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2023 SWAFS Bylaws Changes – Updated

https://swafs.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2022-bylaws-revision-TL-Updated.pdf Above you can find the newest changes to the SWAFS Constitution and By-Laws. The proposed changes were originally posted...

2023 SWAFS Bylaws Changes

https://swafs.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-bylaws-revision.pdf The above-linked PDF file shows in red the changes to the SWAFS by-laws proposed for this next year. The...

ABC Foundational Knowledge Exam (FKE)

Please see the below message from the American Board of Criminalistics President: The American Board of Criminalistics needs your help!...

ASCLD Forensic Research Committee

The American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD) Forensic Research Committee (FRC) is offering three different awards for forensic scientists...

AAFS 74th Annual Conference

https://swafs.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AAFS-2022-announcement.pdf The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is hosting a hybrid event for 2022. It will be hosted in Seattle,...

ABC Spring Newsletter

The American Board of Criminalistics has published their spring newsletter. Please see the link below to read it in full....

Proposed Changes to SWAFS By-Laws / Constitution

Please see the proposed revisions as detailed below: https://swafs.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Proposed-SWAFS-CBL-2021-1.doc A summary of the major changes include:Constitution article three – updated...