Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall University

Co-Hosted: Jennifer Schroeder and Christopher Kelbaugh

Seminar Topic

Dr. Paradise came to Lafayette on April 28, 2014 to give a seminar on “The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroscience (BRAIN) Initiative, Law, Policy, and Ethics.

About Dr. Paradise: 

“Jordan Paradise researches and publishes on the legal, ethical, and societal implications of emerging science and technologies such as genetics and nanotechnology.”She has been with Seton hall as a professor since 2009 where she teaches Food & Drug Law, Administrative Law and an Advanced Writing seminar.

Education:

Dr. Paradise began her schooling with no intentions of going into law, but to receive a Bachelor of  Science degree in which she would use to pursue a STEM career. In undergrad at the University of Michigan while Dr. Paradise was doing her research in a Lab, she found herself becoming concerned about the ethics behind genetics and scientist patenting genes such as BRCA1 a gene for breast cancer and taking them from the public domain. One thing that was majorly troubling to her besides the fact that these genes were now being used to make a profit, but the funding for the initial research was derived from public tax dollars. Dr. Paradise’s concern and interest in this subject paved the way for her to began pursuing a Law Degree, which she received her J.D. at Chicago Kent-College of Law.