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In this talk from the TedXStLouis archive, CEO of Juristat and Legal Professional, Andrew Winship speaks about the biases in the legal system.

His first example explains that there is a significant impact based on the race and colour of an accused person in receiving judgement in court.

He also revealed that the blood sugar levels of the judge may also change the decisions by studying the meal breaks of courts and the judgements passed subsequent to them.

As his second example, Andrew explains that the Patent Application process takes 18 months to be reviewed by a patent officer whereas a small company has a probability of 68% and a larger company has a 87% probability of being granted.

He further explains that the patent officer ratios are 1:3 between female and male officers.

His study explains that female officers are two months faster than men in granting patent approvals whereas male officers have a higher probability of approving patent applications.

However, he also explains that there is a significant difference between approval rates of two patent officers.

In conclusion, he explains that the key factors to prevent these biases are proper data driven decisions and having empathy towards the other parties in the legal system with the hope of seeing a more transparent, predictable and equitable patent and legal system.

Check out the video on TedXStLouis.

Brown School offers its students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with CEOs of leading nonprofits in St Louis.

Through this opportunity, the students will be able to work with top CEOs for 2 semesters.

One semester into the initiative has seen recognition of the practicum as an excellent learning experience for aspiring students and a great opportunity for Top CEOs to understand how talented the new generations are in diverse work environments.

Check out the full story on the WashU blog.

Lewis Sheats, newly appointed Director of the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, Saint Louis University is the founder of Interstate Logistics, Co-founder of GPS device firm Securus and part-time chief strategy officer for Raleigh.

He plans to focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and experiential learning.

This collaboration aims to enable students from various disciplines to bring their ideas together to build a strong concept and product. Along with this, he intends to build young entrepreneurs and to groom the talent pipeline in St. Louis.

Check out the full story by Nathan Rubbelke on STL Inno.

A thick blanket of fallen leaves completely covered the hikers’ feet on Turkey Ridge Trail in St. Louis County.  A leafless forest is great for spotting Missouri’s largest bird — the wild turkey — this time of year, said Ed Leutwiler, a longtime volunteer with Missouri Department of Conservation. But unfortunately, the loud crunching sounds […]

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