Being unable to handle listening to the drivel coming from Ms Alyce for the past several days of trial, I decided to see what I could find online about her. Specifically, I wanted to see what her formal education has been.
Interesting. Very interesting. And easy to see where Juan will go.
Alyce has a 20 page CV posted online at her own website. It is obviously not professionally produced, since there are errors in the formatting of the document that one does not see in a professionally done CV.
Alyce's entire "Education" section consists of five (5) lines in her twenty (20) page CV. Her highest level of education was a Master's Degree obtained in 1980. Two of the five lines devoted to "Education" refer to licensing in California - which is not quite education, is it?
What I don't see listed is any Continuing Education. At all.
There are pages and pages of "media appearances". There are pages of "court consultations". And pages of seminars and conferences. In all of which Ms. Alyce seems to have been in the postion of "being the expert" or "being the teacher".
All of which is fine. But WHERE, I wonder, is there any indication whatsoever that this woman has formally updated her knowledge since obtaining that degree in 1980? Most of us in the professions attend conferences and continuing education presentations to learn from others. And we would list such on a CV under "Education" or "Continuing Education". I see no such listing on this 20 page document.
What I do see is what looks like someone who must really enjoy public speaking as an "domestic violence expert" and who speaks to just about any group that needs a public speaker for a meeting.
In this trial, this witness continues to use what is in my opinion inappropriate and unprofessional terminology and phrases. The "must be on crack" comment was so far from appropriate for a professional that it made me cringe. But I guess in a way it is good that she says such things, because it really, really undercuts her credibility.
I'll begin to watch again when Juan gets up. I think he has fertile ground for his cross examination skills with Alyce. And I don't think she is going to like it.