Sessions will be structured in part around topics suggested by contributed papers. Suitable topics include the following:

• Legal theory
• Graphical or probabilistic analyses of evidence and inference
• Statistical and econometric proof in competition law (antitrust)
• Statistical experts; ethical and practical aspects of expert witnesses and consultants
• Criminology
• Damage assessment
• Discrimination litigation
• Environmental regulations and legislation
• Epidemiology and toxicology in judicial and administrative proceedings
• Inferential issues surrounding crime scene reconstruction
• The nature and logic of forensic investigation
• Judge and jury comprehension of statistical evidence
• Offender profiling
• Parentage testing
• Biometrics; pattern recognition (including fingerprints)
• Handwriting comparisons
• Voice recognition
• Human and nonhuman DNA identification