Civil Litigation
Feb. 24, 2014
Judicial gatekeepers: the changing role of judicial officers and expert testimony
Several recent California decisions have reshaped the role of judicial officers in determining the admissibility of expert testimony. Earn MCLE credit learning the new rules.
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center
Mark E. Windham
Judge
UC Hastings College of the Law, 1983
George Bernard Shaw wryly observed that "Science never solves a problem without creating ten more" - an observation made clearly evident in a judge's role in examining scientific testimony in court. Rare indeed is the trial without scientific evidence, and rarer still is the scientific theory without controversy - a problematic development when it comes to admission of scientific evidence in court.
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