Gary Marchant

"This club allows students to both a) learn about the most recent important developments in genetics and the law, and b) be in a collaborative environment with other students and faculty to explore these developments together," said Gary Marchant, Executive Director of the College's Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, where the LL.M. program is housed. Regular attendance is encouraged, but not required.

The meetings will be held every other Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. in Armstrong Hall, Room 111, and pizza will be served. Upcoming dates and topics:

• Oct. 6 - "From Genetic Privacy to Open Consent," published in 2008 in Nature Reviews Genetics. Click here to read. The meeting will be lead by LL.M. student Terry Corbett.
• Oct. 20 - "Preempting Discrimination: Lessons from the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act," forthcoming in the Vanderbilt Law Review. Click here to read the abstract. Discussion leader: Michele Molyneaux.
• Nov. 3 -"Genetic Surveillance - The Bogeyman Response to Familial DNA Investigations," published in 2009 in the University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy. Click here to read. Discussion leader: Sheila Lynn Besario.
• Nov. 17 - "Pharmacogenetic Testing: Not as Simple as it Seems," published in 2008 in Genetics in Medicine. Click here to read the abstract. Discussion leader: Huoung Ngo.
• Dec. 1 - "The Impact of Patents on the Development of Genome-based Clinical Diagnostics: an Analysis of Case Studies," published in 2009 in Genetics in Medicine. Click here to read the abstract. Discussion leader: Levent Kilinc.