We provide free legal aid and resources to researchers, educate the scientific community about their rights and responsibilities, and strengthen legal protections to promote scientific integrity.
Our education programming teaches scientists about the legal issues surrounding their work and ensures they know how to respond to conflicts arising from their research. We also share strategies and information about cases with attorneys.
These nine guides are designed to help researchers understand their employer’s policy and navigate the process of filing a scientific integrity complaint.
We oppose the rule because it would arbitrarily restrict the use of scientific research in agency decision-making in favor of industry interests.
Augusta Wilson, a CSLDF attorney, is on a panel at the American Association of Geographers Meeting that will address the many facets of the pandemic that are facing urban areas around the world.
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.
Lauren Kurtz, executive director of the New York-based Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, is not directly involved in Helmig's case, but said the circumstances sound familiar.
Along with the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, the Sabin Center has been tracking the erosion of climate science under Trump using their “Silencing Science Tracker.”
Kate Marvel, an associate research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, recommended... the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, which combats “the war on science.”
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