Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityShari Diamond
Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-2040
E-mail: s-diamond@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: Institute for Policy Research | Center for Legal Studies
Phone: (312) 503-2040
E-mail: s-diamond@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: Institute for Policy Research | Center for Legal Studies
Shari Seidman Diamond is both a lawyer and psychologist who is one of the foremost empirical researchers on the jury process and legal decision-making. Shari is also a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation. She is now conducting a pathbreaking research project on actual jury deliberations in the Arizona state courts. Her other fields of interest include science and the courts, the regulation of trademarks and advertising and field research methodology.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Juries
- Law and Social Science
- Empirical Legal Research
- Trademarks
PUBLICATIONS
Representative Publications
- Be Careful What You Wish For: The Paradoxical Effects of Bifurcating Claims for Punitive Damages, 1998 U. of Wisconsin Law Review 297-342 (pdf)
- Juror Reactions to Attorneys at Trial, 87 J. of Criminal Law and Criminology 17-47 (pdf)
- Blindfolding the Jury, 52 Law & Contemporary Problems 247-267 (pdf)
- Blindfolding the Jury to Verdict Consequences: Damages, Experts, and the Civil Jury, (1992) 26 Law & Society Review 513 (pdf)
Recent Publications
- Trademark Dilution: Of Fame, Blurring, and Sealing Wax, with a Touch of Judicial Wisdom, SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL , 2008
- Government Takings of Private Property in Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy, 2008
- How Jurors Deal with Expert Testimony and How Judges Can Help , JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY , 2008
- Verdict in on Jury Deliberations , THE YOUNG LAWYER , 2007
- Dispensing With Deception, Curing With Care: A Response to Judge Dann on Nullification, JUDICATURE, 2007
JOINT APPOINTMENTS
- Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation
EDUCATION
- BA, University of Michigan
- JD with honors, University of Chicago
- MA, Northwestern University
- PhD, Northwestern University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
- Attorney, Sidley & Austin
- Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Director of NIMH Traineeship Program in Crime and Delinquency
RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
- Consultant, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago), trademark
- Consultant, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York), trademark
- Consultant, Dimock Stratton LLP (Toronto), trademark
- Consultant, 7th Circuit American Jury Project Commission
