A Joint Venture
The Institute for Science, Law & Technology, a joint venture of the
academic units of Illinois Institute of Technology,
is designed to meet the growing need for science and law-trained professionals
capable of addressing the complex issues that arise in a global, technologically
driven marketplace of ideas, products standards, and conflicts.
The most difficult challenges at the intersection of law and science today
arise from new technologies. New possibilities in biotechnology, such
as cloning and genetic engineering, raise difficult questions about ethics
and challenge traditional legal concepts. Environmental concerns about
the generation of greenhouse gases, rain forest devastation, and sustainable
development challenge public policy. The Internet and other new information
networks escape legal control at national boundaries. The Institute for
Science, Law & Technology, as part of a major technological university
with additional strengths in law, business, architecture, psychology and
design, provides cross-disciplinary approaches to the challenges of new
technologies.
Institute Mission
The mission of the Institute is to provide a forum to produce and disseminate
knowledge on the implications and applications of science within societal
and legal contexts. As part of its mission, the Institute sponsors long-term,
multi-disciplinary research, public conferences, judicial training, symposia
for journalists, and other programs. Public programming, scholarship and
research, and student educational opportunities in the Institute focuses
on biotechnology, information technology, environmental science, and cross
cutting issues such as products liability, intellectual property, design
of legal and market institutions, and use of technology in the courtroom.
In addition, Institute staff and faculty draft laws and regulations and
develop other programs that guide public policy decisions.
Institute Faculty
Institute Fellows, appointed from the
Illinois Institute of Technology faculty, and non-resident scholars representing
a breadth of disciplines comprise the faculty of the Institute for Science,
Law & Technology. Fellows and non-resident scholars contribute
a broad range of perspectives for implementing the Institute's cross-disciplinary
mission.
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