Marquette Law School Welcomes Distinguished Alumnus and Expert in Products Liability and Personal Injury Law

Released: October 22, 2004

MILWAUKEE – Marquette University Law School is proud to welcome Aaron D. Twerski as keynote speaker for the Ninth Annual Robert F. Boden Lecture. The event will run from 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 , in the Weasler Auditorium at 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. Twerski will deliver an address entitled Uncertainty and Informed Choice: Unmasking Daubert, addressing a controversial ruling that transformed tort law. The Daubert case changed the way scientific evidence and expert opinions are admitted into court.

Professor Twerski is the Newell DeValpine Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and a distinguished alumnus of Marquette University Law School. He has coauthored five widely used textbooks on torts and product liability, and published more than 60 articles, some of which have appeared in Yale Law Journal and the law reviews of the Cornell, Columbia, Texas, and New York University Law Schools. Since 1979, Twerski has served as the chair of Agudas Israel, a national organization that represents Orthodox Jewry to legislative and regulatory government agencies in matters concerning religious activities.

The Robert F. Boden Chair lecture series began at Marquette Law School in 1995 to commemorate the commitment to law scholarship and teaching of former Dean Robert F. Boden. From 1965 until his death in 1984, Dean Boden lead Marquette University Law School through sensational growth as the Law School building quadrupled in size, the library collection more than doubled, the full-time student population nearly doubled and the number of faculty tripled.

The event is free and open to the public. Interested media should contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Public Affairs.