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A federally funded grant is helping judges in 13 states, including Missouri, learn more about the science of the coronavirus.
A federally funded grant is helping judges in Missouri and 12 other states learn the science behind the coronavirus pandemic.
The nonprofit National Courts and Sciences Institute regularly teaches judges about emerging issues in science. The $150,000 from the State Justice Institute, a congressionally funded nonprofit meant to improve the quality of state courts, will allow nearly 60 judges to take the 12-month training, followed by six months of follow-up research.
“We survey judges all across the country to try to anticipate the types of cases that are going to be coming into court,” said Missouri Supreme Court Judge Zel Fischer, president of the National Courts and Sciences Institute. “And of course the pandemic kept coming up.”
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