The Silesian Medical University and the University of Silesia in Katowice together with the Silesian Medical Chamber, the District Legal Council in Katowice and the self-government of PhD students of the Silesian Medical University organize the IV Silesian Medical and Legal Conference.

This year’s conference is addressed primarily to lawyers, PhD students and medical and law students and it was divided into two parts. The first part will explain the role of experts and their importance in criminal and civil procedures. Speakers will discuss the adopted rules for the appointment of experts, both in teams of institutional and “ad hoc” experts.

The conference is intended to confront the positions of the practitioners and theoreticians of law and medicine, as well as to define the needs and expectations of the judicial authorities. The second part of the conference will present the issues related to the medical errors.
More information on the website: http://lekarzeprawnicy.sum.edu.pl./