Janice Nadler
Phone: (312) 503-3228
E-mail: jnadler@law.northwestern.edu
Working Papers | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: American Bar Foundation | Center for Legal Studies
Janice Nadler has been a member of the Law School faculty since 2000. Her research focuses on criminal law; social norms and compliance with the law; and negotiation and dispute resolution. She holds a joint appointment as a Research Fellow with the American Bar Foundation. In addition to a JD, she holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She teaches criminal law, law and psychology, and negotiation.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Criminal Law
- Law and Social Science
- Negotiation
- Dispute Resolution
- Law and Psychology
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Empirical Legal Research
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Representative Publications
- Flouting the Law, 83 Texas Law Review 1399-1441 (2005) (pdf)
- Testing the Focal Point Theory of Legal Compliance: The Effect of Third-Party Expression in an Experimental Hawk/Dove Game, 2 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 87-123 (2005) (pdf)
- Rapport in Legal Negotiation: How Small Talk Can Facilitate Email Dealmaking, 9 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 223-253 (2004) (pdf)
- Victim Impact Testimony and the Psychology of Punishment, (with Mary R. Rose), 88 Cornell Law Review 419-456 (2003) (pdf)
- No Need to Shout: Bus Sweeps and the Psychology of Coercion, 2002 Supreme Court Review 153-222 (2003) (pdf)
Recent Publications
- Law, Psychology & Morality , Moral Cognition and Decision Making , 2009
- The Language of Consent in Police Encounters , http://ssrn.com/abstract=1485008
- Constructing Focal Points through Legal Expression: An Experimental Test , Experiments in Criminology and Law: A Research Revolution , 2007
- Government Takings of Private Property in Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy, 2008
- Moral Spillovers: The Effect of Moral Violations on Deviant Behavior
JOINT APPOINTMENTS
- Faculty, American Bar Foundation
EDUCATION
- BA, Cornell University
- JD, University of California, Berkeley
- PhD in Social Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

