This event, previously scheduled for July 24, has been rescheduled to August 18.
An ELI and WELL Public Event Co-Sponsored by the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Expert witnesses are a cornerstone of a robust legal system, helping courts understand complex technical or scientific issues. By allowing for a wider range of perspectives, experiences, and knowledge, diversity among expert witnesses can lead to better legal decisions, thereby elevating the credibility of expert testimony and fostering public trust in the justice system. Yet women were appointed or testified as the sole expert witness in just 9% of observed cases in 2023 according to an Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses survey.
Please join the Environmental Law Institute and ELI’s Women in Environmental Law & Leadership (WELL) initiative for a panel discussion about the gender disparity in expert witnesses, the benefit and importance of gender diversity in the legal system, and actions being taken to address it in the United States.
Panelists:
Kristin Robrock, Senior Managing Engineer, Exponent, Moderator
Cherine Foty, Associate, Covington & Burling
Shannon D. Lankenau, Counsel, Latham & Watkins
Joey Meldrum, Founding Partner, Monchamp Meldrum
Materials:
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