New Defenses & Tactics for Child Sexual Assault Cases | |
This intensive 8-hour on-demand video training series delivers the latest strategies in defending clients accused of child sexual assault. Featuring all-new NACDL presentations from leading defense attorneys, forensic experts, psychologists, and medical professionals, this course equips criminal defense attorneys with the latest strategies, scientific insights, and courtroom techniques to effectively defend clients accused of one of the most emotionally and legally complex charges: child sexual assault.
Paired with over 600 pages of written materials—this brand new program combines law, psychology and science to delivers practical, battle-tested defenses that help challenge the reliability of allegations, dismantle flawed forensic processes, and assert compelling alternative narratives grounded in evidence. It equips defenders not just with theoretical knowledge, but with practical strategies rooted in science, precedent, and the lived experience of defending the accused.
What You'll Learn:
- Forensic Interviews & Suggestibility:
- Learn to spot bias, leading questions, and protocol flaws in child forensic interviews—and use research and case law to challenge them under Daubert or Frye.
- False Memories & Contamination:
- Understand how suggestion, coaching, and reinforcement can distort a child’s memory. Learn to use expert testimony to reveal memory contamination.
- Medical Testimony & Junk Science:
- Master cross-exam techniques for medical experts on topics like vaginal trauma, normal variants, and misuse of findings. Learn to challenge overreliance on SANE reports.
- Expert Witnesses for the Defense:
- Get practical tips on hiring and qualifying experts in psychology, memory, and medicine. Learn to exclude unreliable prosecution experts.
- Cross of Child Witnesses:
- Use recent case law and real-world examples to develop compassionate, strategic cross-exams of child witnesses.
- Pretrial Strategy & Jury Framing:
- Learn to suppress tainted interviews, exclude weak expert testimony, and build persuasive trial narratives.
| | Defending Sexual Assault Cases ENCYCLOPEDIA |
- Over 600+ pages covering almost every topic from A-Z
- Alphabetized and indexed for FAST and efficient search!
- Written by experienced criminal defense lawyers
Take one look at the Table of Contents (provided here) and see first-hand the abundance of relevant information this unique Trial Guide will provide you.
Almost every article collected by NACDL regarding sexual assault cases has been painstakingly reviewed, organized, and indexed into the ultimate quick-reference guide designed specifically for criminal defense lawyers! Over 600+ pages of real-world tips, techniques, defense strategies, sample cross & voir dire questions, motions, investigation techniques, expert witness testimony, police and prosecutor insights and other essential issues have been analyzed, sorted and alphabetized into a multi-layered Encyclopedia designed to give you FAST access to practical strategies and answers for virtually every problem you'll encounter in defending a difficult sexual assault case.
From cross-examining a child witness to conducting a difficult voir dire or challenging the results of the SANE examination, this book is more than just a supplemental tool in assisting your defense...it's serves as the beginning, middle and end to crafting an effective defense strategy.
To see sample pages and a full Table of Contents, see here: https://bit.ly/4goW1Zm
At over 600+ pages, this "Defending Sexual Assault Cases Encyclopedia" has been carefully crafted and alphabetized into three distinct levels for fast lookup:
- Level 1: Main topics
- Level 2: Subtopics - different areas of focus within each topic
- Level 3: granular detail regarding each topic/subtopic
This unprecedented Encyclopedia allows you to defend the most difficult cases without having to reinvent the wheel and gives defense counsel an arsenal of strategies and techniques that can be easily modified to suit your needs. This is bar-none the most concise, efficient and practical trial resource we've ever assembled for defending sexual assault cases. Order your copy today and inspire your defense instantly!
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| | Try this BRAND-NEW 2026 CLE Course: | | | | Cross-Examination of the Forensic Interviewer in a Child Sex Cases | |
In this highly practical presentation, veteran defense attorney Paul Cramm demonstrates how to transform the forensic interviewer from a prosecution witness into a witness who supports the defense theory of the case.
One of the strongest techniques taught in the program is Cramm's method of using the forensic interviewer's own training manuals, protocols, and "best practices" publications as the framework for cross-examination—much like using a police officer's NHTSA DUI manual during a DUI cross-examination.
Rather than arguing with the witness, he teaches lawyers how to walk the interviewer through the principles contained in the OJJDP Child Forensic Interviewing Best Practices Guide and obtain agreement on concepts such as contamination, the dangers of repeated interviews, the importance of open-ended questions, and the risk of introducing facts the child did not spontaneously provide. Once those principles are established, the defense can compare them to what actually occurred in the case and allow the jury to draw its own conclusions.
Using real-world examples and sample cross-examination frameworks, Cramm provides courtroom-ready strategies for challenging improper bolstering, exposing weaknesses in the interview process, identifying contamination risks, and developing highly structured cross-examinations that keep professional witnesses on a short leash. Lawyers handling child sex cases will leave with practical techniques they can immediately apply in cases involving forensic interviews, delayed disclosures, memory contamination, witness credibility issues, and allegations built largely upon a child's statements.
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2026 Forensic Science
& the Law Seminar
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| | Criminal Evidence Disclosure & Admissibility Handbook | | |
Larry Pozner's Red Book on Cross-Examination
Audiobook Edition
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Trial Encyclopedia Guide Full Set
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| | Defending Sex Assault Cases: A Comprehensive Guide | | Challenging & Using AI & Digital Experts in Sexual Assault Cases | | | | Need Personalized Help? Call Koichi! | |
He has in-depth knowledge of and expertise in all NACDLcle products and can help guide you to the best and most relevant topical information to suit your needs.
Hours: 10am - 5:30pm ET
Phone: (202) 465-7661
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