The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell are hosting their second annual national Medical-Legal Trial Competition this weekend, November 1-3, 2019. Ten teams from well-respected law schools around the country will compete in a tournament-style competition where each team is provided a fact pattern and is assigned a medical student to play the...

Information design plays an integral part in communicating a position effectively—especially in complex litigation when attorneys need to convey complicated concepts to their triers-of-fact.

In this case study, DOAR takes a look at the effect of graphics consulting and design to expert witness testimony. Through the eyes of two of DOAR’s directors, we get a better understanding of the critical role that information design plays to a winning litigation strategy and learn about the five essential elements...

by Chad Lackey,  Ph.D., Director and Emma Shuck, Consultant

Employees still struggle with the decision to report harassment and discrimination despite legal protections and increased efforts by employers to make it easier and safer. Will I be blamed or face retaliation? Will it make a difference? Will employers even take my complaint seriously? With no easy answers to these questions, victims too often decide never to report their experiences. In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) estimated as much as three-quarters of harassment in the workplace...

DOAR congratulates Winston & Strawn and The Lawfare Project for reaching a landmark settlement with the California State University public university system, and thanks them for allowing DOAR to be involved in such an important case.

The litigation was brought on behalf of two Jewish students at San Francisco State University who alleged that SFSU and the Board of Trustees of CSU discriminated against them based on their religion  and support of Israel.  The settlement provides that CSU and SFSU recognize that support for Israel as a...