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Friday, September 18, 2015

From Troubled Teens to Tsarnaev: Promises and Perils of Adolescent Neuroscience and Law
September 28, 2015, 4:00 PM

The neuroscience of adolescent brain development has had increasing impact on American jurisprudence. The U.S. Supreme Court relied on this neuroscience in  Roper v. Simmons (2005) in barring execution for capital crimes committed as a juvenile and in  Miller v. Alabama (2012) in holding that mandatory life without possibility of parole for juveniles is also unconstitutional. This panel will examine the implications of developmental neuroscience for law in specific domains including death penalty mitigation for young adults over age 18 such as the Tsarnaev case, a developmentally informed view of Miranda and Competence to Stand Trial for juveniles, trial of youth as adults, and conditions of confinement in juvenile and adult incarceration. The panel will also discuss the promises and perils for constitutional jurisprudence, legal and public policy reform, and trial practice of relying upon a complex body of science as it emerges.

Panelists:
  • Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; and attending Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.), Senior Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Faculty, Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience in the   Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Petrie-Flom Center and the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital; Faculty in the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at MGH; Faculty in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and Associate Vice President for Community Engagement at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; and Senior Associate at the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice; Faculty, Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Leah Somerville, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; Faculty, Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Moderator:  I. Glenn Cohen, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center
Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, cosponsored by  the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School.

This event will be followed by the Petrie-Flom Center's Annual Open House.

2015 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Open House

September 28, 2015, 5:30 PM

HLS Pub, Wasserstein Hall, 1st Floor

Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA  

Non-Human Primates in Research: Legal and Ethical Considerations

September 30, 2015, 12:00 PM

Wasserstein Hall, Room 1010
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 

DEADLINE EXTENDED: CALL FOR HARVARD STUDENT SUBMISSIONS! 

Journal of Law and the Biosciences (JLB)

The  Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School collaborates with Stanford and Duke Universities to publish the Journal of Law and Biosciences (Oxford University Press), an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. JLB includes a Notes and Developments section, comprised  of  brief  summaries and commentary on recent legislation, regulation, and case law written by graduate students at the collaborating schools. The Petrie-­Flom Center is responsible for providing the Notes and Developments for one issue per annual volume.

 

We are currently  seeking Harvard graduate students   to contribute papers to be published in JLB's New Developments section in early 2016. In previous years, Notes and Developments have been generated from scratch specifically for JLB, based on selection from submitted proposals. This year, we are taking a different approach by publishing already complete (or to-be-completed by the deadline) original student papers (such as student notes, course papers, etc.) written by graduate students from any Harvard school.  Notes and Developments are limited to 5000 words, including footnotes and references, and should be on a topic of relevance to law and the biosciences, in particular a topic of relatively recent concern, controversy, or change. They should focus on describing the issue at hand, explaining why it is relevant to scholars and practitioners, and providing analysis and questions for further consideration.

Interested students should submit their papers and CVs for consideration no later than September 30, 2015. Up  to  four  papers will be selected for publication in the New Developments section of JLB. Applicants will be notified by the end of September. Selected students will receive comments on their papers by the end of October, and will also be responsible for providing comments to the other selected students. Revisions will be due by the end of November, and final submissions to JLB will be due by the end of December 2015. 

 

Please send all application materials, and direct all questions, to Holly Fernandez Lynch, [email protected].
News & Scholarship from Petrie-Flom Associates

INTRODUCTION ONLINE! FDA in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies
Edited by 
(Executive Director) & I. Glenn Cohen 
(Faculty Director) 
Columbia University Press, September 2015
 
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Petrie-Flom Events

Check out our website for a more complete listing of events scheduled for 2015. Remember, you can find materials from many of our events, including slide presentations and full event videos, online in our events archive. 
From Troubled Teens to Tsarnaev: Promises and Perils of Adolescent Neuroscience and Law
September 28, 2015, 4:00 PM

Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, cosponsored by  the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School.

This event will be followed by the Petrie-Flom Center's Annual Open House.

2015 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Open House

September 28, 2015, 5:30 PM

HLS Pub, Wasserstein Hall, 1st Floor

Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA  
Seeing Consciousness: The Promise and Perils of Brain Imaging in Disorders of Consciousness
September 29, 2015 4:00 - 5:30 PM 

Non-Human Primates in Research: Legal and Ethical Considerations

September 30, 2015, 12:00 PM

Wasserstein Hall, Room 1010
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 
Synthetic Biology: Science, Policy, and Ethics
October 8, 2015, 4:00 PM
Is Professional Football Safe? Could We Make It Safer? Perspectives from Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics
October 15, 2015 5:00 PM
Save the Date for More Upcoming Petrie-­Flom Events! 
Other Events
Longitudinal Drug Studies in People with Dementia: Ethical Challenges in Assessing Capacity and Getting Consent
September 18, 2015, 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Science Symposium: The Past, Present, and Future of DNA
October 2, 2015, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Pre-Approval Access Symposium: Can Compassion, Business, and Medicine Coexist?
October 28 - 29, 2015
New York Academy of Sciences & NYU School of Medicine 
Summer Institute in Bioethics
May 30 - July 22, 2016 (Application Deadline: January 18, 2016)
Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University
Health Law Policy & Bioethics Workshops
The 2015-2016  Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics Workshops  provide a forum for discussion of new scholarship in these fields from the world's leading experts. Harvard graduate students may register to take the workshop for course credit, but it is also open to the public.

This year, the workshop is led by Petrie-Flom Faculty Director and Professor of Law  I. Glenn Cohen, and meets on selected Monday evenings from 5-7 PM in Lewis 214A on the Harvard Law School campus. The invited presenter generally speaks for about 30 minutes, after which the floor is opened for Q&A. It is recommended to read the papers in advance. Papers will usually be posted on the website one week before they are scheduled for presentation, but occasionally are available by request only.

The fall semester workshops include:

PAPER AVAILABLE! September 21 : Jessica L. Roberts , University of Houston Law Center (Note: in Hauser 102 on Harvard Law School Campus)  
 
October 19: Julian Savulescu, Oxford University 
 
October 26: Adam Kolber, Brooklyn Law School   
 
November 2: Jaime S. King, UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Science, Law and Health Policy and Erin C. Fuse Brown, Georgia State University School of Law

November 16: Seema Shah,  National Institutes of Health Clinical Center 
 
November 23: Amanda C. Pustilnik, University of Maryland School of Law

The full workshop schedule is available on our  website .
Opportunities at Harvard
Journal of Law and the Biosciences (JLB)
Application Deadline: September 30, 2015
Petrie-Flom Center 2016 Annual Conference
Application Deadline: December 1, 2015
Other Opportunities
All opportunities are posted once in our newsletter. For the full posting and for other available positions, please visit our website.
Hackensack University Medical Center
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled.