About
EINSHAC    
The Einstein Institute for Science, Health & the Courts is a voluntary educational and research organization affiliated with the Judicial Branch of Government.We are a publicly supported, non-governmental, tax deductible organization under Section 501c (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. EINSHAC was organized in the District of Columbia in late 1993 and began operations in early 1995.Back to Top
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Our calling is to make science accessible to the instruments of justice.  Our mission is to provide judges, courts and court-related personnel with knowledge tools related to criminal and civil justice proceedings involving evidence from the genetic sciences – genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology and molecular medicine – and from new discoveries and technologies in the environmental and neuro-sciences. In sum, we emphasize the science and impacts of lie technologies in judicial system proceedings. Back to Top
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EINSHAC operates four programs: (1) the Genetics Adjudication Resource Project (GARP), (2) the Law and Science Academy (LSA), (3) Courts and Bioterrorism, and (4) International Working Conversations.


GARP's objective is to assist the Judicial Branch with respect to new case varieties emanating from the Human Genome Project's identification of all human genes. LSA's objective is to peer into the future of science and technology-based legal controversies at semi-annual judges' seminars. The Courts and Bioterrorism Program emerged following the events of September 11, 2001. The International Working Conversations will conclude in Australia in 2003 with a guidebook for world courts' management of life technology disputes and evidence.Back to Top
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GARP has offered science education to approximately 3000 judges and court-related personnel convened in 33 Genetics in the Courtroom Conferences since 1996. We have benefited from approximately 350 science advisors conference participation. We apply educational technologies in three genetics-related conference series: (1) genetics orientation [the ELSI-genetics basic "boot camp" series], (2) specialized subject matters [the advanced series], and (3) the leadership development series. Each promotes case management at trial and appellate review of complex life sciences evidence.Back to Top
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EINSHAC’s Board of Directors

Franklin M. Zweig, Ph.D., JD
  President & CEO
Hon. Rosalyn B. Bell
Maryland Court of Special Appeals (ret)
Hon. Robert M. Bell (Director Nominee 2001)
Chief Judge, Maryland court of Appeals
A.M. Chakrabarty, Ph.D. (Director Nominee 2001)
University of Illinois / Chicago
Hon. Ming W. Chin (Director Nominee 2001)
Supreme Court of California
Hon. Andre M. Davis (Director Nominee 2001)
U.S. District Court / District of Maryland
Hon. Sarah Evans Barker (Director Nominee 2001)
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court / D. Southern Indiana
Jeffrey A. Foran, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
Hon. Thomas R. Fitzgerald (Director Nominee 2001)
Presiding Criminal Judge, Cook County Circuit Court
Daniel M. Freeman, Esq.
Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives
Hon. Michael B. Getty (Director Nominee 2001)
Commission on Uniform State Laws
Hon. Julian T. Houston
Superior Court of Massachusetts
Hon. Gladys Kessler
U. S. District Court / District of Columbia
Hon. Rufus G. King III (Director Nominee 2001)
Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Thomas E. Mooney, Esq.
Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives
Hon. Constance A. Morella
U. S. Representatives, 8th District of  Maryland
Robert F. Murray, Jr., MD
College of Medicine, Howard University
Hon. Pauline Newman
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. S. Jay Plager
U.S. Court of Appeals / Federal Circuit
Hon. Barbara J. Rothstein
U. S. District Court / Western District of Washington
Hon. Louise M. Slaughter
U. S. Representatives, 28th District of  New York
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina
U. S. District Court / District of Columbia
Hon. Joseph T. Walsh
Supreme Court of Delaware
Arthur E. White, Esq.
Administrative Office of U. S. Courts
Hazel A. Witte, Esq.
Attorney at Law, Washington, DC
 
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EINSHAC’s Committee Chairs are Directors for the Terms of Their Committee Service

Hon. Steven H. Anderson,
U.S. Court of Appeals / 10th Circuit, CoChair, Western States Conference
Hon. Robert M. Bell
Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, CoChair, Policy Courts Conference
Hon. Andre M. Davis
US District Court / District of Maryland, CoChair, Committee on International Science Issues
Hon. Linda S. Dalianis
Supreme Court of New Hampshire, Chair, Committee on Jurisprudential Theory
Hon. Christine M. Durham
Utah Supreme Court, CoChair, Western States Conference
Daniel M. Freeman, Esq.
Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives, Chair, Committee on Finance
Hon. Marvin J. Garbis
U.S. District Court / District of Maryland, CoChair, Australia Working Conversation
Hon. Michael B. Getty
Commisson on Uniform State Laws, Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Demonstration
Hon. Steffan W. Graae
USuperior court for the District of Columbia, Chair, Scandinavia Working Conversation
Hon. Richard P. Guy
Chief Justice, Washington Supreme Court, CoChair, Policy Courts Conference
Hon. Thomas E. Hollenhorst
California Court of Appeals, Chair, CJER, Chair, California Conferences on Genetics in the Courts
Hon. Gladys Kessler
US District Court / District of Columbia, CoChair, Committee on International Science Issues
Hon. Rufus G. King III
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Chair, Instructional Witness for Juries Project
Thomas E. Mooney, Esq.
Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives, Chair, Committee on Nominations
Hon. Pauline Newman
   US Court of Appeals / Federal Circuit, Chair, Genetics Adjudication Resource Project
Hon. Frederick J. Martone
Supreme Court of Arizona, Chair, Arizona / Southwest Conferences
Hon. James Morse
Supreme Court of Vermont, CoChair, Tri-State 2000 Conferences on Genetics in the Courts
Hon. Zinora Mitchell-Rankin
Presiding Family Judge, Superior Court / DC, CoChair, Center of Violent Conduct Disorders
Hon. Robert F. Orr
Supreme Court of North Carolina, Chair, Southeast States Conferences
Hon. John Garrett Penn
U.S. District Court / District of Columbia, Chair, Law & Science Governing Committee
Hon. Michael L. Rankin
Presiding Criminal Judge, Superior Court / DC, CoChair, Center on Violent Conduct Disorders
Hon. Paul L. Rudman
Supreme Court of Maine, Chair, Tri-State 2000 Conference on Genetics in the Court
Hon. Joseph T. Walsh
Supreme Court of Delaware, Chair, Case Review Workshops
Hon. Richard G. Stearns
US District Court / District of Massachusetts, Chair, Adjudication Tools Assessment Program
Hon. Joan Zeldon
Superior Court of the Distric tof Columbia, CoChair, Australia Working Conversation
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The Law and Science Academy Division is governed by the following jurists:

Hon. Gladys Kessler
   US District Court / District of Columbia
Hon. Rufus G. King III
   Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Hon. Jose M. Lopez
   Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Hon. John Garrett Penn
   US District Court / District of Columbia
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina
   US District Court / District of Columbia
Hon. Eric T. Washington
   Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Hon. Joan Zeldon
   Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Nancy S. Bryson, Esq.
   Official Representative of the DC Bar
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EINSHAC is grateful for the benefit of 250 science advisors who have assisted our work.  The following advisors and contractors provide regular and continuing advice to EINSHAC:

Linda K. Ashworth, B.S.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Science Advisor to the Adjudication Tools Assessment Program
John E. Burris, Ph.D
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Basic Science Advisory CoChair, Law and Science Academy
Ananda Chakrabarty, Ph.D
University of Illinois / Chicago Medical Center, Science Advisor to the Committee on International Science Issues
Diane Cowdrey, Ed.D
Administrative Office of Utah Courts,  Evaluation Advisor to the Genetics Adjudication Resource Project
Robert D. Croatti, Ph.D
College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Educational Advisor for Law & Science Academy Accreditation & Evaluation
James P. Evans, MD, Ph.D
University of North Carolina, Chief Sciene Advisor, Southeast States Conference
Raymond Gesteland, Ph.D
University of Utah, Chief Science Advisor Canada / European Union Workshops
Dean Hamer, Ph.D
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Science Advisor to the Committee on International Science Issues
John W. Hicks, MA
New York Department of Forensics, Senior Fellow for Forensics Sciences
 
Mary-Claire King, Ph.D
University of Washington, Science Advisor to the Policy Courts Conference
Shana L. Malinowski, Esq.
Contractor for Behavioral Genetics Conferences & Publications
David F. Mallott, MD
University of District of Columbia and Georgetown Medical Center, Senior fellow on life Sciences and ethics
Vijaya Melnick, Ph.D
University of Maryland, Senior fellow on life Sciences and ethics
Lawrence C. Mohr, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Chief Science Advisor / Case Review Workshop
Edward C. Mooney, B.S.
Information Services Contractor for the Law & Science Academy and the Case Review Workshops
Robert F. Murray, Jr., MD
Howard University College of Medicine, Clinical Science Advisory CoChair, Law and Science Academy
Sylvia J. Spengler, Ph.D
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, Chief Science Advisor for California Conferences
Ted L. Rothstein, MD
Northwest Neurosciences Associates, Senior Fellow on Neurosciences
Hazel A. Witte, Esq.
Coordinator, Committee on International Science Issues
Franklin M. Zweig, Ph.D, JD
EINSHAC, Principal Investigator, Genetics Adjudication Resource Project
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Update Coming Soon . . .

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2003

Feb. 20 – 22

New York State Courts Judicial Institute, Inaugural Conference on Enviro-Genetics
 

Mar. 14

LSA – Biology of Free Will II
 

April 17 – 18

Illinois Appellate Courts Conference
 

June 20 –21

Ohio Judicial Conference on Enviro/ Genetics
 

August 14 – 16

Texas Judicial Conference on Enviro-Genetics
  Oct. 12-14 Biodiversity, Biotechnology & Conflict Resolution, St. Louis, Missouri (Adobe Acrobat)
 

Oct. 25 – 31

International Working Conversation, Australia
 

Nov. 14

LSA – Biology of Free Will III
 

Nov. 15

Annual Board Meeting, Washington, DC
2004
 March 1 Govering Council / I/STREF, Santiago Chile
March 2-5 UNIDO Global Biotechnology Forum, Chile
April 2-5 Midwest Conference on Genetics, Cleveland
May 6-10 Asia / Pacific Resource Judges Conf., Manila
June 18-20 International Conf. Environmental Biotech, Chicago
August 16-20 World Impact of Genetics Conference, Bangkok

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EINSHAC's 1997 Annual Report, Reaching for the Future, may be obtained upon request. The 1998 Annual Report, Expanding the Quest, sets forth the program summarized above for a three year period.

 

Office and Contact Information

Our offices are located at #700, 3 Bethesda Metro, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Our telephone and voice mail number is (301) 913-0448. Our e-mail address is [email protected]. Our facsimile transmission number is (503) 212-9227.


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