A wife is murdered in her own home. The husband claims he tried to stop the intruder but the large man over powered him and tied him up to a chair. But the wife’s Fitbit tells a different version of the story than the tale that the husband presents. As the police investigate the case and harness the digital information created by the wife’s Fitbit, it becomes instantly clear that the husband’s story does not match up and he is arrested and charged with murder.
Digital Forensics
Welcome to our brave new electronic world where cameras, cell phones, Fitbits – and even video game systems – are used as crucial evidence in civil and criminal trials.
Digital information and digital forensics has become crucial in many cases – from child pornography to fraud. Learning where to look for the digital evidence and how it can be deployed at trial is crucial in the 21st century practice of law. In Part one of this two part introductory series Lars Daniel mainly covers the various types of digital evidence to consider in your cases, the evolution of digital evidence, what digital forensics encompasses and the acquisition & preservation of digital evidence. Lars also specially addresses harnessing digital information from Google searches, Facebook Chats, “Private” Browsing, Connected Devices, Chrome, Firefox and jump lists. To access the course please click here: Digital Forensics for Attorneys 101.
This CLE course also covers:
- Our new online lives
- Digital footprints
- Digital media in legal cases
- The four primary areas of digital forensics
- Sub-disciplines of digital forensics
- Extracting forensically sound evidence
- How data is organized and the fragile nature of digital evidence
Lars Daniel has numerous digital forensics certifications. The co-author of the book Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals, Lars has attended over 250 hours of forensic training and has worked on over 500 cases involving murder, child pornography, terrorism, rape, kidnapping, intellectual property, fraud, wrongful death, employee wrongdoing and large scale e-discovery collections.
This CLE course is offered in the following states:
- Alaska (AK)
- Arizona (AZ)
- California (CA)
- Connecticut (CT)
- District of Columbia (DC)
- Illinois (IL)
- Maryland (MD)
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Michigan (MI)
- Missouri (MO)
- New Hampshire (NH)
- New Jersey (NJ)
- New York (NY)
- North Dakota (ND)
- Pennsylvania (PA)
- South Dakota (SD)
Attorney Credits offers CLE for attorneys in Illinois and around the country. For more information about CLE in Illinois please click the following link: IL CLE.