Karen Sanders-West, ACP, JD

Thursday, April 23, 2009
3 - 5 pm Central Time
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Conference ID–2966

This advanced program is created for the Legal Assistant who has extensive experience in trial preparation and assisting in the courtroom.  Hearsay will be discussed, as well as opinion and expert testimony, burden of proof and presumptions, admissibility of evidence generated by technology, evidence authentication and best evidence doctrine.  Practical examples of how the rules come into plan in the courtroom will be provided, along with references to case law interpreting the rules.  The primary emphasis will be on the role of evidence in civil actions with limited discussion of evidence in criminal matters.

Karen Sanders-West was President of NALA from 1986–1988, and is a familiar instructor in CLA Review Courses. She is also a recurring NALA Campus LIVE! presenter. She has served as Chair of the national Certifying Board for Legal Assistants, and is a former instructor in the Legal Assistant Program at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS.