Evidence Colloquium
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Brooklyn Evidence Colloquium -- Fall 2006

Tuesdays, 11AM
Brooklyn Law School
Rm. 720M

Description

The mission of the Evidence Colloquium is twofold. For students, it offers the opportunity to read cutting-edge evidence scholarship and to experience the process of academic debate. In addition, it will hopefully grow to become a regular gathering point for Evidence faculty in the New York metropolitan area as well as those visiting from other parts of the country.

The colloquium is open to Brooklyn Law School faculty, outside faculty, and students in the course.

Logisitical Information

E-mail list. If you would like to be put on the colloquium e-mail list, please e-mail me at edward.cheng@brooklaw.edu.

Attending a session. Please e-mail me if you plan to attend a colloquium session so that proper arrangements can be made with the security desk.

Colloquium Room. The colloquium will be held in Rm. 720M, which is a bit of a "treasure hunt" to find. To get to 720M, take the main elevator bank at the law school to the 7th Floor. Turn left and walk down the corridor to a single elevator. That elevator will take you up to the 7M (mezzanine) floor. Turn right to reach 720M.

Papers. Colloquium papers will be posted in PDF format as they become available. However, because many papers are working drafts, they will be password-protected and available only to attendees.

Getting to Brooklyn Law School. Directions are available on the school website.

Student Materials

Students in the colloquium should click here to access background readings and other course materials.

Schedule

Sept. 5
David Bernstein
George Mason University School of Law
(visiting Brooklyn Law School)
A Revolution in Search of a Rationale: Post-Daubert Changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence [PDF]
Sept. 19
Chris Sanchirico
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Detection Avoidance [PDF]
Oct. 10
John Monahan
University of Virginia School of Law
(visiting NYU School of Law)
A Jurisprudence of Risk Assessment: Forecasting Harm Among Prisoners, Predators, and Patients [PDF]
Oct. 24
Margaret Berger
Brooklyn Law School
Causal Inferences in Toxic Tort Cases: Why Shouldn't Traditional Evidentiary Inferences Count?
Nov. 7
D. Michael Risinger
Seton Hall Law School
Convicting the Innocent: An Empirically Justified Wrongful Conviction Rate [PDF]
Nov. 21
Peter Tillers
Cardozo Law School
Quantification of Reasonable Doubt [PDF]
Dec. 5
Valerie Hans
Cornell Law School
Science in the Jury Box [PDF]