Judges in several states are participating in a new program in which they attend science classes so they can better understand cases that involve complex scientific theories. Such cases -- whether they be medical malpractice, products liability or intellectual property suits -- are increasingly popping up in their courts, they say. And, they note, if judges are to be the gatekeepers of scientific evidence, as the Supreme Court's Daubert decision mandated, then more knowledge of science is essential.
July 25, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Scores of judges are going to a new kind of medical school, not to become doctors, but science-grounded jurists.
Judges in several states are participating in a new program in which they attend science classes, taught by doctors and scientists, so they can better understand and interpret cases that involve complex scientific theories.
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