Laurie O. Robinson, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, was appointed January 1 by the National Academy of Sciences to its Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ) for a three year term. The Committee, which is part of the National Academy's Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, regularly sponsors studies on topics of emerging interest in such areas as incarceration, forensics, and juvenile justice. CLS Distinguished Professor David Weisburd recently stepped down from CLAJ after a six-year term of service.