• Educate researchers about their legal rights and responsibilities on issues surrounding their work; • Serve as a clearinghouse for information related to
legal actions taken against scientists; and • Recruit and assist lawyers representing these scientists.
We also serve as a clearinghouse for information related to
legal action taken against scientists, which can inform strategies for — and outcomes of — future cases.
Not exact matches
The risk of
legal attack on any individual
scientist is small, but there are
actions researchers can
take to protect and defend themselves
against politically - motivated attacks.
Jacobson has even suggested that he might
take legal action against NOAA
scientist Christopher Clack and twenty coauthors whose critical evaluation of his work was published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in June.