Law school meets “CSI” in a new forensic justice Master of Laws degree offered by the West Virginia University College of Law.

The LL.M. is the first in the country to focus on the intersection of law and forensic science, administrators at the Morgantown, West Virginia, campus said. It is intended to teach lawyers and judges about forensic science and how to use it in the legal system.

“Forensic evidence is assuming an increasingly important role in both our civil and criminal justice systems,” said university provost and former law dean Joyce McConnell. “This new degree will help judges and lawyers understand the field of forensic science and better integrate it into the adversary system. That integration absolutely improves the system—and is essential to justice.”