Current Projects

Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community
Committee on a New University-Government Partnership for Science and Security
Science for Judges - Development of the Third Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence - Phase I Evaluation of the First and Second Editions of the Reference Manual

Project Background

Science in Litigation: Post Daubert
Federation Information Policy/Access to Data
Science and National Security
Intellectual Property
Human Research Subjects

Science in Litigation: Post Daubert

Annual National Conference on Science and Law (2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999)
A collaboration with National Institute of Justice with support provided by the STL Program.

Brooklyn Law School, Science for Judges Program (2005, 2004, 2003)
Staff support provided by the STL Program

Joint STL/American Law Institute Seminar on Causation in Tort Litigation (January 2003)
Sponsors: American Law Institute and STL Program

Scientific Evidence Workshop (September 2000)
Summary Report: The Age of Expert Testimony: Science in the Courtroom, 2002.
Sponsors: Warren and Eloise Batts Fund; Federal Judicial Center; Procter & Gamble; National Academies Endowment Fund

Issues in Science and Technology
This project focused on the implications of Daubert for civil litigation (Science and Law, Summer 2000) and criminal litigation (Flaws in Forensic Science, Fall 2003)
Sponsor: STL Program

Federal Information Policy/Access to Research Data

Follow-up meeting with representatives of the academic, business, and public interest communities to discuss revisions to the proposed OMB Peer Review Standards (May 2004)
Sponsor: National Academies

Workshop on OMB Proposed Standards for Peer Review of Regulatory Science and Technical Information (November 2003)
Disseminated by the Federal Government
Sponsors: Environmental Protection Agency and STL Program

Workshop on Seeking Access to Research Data in the 21^st Century: An Ongoing Dialogue Among Interested Parties (2001)
Summary report: Access to Research Data in the 21^st Century (2002)
Sponsors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and STL Program

Ensuring the Quality of Data Disseminated by the Federal Government: Three workshops, March and May 2002
Transcript
Sponsors: Environment Protection Agency; National Science Foundation; Department of Health and Human Services; Department of Energy; and Department of Labor

Science and National Security

Workshop on Balancing National Security and Open Scientific Communication: Implications of September 11^th for the Research University (December 2001)
Letter Report, 2002
Sponsor; National Academies Endowment Fund

Foreign Students’ Participation at U.S. Universities
Convened a working group consisting of lawyers, scientists, university presidents, and ambassadors, to discuss U.S. policies governing foreign students’ participation at U.S. universities (November 2001)
Sponsor: STL Program

Intellectual Property

Madey v Duke
Convened a meeting with university community and legal community regarding the implications of the Federal Circuit decision in Madey v Duke, which dramatically narrows public and private research institutions ability to claim a “research defense” against patent infringement allegations. (October 2002)
Sponsor: STL Program

Human Research Subjects

Intentional Human Dosing Studies for EPA Regulatory Purposes: Scientific and Ethical Issues (2004)
A study requested by the Environmental Protection Agency, which considered the question of when, if ever, the agency should accept and rely on intentional human dosing studies conducted to gather data relating to the risks to humans of exposure to chemicals.
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency