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Spring 2021 Autopsy of a Crime Lab Events


I am scheduling book release events now - so watch for additions to this list.

February 20, 2021 • 1:00 PM • Virtual • American Board of Criminal Lawyers

March 3, 2021 • 5:00 PM • Virtual • William and Mark Law SFIP Symposium: The intersection of false and misleading evidence and wrongful convictions. More information here.

March 19, 2021 • 12:00 PM • Virtual • Harvard Book Store Event

Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes BRANDON L. GARRETT—the L. Neil Williams Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law and author of End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice—for a discussion of his latest book, Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics. Register here.

March 25, 2021 • 12:30 PM • Virtual • Duke Law Event

Duke Law Professor and Wilson Center Director Brandon Garrett's new book, Autopsy of a Crime Lab, Exposing the Flaws in Forensics, is the first to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. Join us for a roundtable discussion about the book and its findings with Garrett; Erin Murphy, Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties at New York University School of Law; Edward Cheng, the Hess Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law School; and Jennifer Mnookin, Dean, Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law, and Faculty Co-Director of Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence at UCLA Law. This event will also feature a Q&A. Registration is required. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/AutopsyRSVP. Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice. For more information, contact Marlyn Dail at wcsj@law.duke.edu.

April 12, 2021 • 12:30 PM • Virtual • 5400 Club, Richmond, VA

April 12, 2021 • 2:00 PM • Virtual • Criminal Law Speaker Series, Fordham Law School

April 14, 2021 • 12:00 PM • Virtual • Book Panel with Dr. Itiel Dror and Maneka Sinha, Quattrone Center, U. Penn Law School

May 13, 2021 • 1:00 PM • Virtual • Florida Bar Association • further info TBA