The need
Attorneys representing a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in immunology in her mediation with a university needed an expert in immunology to support her argument. The Ph.D. candidate alleged sex discrimination when a change in her advisor prompted her thesis committee to send a progress report which gave her a list and order of things that needed to be finished. She claimed this list was unreasonable to complete as some items were outside the scope of her thesis. As such, the ideal expert would need to understand the subject matter of her thesis, be able to evaluate her progress so far, and determine the feasibility of the newly requested list of deliverables.