Gov. O'Malley, Former AG Curran to Speak on Use of DNA Testing in Law Enforcement, Sept. 9
September 1, 2009
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and former Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran, LL.B. '59, will kick off the University of Baltimore's Lunchtime Law discussion series on Wednesday, Sept. 9 with a conversation on the use of DNA evidence in law enforcement. The event, as with all events in this new series, is free and open to the public and is part of the School of Law's ongoing commitment to community engagement. It will take place beginning at noon in the Moot Court Room in the school at 1415 Maryland Ave., immediately following a light lunch available to all attendees. (An R.S.V.P. is required; attendance details below.)
The Sept. 9 session, the first of three Law and Public Policy panel discussions all hosted by Curran and focusing on key aspects of current and future legal practice, will consider the burgeoning use of DNA in pursuing criminal cases. DNA evidence, perhaps more than any other form of legal evidence that has ever been discovered and refined by law enforcement professionals, is seen by much of the public as incontrovertible. But caveats exist, and oftentimes cases fall apart when DNA evidence is even slightly compromised.
Future Law and Public Policy sessions include "Domestic Violence: A View from the Bench," with guest speaker the Hon. Catherne Curran O'Malley, J.D. '91, on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at noon; and "End of Life Issues and the Law," with guest speaker Jack Schwartz, University of Maryland health care law and policy fellow and visiting professor, on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at noon. Note that all Law and Public Policy series offerings require an R.S.V.P.
To R.S.V.P. for the Sept. 9 event with Curran and Gov. O'Malley, go here. For more information, call 410.837.4468 or e-mail lawevents@ubalt.edu.
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