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SIU law school and SIUE forensic program present hands-on 'Scene to Courtroom' camp for high-school students
Summary
At a Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting, SIUE and the Simmons Law School described a five-day forensic camp that gave 36 high-school students hands-on crime-scene and courtroom experience; presenters said scholarships will be offered and registration for June 2026 will open in March.
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees heard a presentation on a joint SIUE–Simmons Law School program that ran a five-day hands-on forensic camp for rising 10th–12th graders.
Provost Tucker introduced the program as a collaboration between SIUE’s Belleville campus and SIUC’s Simmons Law School and invited presenters Kacie Parker of the Simmons Law School and Tom Spudich, SIUE’s forensic program director, to summarize outcomes. Parker and Spudich described a camp that combined crime-scene investigation, laboratory analysis and courtroom practice. Parker said the pilot served 36 students from five high schools and divided participants into four teams working four different mock crime…
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