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Reno/Lake Tahoe

The Fourth Amendment: Comprehensive Search and Seizure Training for Trial Judges (JS 645)

May 24-27, 2010 | Reno, NV
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Also offered October 4-7, 2010 in Oxford, MS

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This four day course provides an overall framework to analyze search and seizure issues: What is a search? When does a seizure occur? What are the types of searches and seizures? What interests are protected by the Amendment? Who has standing to challenge the intrusion? When is a search or seizure justified? When do the police need a warrant? If the Fourth Amendment has been violated, does the exclusionary rule apply? It also offers insights on motion hearings practice, detailed examination of the principles related to consent searches, and sessions on warrant issuance and review of that decision, warrant execution issues, and searches without warrants. These latter searches include exigent circumstances, community caretaking, inventory searches, automobile searches, frisks, and searches incident to arrest. In every course, there is at least one session offering some observations on an issue of particular current significance. Finally, it offers an overview of developing principles related to computers and digital evidence.

Qualifies for 2 credits toward the Judicial Studies degree and as an elective in the Certificate in Judicial Development, General Jurisdiction Trial Skills program.

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The National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law is a part of the University of Mississippi School of Law. It focuses on issues relating to the criminal justice system and receives funding from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs.