Legal Research Guides by Course - Expert Evidence

Course Description

Expert Evidence is an upper-level Evidence course that focuses on the use of experts in civil and criminal trials. Providing an in-depth examination of federal and state law standards governing admissibility such evidence, the course includes a solid grounding in the relationship of both science and statistics to law. In addition, the course covers a variety of possible subjects including medical malpractice, the role of memory and eyewitness identification in trials, social and behavioral science, economic damages, DNA, accident and crime reconstruction, forensic science, and ethical concerns involved with expert testimony. The course provides both a solid theoretical understanding of the subject and a practical application of the principles. Prerequisite: Evidence (3 credits) Paper

Faculty Who Teach This Course

• Jane Campbell Moriarty (Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, Professor of Law)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by

Print Collection

KF8925.D36 Damages
KF8931-KF8969 Civil Procedure - Evidence
KF9660-KF9678 Criminal Procedure - Evidence
KFP540-KFP541 Pennsylvania Civil Procedure - Evidence
KFP580 Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure - Evidence

Legal Research Databases

• Hein Online
• Bloomberg Law
• Westlaw
• Lexis 
            Weinstein's Federal Evidence (Legal Tab > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender > Area of Law > Federal Practice)

               Moore's Federal Practice (Legal Tab > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender > Area of Law > Federal Practice)

• LoisLaw - Treatises -Evidence Library, General Litigation Library & Mauet Trial Practice Library
• Bloomberg BNA - see eDiscovery Resource Center, Expert Evidence Report
• CCH Library - Intelliconnect
• CVN Law School - audio, video & training on Evidence and Trial Practice
• Legal Scholarship Network
• CALI - under Evidence
• Evidence (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/evidence

Expert Witness & Expert Testimony

• Evidence and Expert Testimony - http://www.willyancey.com/evidence.htm
• Expert Witness (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/expert_witness
• Courtroom Insight - http://www.courtroominsight.com/
• Integrity in Science Database - http://cspinet.org/integrity/
• ALMExperts - Expert Witness Directory - http://www.almexperts.com/home
• ExpertLaw - http://www.expertlaw.com/
• Ethical Issues in Being an Expert Witness (article by Joseph Kadane) - http://www.amstat.org/committees/ethics/linksdir/Jsm2004Kadane.pdf

Eyewitness Identification

• Eyewitness Identification (Innocence Project) - http://www.innocenceproject.org/fix/Eyewitness-Identification.php
• Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory (UT at El Paso) - http://eyewitness.utep.edu/
• Eyewitness Evidence: a Guide for Law Enforcement (US Dept. of Justice) - https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/178240.pdf
• Eyewitness Identification - Human Factors - http://www.eyewitnessid.com/

DNA (for more links see Post Conviction DNA Clinic)

• DNA Forensics - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
• Understanding DNA Evidence: a Guide for Victim Service Providers (US Dept. of Justice) - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/dna_4_2001/welcome.html
• DNA Evidence: Basics of Identifying, Gathering and Transporting (National Institute of Justice) - http://www.nij.gov/topics/forensics/evidence/dna/basics/identifying-to-transporting.htm

Accident & Crime Reconstruction

• The ARC Network (Accident Reconstruction Communications) - http://www.accidentreconstruction.com/
• Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin - http://www.tarorigin.com/
• Crime and Clues: the Art & Science of Criminal Investigation - http://www.crimeandclues.com/index.php/forensic-science-a-csi/crime-scene-investigation/crime-scene-reconstruction
• Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders 2d (US Dept. of Justice) - https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/219941.pdf
• Crime Reconstruction blog - http://crimereconstruction.blogspot.com/

Medical Malpractice (for more links see Medical Malpractice class)

• Medical Malpractice (Justia) - http://www.justia.com/injury/medical-malpractice/
• Medical Malpractice Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/medical-malpractice.html
• Medical Malpractice (FindLaw) - http://injury.findlaw.com/medical-malpractice/
• Pittsburgh Medical Malpractice Law Blog - http://www.pittsburghmedicalmalpractice.com/

Forensic Science Evidence (for more links see Forensic Science class)

• Scientific and Forensic Evidence (FindLaw) - http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/scientific-and-forensic-evidence.html
• Forensic Science - http://www.forensicevidence.net/index.html
• Forensic Science (National Institute of Justice) - http://www.nij.gov/topics/forensics/welcome.htm

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
• Legal Research Guides: Practice Skills

Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations:

• Civil Litigation
• Criminal Law
• Family Law
• Health Law & Science

rev. by Patricia Horvath 
12/3/2012