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Maxwell J. Mehlman, JD Biography
Title:	Director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Position:	Pro to the question "Should Performance Enhancing Drugs (Such as Steroids) Be Accepted in Sports?"
Reasoning:	"There is nothing inherently wrong with athletes using relatively safe drugs. People simply find it distasteful. It offends their aesthetic sensibilities. [...] Tastes change, as perhaps they will when people realize that the ultimate justification for the policy against all drugs in sports is the same reason that we get upset when the neighbors paint their house purple. "What's Wrong with Using Drugs in Sports? Nothing," USA Today, Aug. 11, 2004
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to performance enhancing drugs and sports. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to performance enhancing drugs and sports.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), School of Law Director, The Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine Deputy Director for Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Center for Genetics Research Ethics and Law, Case Western Reserve University Recipient, Marjorie Guthrie Award, Huntington's Disease Society of America, Northeast Ohio Chapter, 2005 Recipient, President's Award, American College of Legal Medicine, 2003 Fellow, The Hastings Center, 2003 Professor of Law, CWRU, 1990-1996 Associate Professor of Law, CWRU, 1987-1990 Associate Director, The Law-Medicine Center, CWRU School of Law, 1985-1987 Assistant Professor of Law, CWRU, 1984-1987 Attorney, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, 1975-1984 Member, Phi Beta Kappa, 1970 Rhodes Scholar, 1970
Education:	JD, Yale Law School, 1975 BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oxford University (Brasenose College), 1972 BA, Political Science, Reed College, 1970
Contact Info:	Phone: 216-368-3983 Fax: None found Email: [email protected] Website: University profile
Select Publications:	Cowritten with Jessica Berg, "Human Subjects Protections in Biomedical Enhancement Research: Assessing Risk and Benefit and Obtaining Informed Consent," Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Sep. 2008 Cowritten with Lori Andrews and Mark Rothstein, Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy, 2006 "Dishonest Medical Mistakes," Vanderbilt Law Review, May 2006 "Promoting Fairness in the Medical Malpractice System," Medical Malpractice and the U.S. Health Care System, William M. Sage and Rogan Kersh, eds., 2006 "The Shame of Medical Malpractice," Journal of Legal Medicine, Mar. 1, 2006 Cowritten with Elizabeth Banger and Matthew Wright "Doping in Sports and the Use of State Power," St. Louis University Law Review, 2006 "Cognition-Enhancing Drugs," Milbank Quarterly, Sep. 2004 Cowritten with Eric T. Juengst, Robert H. Binstock, and Stephen G. Post, "Anti-Aging Research and the Need for Public Dialogue," Science, Feb. 28, 2003 Wondergenes: Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Society, 2003
Other:	None found
Quoted in:	1. Does the Use of Illegal Performance Enhancing Drugs by Some Athletes Coerce Other Athletes to Also Use Them to Remain Competitive?