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Harvard, Stanford and Yale Law Schools host an annual forum that uses an intense double-bind selection process to choose junior scholars to present their work on specific topics in public and private law, legal theory and law and humanities discussions. This year, the Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum selected FIU Law professor Alex Erwin, J.D., Ph.D., as a guest scholar to present Building Better Species: Assisted Evolution, Genetic Engineering, and the Endangered Species Act, a paper that is forthcoming in the Cornell Law Review. 

The Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum acts as a liaison between new and veteran American scholars, strengthening ties and allowing communal space for discourse on the merits of submissions and methodologies that are discussed.  

Professor Erwin presented on the fundamental similarities between genetic engineering and other forms of wildlife management before an audience of his peers and senior faculty. His paper argued that the Endangered Species Act should cover the legalization of genetic engineering as an available tool for conservation. Professor Erwin successfully paints a practical roadmap for federal wildlife agencies to balance endangered species conservation and protection with protecting the public from the negative consequences of bioengineering.  

Written By Terra Etkins