"Neuroscience shows that the adolescent brain is still developing. The question is whether that should influence the sentencing of juveniles."
Lizzie Buchen, Science in Court: Arrested Development, 304 Nature 484 (2012).
05/02/2012
04/19/2012
Law and Biosciences Digest
Nita Farahany blogs on her Law and Biosciences Digest, “a daily digest of legal opinions featuring cognitive neuroscience and behavioral genetics.”
03/23/2012
Is Free Will an Illusion?
"Free will has long been a fraught concept among philosophers and theologians. Now neuroscience is entering the fray."
The Chronicle of Higher Education presents pieces from Jerry A. Coyne, Alfred R. Mele, Michael S. Gazzaniga, Hilary Bok, Owen D. Jones, and Paul Bloom. Click here to read more.
03/22/2012
Laurence Steinberg's Op-Ed Piece: Don't put juveniles in jail for life
Laurence Steinberg is a professor of psychology at Temple University, and a member of the Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. Click here to read his CNN Opinion: Don't put juveniles in jail for life.
03/21/2012
Law and Neuroscience Listserv
The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience distributes Neurolaw News, which highlights important items of interest for the neurolaw community. These include notifications of new publications, news of upcoming neurolaw conferences, and the like. To avoid inbox clutter, distributions occur approximately once every 2 months.
To subscribe to the listserv, please visit: http://www.lawneuro.org/listserv.php
For the latest edition of Neurolaw News, please visit: http://www.lawneuro.org/listserv.php#archives
03/19/2012
J.D./Ph.D. Programs in Law & Neuroscience
We are pleased to report that law schools at two major research universities, the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Vanderbilt, have launched joint JD/PhD programs in law and neuroscience. Both programs contemplate that students will typically take seven years to obtain the two degrees, which will be significantly less than the time required when the degrees are pursued sequentially. For additional information on these program, see:
Dual Degree Program in Neuroscience & Law at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
02/09/2012
Livestream of Conference on Law and Policy of the Developing Brain
Watch this conference here: http://www.livestream.com/uchastings
Law and Policy of the Developing
Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death
2/10/2012, 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Location: UC Hastings College of the Law, 200 McAllister Street, Alumni
Reception Center
2/11/2012, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Stanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Room 190
01/23/2012
Law and Policy of the Developing Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death
Law and Policy of the Developing Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death
2/10/2012, 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Location: UC Hastings College of the Law, 200 McAllister Street, Alumni Reception Center
2/11/2012, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Stanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Room 190
The Conference on Law and Neuroscience will be a two-day event, beginning on Friday, February 10th, with a full day of panels at UC Hastings followed by a reception. A second full day of panels and talks will take place at Stanford University on Saturday, February 11th.
The theme of the Conference revolves around the law and policy surrounding the developing brain. The Conference will begin Friday morning at UC Hastings with a principal talk from Dr. Robert Sapolsky on the general themes of the two-day conference. The panels and speakers over the two days of the conference will consider law and neuroscience issues as they arise throughout the human lifespan, beginning Friday morning with prenatal and infant brains, and ending Saturday afternoon with the neuroscience of aging and death.
This event is free and open to the public, but please be sure to RSVP here.
01/18/2012
From NeuroSelves to NeuroSocieties: Cross-disciplinary Conversations around the Neurosciences and Society
Hampshire College
An interdisciplinary conference: June 11 and 12, 2012
Sponsored by the FPR-Hampshire College Program in Culture, Brain, and Development
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDELINES
Proposals should be one to two pages in length and should include:
• A brief description of your academic/professional background;
• A statement of your interest in this topic and what you would offer to the discussion;
• A description of a particular issue or question that engages with, or could shed light on, issues at the intersections of the neurosciences and law, philosophy, economics, ethics, or other aspects of the cultural/social/political sphere, and a brief description of how you might approach this issue or question.
Proposals must be submitted by February 15, 2012
For more information, visit http://www.hampshire.edu/cbd/22808.htm
01/17/2012
Penn Neuroscience Boot Camp
The 3rd Annual Penn Neuroscience Boot Camp, hosted at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroethics and Society and supported in part by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, will run from July 30 – August 8, 2012.
Scholarships are available for law faculty. The number of scholarships is limited. Application deadline: February 3, 2012
On-line applications now available at: http://www.neuroethics.upenn.edu/index.php/events/neuroscience-bootcamp