[Classifieds] BARRISTER’S BENCH LECTURE SERIES WITH CHRIS LAND ON JUNE 12

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BARRISTER’S BENCH LECTURE SERIES WITH CHRIS LAND ON JUNE 12
Chris Land, WHOI’s vice president for legal affairs and general counsel, 
will hold the first talk in a lecture series titled “Barrister’s Bench 
Lecture Series,” on Thursday, June 12 from 10:30-11:30 a.m., in Redfield 
Auditorium. The lecture is titled “Being Served: How to respond to 
subpoenas directed at academic works or scientific research/.” 
/Universities, research institutions, academics, and scientists have 
increasingly been under the bright light of scrutiny by the legal 
system. While not unprecedented for courts and litigators to pull 
questions from science and research into the courtroom, public debates 
and high stakes litigation have recently forced some academics and 
scientists on to center stage. From climate change and medical research, 
the history of the Troubles of Northern Ireland, to flow rates of the BP 
/Deepwater Horizon/ oil spill, both private parties and government 
bodies have been seeking access to confidential research notes, internal 
debates, and other personal writings (e.g., emails) through the judicial 
process. When researchers, scientists, and research institutions are 
confronted with a subpoena, there are a number of steps and decisions 
those organizations must first make. This talk seeks to create a 
response framework, including necessary considerations and the 
(sometimes unknown) options, to help guide an institution through that 
process.
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