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06_case_plaintiff2 (Details) part of SERC Media Collection
Videoclip from a Woburn Mock Trial at Ohio State University. Direct testimony presented by the plaintiffs

Resource Type: Mock Trial Materials, Video
Topics: Mock Trial

07_case_beatrice1 (Details) part of SERC Media Collection
Videoclip from a Woburn Mock Trial at Ohio State University. Direct testimony from the expert geologist for Beatrice, played by a geology major. : a 44.3MB Quicktime Video file

Resource Type: Mock Trial Materials, Video
Topics: Mock Trial

09_sidebar (Details) part of SERC Media Collection
Videoclip from a Woburn Mock Trial at Ohio State University. Discussion between the judge and the attorneys during a sidebar meeting. : a 5.7MB Quicktime Video file

Resource Type: Mock Trial Materials, Video
Topics: Mock Trial

10_closing_plaintiff (Details) part of SERC Media Collection
Videoclip from a Woburn Mock Trial at Ohio State University. Judge

Resource Type: Mock Trial Materials, Video
Topics: Mock Trial

Bair teaching 'Science in the Courtroom' at OSU (Details)
Scott Bair in his classroom teaching students in
Resource Type: Photos
Topics: Mock Trial


Comparison of scientific method and lawsuit (Details)
Figure from Bair (2002) comparing the path of a lawsuit to the steps in the scientific method: a 892 by 581 pixel JPEG
Resource Type: References
Topics: Mock Trial, Legal System


osu_trial_directed_testimony.jpg (Details)
Direct testimony in OSU mock trial: a 406 by 532 pixel JPEG
Resource Type: Photos
Topics: Mock Trial


Court recorder off to left (Details)
Undergraduate student being deposed at OSU trial: a 476 by 630 pixel JPEG
Resource Type: Photos
Topics: Mock Trial


Contamination of Orangetown: a mock trial and site investigation part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Professional journal article describing the presentation and pedagogy behind using a mock trial as a means to teach groundwater science and the legal system to hydrology students. The lead author is ...

Resource Type: References
Topics: Mock Trial

Junk science and the jury part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Interesting read about the failures of the U.S. legal system in allowing non-experts and quasi-experts to testify in trials, thus diluting the impact of science and giving science a poor record in ...

Resource Type: References
Topics: Legal System:Jury Trials, Mock Trial, Legal System:Expert Testimony


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