As an independent consultant based in South Carolina, I provide consultation to legal teams and expert testimony concerning memory and eyewitness identification in criminal and civil matters in both federal and state court. If you are an attorney interested in consultation about a case or would like to discuss a possible CLE offering, please email me at dawn.mcquiston@gmail.com.

Continuing Legal Education Presentations and Workshops:
South Carolina Circuit Judges' Conference, Greenville, SC (2022): Recent Research in Eyewitness Identification and Judicial Stress
Secondary Trauma in the Legal Profession Symposium, Wake Forest University School of Law (2021): Jurors, Judges, and Vicarious Trauma
South Carolina Association for Justice Convention, Hilton Head, SC (2019): Facility dogs in the Courtroom: Implications for Due Process
South Carolina Circuit Judges' Conference, Spartanburg, SC (2019): Secondary Traumatic Stress and Jurors
North Carolina Advocates for Justice Death Penalty Seminar, Greensboro, NC (2019): Eyewitness Identification in the Courtroom
South Carolina Public Defender Association, Myrtle Beach, SC (2018): Recent Developments in Eyewitness Identification Science
International Courthouse Dogs Foundation Conference, Bellevue, WA (2017): The Effect of Facility Dogs in the Courtroom on Juror Decision Making
South Carolina Bar Association, Charleston, SC (2016): Communication in the Courtroom: What Witnesses Say and Jurors Hear
South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Greenwood, SC (2015): Evaluating Eyewitness Evidence
Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office Eyewitness Identification Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA (2015): Police Lineups: Composition and Administration
South Carolina Public Defender Association, Myrtle Beach, SC (2014): Eyewitness Evidence
North Carolina Bar Association, Greensboro, NC (2013): Memory and Eyewitness Identification
South Carolina Public Defender Association, Myrtle Beach, SC (2013): Jury Decision Making
National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law, Las Vegas, NV (2012): Eyewitness Evidence
Maricopa County Bar Association, Phoenix, AZ (2012): 12 Angry Men: What Witnesses Say and Jurors Hear
International Association for Identification Conference, Tucson, AZ (2011): How Jurors Judge Forensic Science Evidence
Arizona Public Defender Association, Tempe, AZ (2007): Applying the Science of Eyewitness Identification in the Courtroom
Arizona Public Defender Association, Tempe, AZ (2006): Recent Research on the Reliability of Eyewitness Identification
Arizona Judicial Conference, Tucson, AZ (2006): Forensic Science (with Prof. Michael Saks)