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Expert Witness CV - Building Your Testimony Credentials

Learn to create, update, and maintain your Curriculum Vitae for expert witness testimony. Understand DRE and witness qualifications, preparing for court, and content essentials. Keep track of education, training, experience, and publications to enhance credibility.

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Expert Witness CV - Building Your Testimony Credentials

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  1. Session 23 50 Minutes Curriculum Vitae Preparation and Maintenance

  2. Learning Objectives • Describe and discuss the purpose of the DRE Curriculum Vitae • Identify the elements of a DRE Curriculum Vitae • Prepare a basic Curriculum Vitae summarizing relevant training, education, experience and accomplishments to date • Update and extend the Curriculum Vitae as relevant achievements continue to expand

  3. Witness • Generally can testify only to personal knowledge - facts which they observed or witnessed • Cannot give an opinion

  4. Expert Witness • Basic rule - person skilled in some art, trade, science, or profession, having knowledge of matters not within knowledge of persons of average education, learning and experience • May assist jury in arriving at a verdict by expressing an opinion on a state of facts shown by the evidence and based upon their special knowledge

  5. Expert Witness (Cont.) ONLY the court can determine whether a witness is qualified to testify as an expert

  6. Voir Dire: To seek the truth (Literally, “To see, to say")

  7. Preparation for Court Qualification • Can be simple or complex • Good “credentials” help your testimony weight • Accurate, up to date information is essential

  8. Expertise/Qualifications Based on: • Formal education and training • Experience • Outside readings and studies

  9. Curriculum Vitae Content Formal Education • High Schools attended • Colleges and Universities attended • University level courses • Specialized College

  10. Curriculum Vitae Content Formal Training • Police Academy (recruit training) • Specialized police or in-service training • Other specialized training • Military training • Lectures and seminars

  11. Curriculum Vitae Content (Cont.) Experience

  12. Curriculum Vitae Content (Cont.) Prior testimony • Municipal court • Superior court • Number of times qualified as an expert in drug cases • Number of times qualified as an expert in other cases

  13. Curriculum Vitae Content (Cont.) Outside Readings and Studies

  14. Curriculum Vitae Content (Cont.) Training/Research Conducted

  15. Curriculum Vitae Content (Cont.) Published Works DRE Stuff

  16. Curriculum Vitae Preparation and Maintenance • List information in chronological order • Review and update Curriculum Vitae frequently and record date of review

  17. QUESTIONS?

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