AAAS Program on Scientific Freedom
Responsibility and Law
and the ABA Section of Science
and Technology Law
AAAS Members | ABA Members
The National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS) was established
in 1974 by the AAAS and the American
Bar Association. The objectives of the NCLS are:
- To promote a better understanding of science among lawyers and
judges and of the legal system among scientists;
- To improve communications between lawyers and judges on the one
hand and scientists and engineers on the other;
- To monitor and examine emerging public policy issues of concern
to both lawyers/judges and scientists/engineers;
- To examine such issues cooperatively and, where appropriate, to
recommend policy alternatives to their respective organizations and
others relating to such matters;
- To sponsor joint symposia, programs and studies; and
- To identify and collaborate with groups from other nations interested
in exploring similar subjects.
In the pursuit of these objectives, the NCLS has sponsored numerous symposia,
conferences, workshops and projects, several of which have resulted in publications.
Among the more recent topics on the NCLS agenda are scientific fraud and
misconduct, enhancing the availability of reliable scientific and technical
information to the federal courts, the legal, ethical, and technological
aspects of computer network, the legal and ethical implications of genetic
testing, use and abuse, and intellectual property issues associated with
electronic publishing in science..
The NCLS includes fourteen members, half appointed by the AAAS and half
by the ABA Section of Science and Technology Law, who meet together three or
four times a year. Links to NCLS sponsored activities available
on the Internet:
Sponsoring Organizations' Homepages:
For more information, contact:
Mark S. Frankel
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326-6600; Fax (202) 289-4950
E-mail: mfrankel@aaas.org
AAAS MEMBERS:
Finley Austin
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
Monte S. Buchsbaum
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dietram A. Scheufele
University of Wisconsin
Staff Officer:
Mark S. Frankel
AAAS
Associate Staff Officer:
Deborah Runkle
AAAS
ABA MEMBERS:
Jorge Contreras , Co-Chair
Technology Transactions and Licensing Practice Group, WilmerHale
William Sam Byassee
North Carolina Office of Technology Information Services
William J. Luddy, Jr.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Ret.)
Raymond L. Ocampo Jr.
Samurai Surfer LLC
Lucy L. Thomson
Consultant
Jody R. Westby
Global Cyber Risk LLC
Staff Liaison:
Shawn Taylor Kaminski
American Bar Association
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