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What to Expect / What is Required
Registration is required, but is not a guarantee of admission to boot camp. You will receive a confirmation of your admission to Boot Camp. Dr. Shen reserves the right to limit the total number of participants in order to maximize participant experience.
Active engagement in the sessions is required. This means that I may call on you to join discussion, and you will be asked to engage through interactive polls. Some light pre-reading will also be required. In short: this is not just a sit and watch experience. I will teach this the same way I teach my classes, and that means you will need to get involved. (Don’t worry, it will be fun!)
Pre-Reading: Before Boot Camp, please read Chapter 1 from Owen D. Jones, Jeffrey D. Schall & Francis X. Shen, Law and Neursocience (2nd ed. 2021). Available for free download at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2406960
Cameras on, Attend all sessions: Note that all participants will be required to attend ALL sessions and have their Zoom video on in order to fully engage with the material.
No CLE / CME credit: This program will not be eligible for CLE or CME credit.
Neurolaw Boot Camp Schedule
8-9 am Central / 9-10 am Eastern:
Session #1. Introduction to Law & Neuroscience
Dr. Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
9-10 am Central / 10-11 am Eastern:
Session #2. Neuroscience in the Criminal Law
Dr. Deborah Denno, JD, PhD
10-11 am Central / 11-12 pm Eastern:
Session #3. Law and the Developing Brain
Dr. Leah Somerville, PhD & Dr. Robert Kinscherff, JD, PhD
11:00-11:30 am Central / 12-12:30 pm Eastern
Lunch Break
11:30-12:30 pm Central / 12:30-1:30 pm Eastern
Session #4. Evidentiary Admissibility & Neuroscientific Evidence
Dr. Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
12:30-1:15 pm Central / 1:30-2:15 pm Eastern
Session #5. Brain-Based Lie Detection
Dr. Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
1:15-1:30 pm Central / 2:15-2:30 pm Eastern
Break
1:30-2:30 pm Central / 2:30-3:30 pm Eastern
Session #6. Neurolaw and the Violent Brain: Critical Perspectives
Dr .Oliver Rollins, PhD
2:30-3:30 pm Central / 3:30-4:30 pm Eastern
Session #7: The Future of Law & Neuroscience
Dr. Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
3:30-4:30 pm Central / 4:30-5:00 pm Eastern
Bonus Session: Ask Me Anything
Dr. Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
Suggested donations
FREE for Students and Recent Graduates (last 3 years): You should save your money for tuition, rent, and student loans. If you are a current student or trainee at any stage, or you graduated from your program within the past 3 years, this program is FREE for you. I am not going to verify student status or graduation years. We will use the honor code.
SUGGESTED DONATION for Everyone Else: If you are no longer a student, and have been out of school for at least 3 years, I ask that you consider making a donation to support the University of Minnesota Law School. These donations will allow the Shen Neurolaw Lab to deepen its community engagement work. The following suggested donation amounts are just that — suggestions. You may be in-between jobs or otherwise unable to pay. That’s fine. I want no financial boundaries to get in the way of you and neurolaw. But if you can afford it, we appreciate your contributions to sustain our work as we navigate reduced NIH funding.
Suggested Donation Amount (for those who are non-students): .1% of income, e.g.
- .1% of $50k = $50
- .1% of $75k = $75
- .1% of $150k = $150
- And so on …
About Dr. Shen, Neurolaw Expert and Boot Camp Director
Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD is a Professor of Law, Solly Robbins Distinguished Research Fellow, and Faculty Member in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, as well as Co-Chair of the UMN Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. At MGH, Dr. Shen served as the inaugural Executive Director, and now serves as Chief Innovation Officer, of the MGH Center for Law, Brain & Behavior. He also co-directs the Neurotech Justice Accelerator at Mass General Brigham (NJAM), based in the MGH Dept. of Neurosurgery. An innovative leader, Dr. Shen is the Founding Director of the Dana Foundation Career Network in Neuroscience & Society, and was Exec. Dir. of Education & Outreach for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law & Neuroscience. Dr. Shen is building the new field of law and neuroscience, and conducts empirical, legal, and ethical research to examine how insights from neuroscience and artificial intelligence can make the legal system more just and effective. The motto of Dr. Shen’s Neurolaw Lab is “Every story is a brain story.” He has co-authored 4 books, including the first Law and Neuroscience casebook (Aspen, with Jones and Schall), with a 5th book under contract with MIT Press / Penguin Random House. In 2021, he was awarded the Early Career Scholars Medal by the American Law Institute, one of two medals awarded every other year by the ALI. In announcing the award, the ALI recognized Francis as “a pioneer in establishing the interdisciplinary field of law and neuroscience.” A prodigious fundraiser, Dr. Shen’s work has been supported by the NIH, NSF, multiple foundations, and private philanthropy.
Expert Presenters
Deborah Denno
Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law; Founding Director, Neuroscience and Law Center
Robert Kinscherff
Executive Director, MGH Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
Oliver Rollins
Assoc. Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, MIT
