NCDD Sessions and Seminars
2022 Serious Science for Serious Lawyers: Advanced Course in Blood Alcohol Analysis & Trial Advocacy-CALL THE NCDD OFFICE TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST 334-264-1950

SOLD OUT
June 24, 2022 - June 29, 2022
Arlington, TX
Andrew Mishlove, Course Director
Hotel Accommodations:
Sheraton Arlington Hotel888-236-2427
Use Group Code: Serious Science DUI
Room Block Closes June 3, 2022.
The Serious Science Blood Alcohol Analysis course is designed to combine hard science and trial advocacy. There is no better course on forensic science and trial advocacy in America.
We start with hard science, including hands-on work in the Shimadzu Laboratory. Students will learn the basics of metrology, blood alcohol and the more complex blood drug analyses, and they will get hands-on experience preparing and analyzing their own samples. We focus on science for three full days; and then we transition to a focus on trial advocacy about the science, with reviews of the scientific concepts, and trial skills practice with the scientists from the University of Texas-Arlington. We use trial skills techniques developed by, and instructors trained at the Trial Lawyers College, with grateful acknowledgement.
This year we will start with a complete review of the basic of metrology and blood testing on Friday at noon, June 24, 2022. So plan to arrive in Arlington no later than Friday morning.
We will have a walk every morning before breakfast for those interested. The NCDD provides breakfast and lunches, as well as transfers to and from the Shimadzu Laboratory. We will have a banquet at the hotel on Friday evening, a party on Saturday evening, a review of the science and science question and answer with the UT-A science faculty on Monday evening. Students will also receive a professional lab coat for use in the laboratory, which they may keep.
All students are required to take three hours of online lab safety courses from the University of Texas-Arlington, in order to enter the laboratory. You will get certificates for those courses too.
Registration Fees:
NCDD Members: $2,650Member Deposit Only: $650
Non-Members: $2,950
Non-Member Deposit Only: $950
Science Faculty:
- Tiffany Liden, PhD, Analytic Chemistry
- Kevin A. Schug, PhD, Analytic Chemistry
- Alison Paige Wicker, PhD, Analytic Chemistry
- Janine Arvizu, CQA, Laboratory Quality Control, Metrology
- Post Graduate Assistants from the University of Texas-Arlington
Trial Advocacy Faculty:
- Andrew Mishlove, NCDD Regent, Course Director,
- Francisco A. “Paco” Duarte, Instructor,
- Kimberly Benjamin, Instructor,
- Charles Jones, Instructor,
- David Lisko, Instructor,
- Bruce Edge, NCDD Regent
- Joseph P. St. Louis, NCDD Regent
- Patrick John McClain, USMC JAG
SEMINAR DAY ONE – Friday, June 24, 2022 | ||
Time (CDT) | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
12:00p.m. – 1:30p.m. | Optional Review of Basic Blood Testing. Optional Introductory Science Q & A with Faculty | |
2:00p.m.– 3:00p.m. | Basic Metrology | Joseph P. St. Louis |
3:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. | Basic Chromatography and Flame Ionization Detection | Bruce Edge |
4:00p.m. – 4:15p.m. | Break | |
4:15p.m. – 5:15p.m. | Preview of Basic Mass Spectrometry | Andrew Mishlove |
6:30p.m. – 8:30p.m. | Introduction of Faculty Storytelling and Science: Attendees Dinner | Andrew Mishlove |
SEMINAR DAY TWO – Saturday, June 25, 2022 | ||
Time (CDT) | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
6:00a.m. | Morning walk for those interested | |
7:45a.m. – 8:45a.m. | Breakfast | |
9:00a.m. | Bus to the Shimadzu Lab. BE ON TIME! | |
9:15a.m. – 10:15a.m. | Lecture: Forensic Method Validation | Kevin A. Schug, PhD |
10:15a.m. – 10:30a.m. | Break | |
10:30a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Key Measurement Concepts, Lab Record-Keeping and Lab Errors | Janine Arvizu, CQA |
12:15p.m. – 1:15p.m. | Lunch | |
1:15p.m. – 2:15p.m. | Discovery in a Blood Alcohol and Drug Case: What You Need and How to Ask for It | Janine Arvizu, CQA and Joseph P. St. Louis |
2:15p.m. – 4:30p.m. | Sample Preparation (Laboratory) | Tiffany Liden, PhD, Alison Paige Wicker, PhD and Kevin A. Schug, PhD |
4:30p.m. – 4:45p.m. | Break | |
4:45p.m. – 5:30p.m. | Questions and Answers | All Science Faculty |
5:30p.m. | Bus to Hotel. BE ON TIME! | |
7:00p.m. | Dinner-TBA |
SEMINAR DAY THREE – Sunday, June 26, 2022 | ||
Time (CDT) | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
6:30a.m. | Morning walk for those interested | |
7:45a.m. – 8:45a.m. | Breakfast | |
9:00a.m. | Bus to the Shimadzu Lab. BE ON TIME! | |
9:15a.m. – 10:15a.m. | Lecture: Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detection | Kevin A. Schug, PhD |
10:30a.m. – 10:45a.m. | Coffee Break | |
10:45a.m. – 11:45a.m. | Lecture: GC-FID Interpretation | Kevin A. Schug, PhD |
11:45a.m. – 1:15p.m. | Lunch | |
1:15p.m. – 2:00p.m. | (Lab) GC-FID (Group 1); GC-FID (Group 2); Instrument variety tour (Group 3) | |
2:00p.m. – 2:45p.m. | (Rotate) GC-FID (1); Instrument variety tour (2); GC-FID (3) | |
2:45p.m. – 3:30p.m. | (Rotate) Instrument variety tour (1); GC-FID (2); GC-FID (3) | |
3:30p.m. – 3:45p.m. | Coffee Break | |
3:45p.m. – 5:00p.m. | Discussion/Compare Results | Tiffany Liden, PhD |
5:00p.m. | Bus to Hotel. BE ON TIME! |
SEMINAR DAY FOUR – Monday, June 27, 2022 | ||
Time (CDT) | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
6:00a.m. | Morning walk for those interested | |
8:00a.m. – 9:00a.m. | Breakfast | |
9:00a.m. – 10:30a.m. | Discovering the Story: Lecture, Exercise and Demonstration | Francisco Duarte and Kimberly Benjamin |
10:30a.m. – 10:45a.m. | Break | |
10:45a.m. – 12:15p.m. | Cross Examination | Francisco Duarte and Kimberly Benjamin |
12:15p.m. – 1:00p.m. | Lunch | |
1:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. | Cross-Examination Breakouts with the Scientists from UT-A | |
5:00p.m. | Break for Dinner | |
6:30p.m. – 8:30p.m. | Optional Science Q & A with Scientists from UT-A |
SEMINAR DAY FIVE – Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | ||
Time (CDT) | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
6:00a.m. | Morning walk for those interested | |
7:30a.m. – 8:30a.m. | Breakfast | |
8:30a.m. – 9:00a.m. | Introduction to Focus Groups | Charles Jones and Davis Lisko |
9:00a.m. – 9:15a.m. | Break | |
9:15a.m. – 9:45a.m. | Introduction to the Use of Focus Groups | Charles Jones, David Lisko and Francisco Duarte |
9:45a.m. – 12:45p.m. | Focus Group One: Finding the Story | Charles Jones, David Lisko and Francisco Duarte |
12:45p.m. – 1:30p.m. | Lunch | |
1:30p.m. – 1:45p.m. | Focus Group Question and Answer | |
1:45p.m. – 2:45p.m. | Opening Statements: Lecture and Demonstration | Francisco Duarte and Kim Benjamin |
2:45p.m. – 3:00p.m. | Break | |
3:00p.m.– 5:30p.m. | Small Group Breakouts Opening Statements | Francisco Duarte, Kim Benjamin, David Lisko, Charles Jones, Andrew Mishlove, Joseph St. Louis, Bruce Edge |
5:00p.m. | Dinner on your own |
SEMINAR DAY SIX – Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | ||
Time (CDT) | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
6:00a.m. | Morning walk for those interested | |
8:00a.m. – 9:00a.m. | Breakfast | |
9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. | Voir Dire: Lecture, Exercise and Demonstration | Andrew Mishlove, Francisco Duarte and Kimberly Benjamin |
10:00a.m. – 10:15a.m. | Break | |
10:15a.m. – 12:30p.m. | Voir Dire Breakouts | Francisco Duarte, Kimberly Benjamin, Joseph P. St. Louis, Charles Jones, David Lisko, Andrew Mishlove and Bruce Edge |
12:30p.m. – 1:30p.m. | Lunch | |
1:30p.m. – 2:30p.m. | Review and Closing Ceremony | Andrew Mishlove |
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