DUI Blood Test

WEBVTT 00:00:07.929 --> 00:00:09.386 Hi, I'm Andrew Mishlove. 00:00:09.486 --> 00:00:10.642 At Mishlove & Stuckert, 00:00:10.643 --> 00:00:14.143 we are Wisconsin's only true specialists in drunk driving defense. 00:00:14.814 --> 00:00:18.599 I want to talk today about a course that I have developed for lawyers. 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:23.243 It's called Serious Science: Blood Testing and Trial Advocacy. 00:00:23.244 --> 00:00:26.428 We offer it at the University of Texas, Arlington, 00:00:26.829 --> 00:00:28.471 every summer for lawyers. 00:00:28.743 --> 00:00:31.943 What we do in this course, which I put together and I direct— 00:00:32.543 --> 00:00:34.093 yes, I'm proud of that— 00:00:34.914 --> 00:00:36.871 we bring lawyers into the laboratory, 00:00:37.029 --> 00:00:38.986 we teach them about the science, 00:00:38.987 --> 00:00:41.685 we teach them how to do the tests themselves. 00:00:41.686 --> 00:00:44.000 They put on their goggles, they put on their lab coats, 00:00:44.001 --> 00:00:45.757 they put on their rubber gloves, 00:00:45.886 --> 00:00:50.643 and we actually have them conduct blood alcohol and blood drug tests 00:00:50.714 --> 00:00:53.729 like the analysts in the state crime labs. 00:00:53.929 --> 00:00:56.086 That's a three-day part of the course. 00:00:56.087 --> 00:01:00.229 Then for the next three days, we spend our time 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:04.186 studying how to communicate scientific concepts in the courtroom. 00:01:04.329 --> 00:01:07.962 We bring in focus groups, we practice jury selection, 00:01:07.963 --> 00:01:12.012 we practice witness questioning about scientific questions like, 00:01:12.129 --> 00:01:14.400 was the instrument properly calibrated? 00:01:14.401 --> 00:01:16.657 Was the sample handled properly? 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:18.770 Was there an electrical malfunction? 00:01:18.771 --> 00:01:21.643 Is there something anomalous about this test? 00:01:21.857 --> 00:01:27.257 My philosophy is that science is critical in the courtroom in drunk driving cases, 00:01:27.258 --> 00:01:30.586 but you can't win a case just by arguing science. 00:01:30.929 --> 00:01:33.614 Cases in courtrooms are human dramas. 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:37.398 If it's a human drama that involves bad science, 00:01:37.598 --> 00:01:39.800 then we've got a story to tell. 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.514 If you need to have your story told, 00:01:42.515 --> 00:01:47.586 if there's bad science in your case and you need to have that story told, 00:01:48.014 --> 00:01:50.878 come to Mishlove & Stuckert because we're the experts at that, 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:52.200 and we're here to help you.