Ronnee Yashon

Ronnee Yashon is a nationally known expert in teaching genetics, ethics and the law on all levels. She has a law degree and a background in teaching on the high school, undergraduate, graduate and law school levels. Her case study methodology for introducing bioethics and law in the curriculum uses simple, personalized and current scenarios that involve the student in decision making. 

Science and the Courts

Ronnee has presented this case study method all over country and, her two books, Case Studies in Bioethics I and II, have become popular and are being used on all educational levels. Her new book, Landmark Cases for the Science Classroom, uses an interdisciplinary approach and emphasizes the importance of how law sees science. The implementation of science oriented law courses in current law school curriculum is her newest interest. Her bioethical supplements are in major science texts and allow teachers of non-major science courses to integrate law and ethics into their curriculum, making it more relevant to the students and looks to the future when they will be making the decisions