Office of Defender Services
TRAINING BRANCH
- Federal Criminal Discovery and Federal Criminal Discovery Update
by Carol A. Brook, Executive Director, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Illinois
- Beyond Brady: Using Model Rule 3.8(d) for Discovery of Exculpatory Information
by Irwin Schwartz, Esq., Seattle, Washington
- Video: Challenging Laboratory Reports Received in Discovery
by Marc Scott Taylor, President and Laboratory Director, Technical Associates, Inc., Ventura, CA
- Video: Discovery and Challenges to Crime Labs
by Christopher McKee, Esq., Adjunct Professor, Colorado University School of Law at Boulder, Former Special Counsel, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
- Video: Discovery Issues With a Twist - Rule 16 and More
by Michael Kennedy, First Assistant FPD, District of Nevada,, and David Anthony, AFPD, Capital Habeas Unit, District of Nevada
- Simple Answers for Complex Cases: Case & Discovery Management
by Steven Kalar, Senior Litigator, and Sean Broderick, Paralegal, Northern Dist. of California
- Sample Discovery Request Related to Computer Forensics
- ESI Protocol: JETWG Recommendations for ESI
The Department of Justice/Administrative Office Joint Working Group on Electronic Technology (JETWG) has developed a recommended ESI protocol for use in federal criminal cases.The primary purpose of the ESI protocol is to facilitate more predictable, cost-effective, and efficient management of electronic discovery and a reduction in the number of disputes relating to ESI.
- DOJ Guidance Regarding Use, Preservation and Discovery of Electronic Communications in Federal Criminal Cases (March 30, 2011)
This guidance om Deputy Attorney General James Cole provides an expansive definition of who is part of a "prosecution team" for discovery purposes, requires that all electronic communications between law enforcement and civilian witnesses be preserved and reviewed for disclosure, and places the burden on the prosecutor involved in the case to ensure that all law enforcement know to preserve all communications.
- DOJ Guidance Regarding Discovery Practices (January 4, 2010)
(Deputy Attorney General's guidance to prosecutors on meeting discovery obligations in future cases)