Mission
Mission
The ACS division of Chemistry and the Law focuses on educating others about issues that arise at the intersection of chemistry and the law.
We have programmed for more than 20 years at the American Chemical Society’s two annual national meetings on topics at the intersection of chemical science and the law. While the division’s founding members hailed from intellectual property law, our programming has constantly reached beyond that core content. To date, we have provided technical sessions in areas such as: FDA and regulatory law, forensics, environmental law, expert witness practice, and others. We have also frequently offered career counseling workshops and presentations, a subject that is of continued interest to ACS members who are looking at careers beyond academia and research science.
We have also had an occasional presence at the ACS’s many local and regional meetings.