the training pre-test, view the course in its entirety, and complete the training post-test with the CLE submission request. (The CIP can monitor the amount of time spent on viewing the course. Partial CLE credit will not be submitted.)  Please initial below to acknowledge the viewing requirement.

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TRAINING PRE-TEST

Please provide the appropriate answer to the following questions.

1. Who has the responsibility to understand and apply the rules of evidence? :
4. What is the critical consideration in the determination of whether an out of court statement is an excited utterance?
5. Every statement contained inside a business record will be automatically admissible under the business records exception to the hearsay rule.