California District Attorneys Association

Cdaa hosts many live training events, distance learnings, and webinars each year on a variety of prosecution-related topics. Our specialized California state bar mcle-accredited seminars offer general and specialized seminars to prosecutors and law enforcement personnel. Cdaa seminars provide intensive training to thousands of prosecutors, peace officers, and allied professionals each year. Post-pandemic, cdaa has returned to a fuller complement of in-person trainings, while also continuing to provide training under the distance learning model. These dual training models allow cdaa to maximize our ability to provide training and education throughout the year.

Cdaa publishes an array of trial practice manuals and guides, as well as a quarterly journal featuring articles written for prosecutors by prosecutors. Cdaa publications are available in traditional print format as well as electronically for prosecutors to access through our website.

Violence and abuse are both criminal justice and public health priorities. The California forensic medical institute (cfmi - formerly ccfmtc) project is dedicated to building expertise and a strong collaboration that brings together the disciplines of nursing, medicine, criminal and juvenile justice systems, and forensic science to approach these complex problems and to improve the healthcare response to victims of interpersonal violence.