Shari Seidman Diamond
Research Professor
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Joint appointment
Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University School of Law
Education
Ph.D., Social Psychology, Northwestern University; J.D., University of Chicago
Curriculum vitae
Bio
Shari Seidman Diamond is the Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law and a research professor at the American Bar Foundation. An attorney and social psychologist, she is one of the foremost empirical researchers on jury process and legal decision-making, including the use of science by the courts. She has authored or co-authored more than a hundred publications in law reviews and behavioral science…
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Research focus
Legal decision-making, including conflicts between expertise and impartiality; discretion and control; equality and individuation; and science and law. Research addresses how these conflicts influence jury and judicial decision-making, judgments about fairness, and how courts use and fail to make use of scientific evidence.
Projects
Science and the Legal System
- This research (with Richard O. Lempert) considers the relationship between scientists and engineers and the legal system. Surveys and in-depth interviews have yielded a wealth of findings, including…
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Publications
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Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts
- Cambridge University Press
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"Reasons for the Disappearing Jury Trial: Perspectives from Attorneys and Judges"
- Louisiana Law Review
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"Inequality in Talk and Group Size Effects: An analysis of measures"
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
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Commentary
Feb 13, 2013
ABF Research Professor Shari S. Diamond was a guest commentator on the Life of the Law podcast, Episode 1, "The Secret Power of Jury Nullification." Listen here. Diamond's comments began at the 5:30…
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Professional Service & Recognition
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April, 2012
- Co-President, Society for Empirical Legal Studies, 2010-2011
- Chairperson, Dean’s Search Committee, Northwestern University, 2011
- Special Advisor, ABA Commission on the American Jury Project, 2012-2013
- Member, Seventh Circuit, Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions Committee
- Member, Honorary Degrees Committee, Northwestern University
- Member, Executive Director Search Committee, Law & Society Association 2010-2011
- Faculty Director, JD/PhD Program, Northwestern University School of Law
- Member, Northwestern University School of Law Appointments Committee
- Member, Society for Empirical Legal Studies Board of Directors
- Member, Board of Trustees, Law and Society Association
- Member, Board of Trustees, Society for Empirical Legal Studies
- Member, Editorial Boards, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies; Law and Human Behavior; Law & Policy; Psychology, Law & Crime; Psychology, Public Policy, & Law; and Justice System Journal
- Member, Advisory Board, Evidence & Evidentiary Procedure, SSRN
- Member, 7th Circuit American Jury Project Commission, 2005-
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science/ABA National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), 2005-
- Member, American Jury Project, 2003-2005 (task: writing ABA Principles for Juries and Jury Trials— adopted 2/14/05)
- Member, Advisory Committee for the Directorate on the Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation, 2002-