Shari Seidman Diamond
Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law
Professor of Psychology
Phone
(312) 503-2040
SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links
Institute for Policy Research
| Center for Legal Studies
Assistant
Lisa Weiner
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-8340
Assistant Email
lisa.weiner@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
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, as well as the use of science by the courts. She has published in both major law reviews and leading interdisciplinary journals. She has authored or co-authored more than 150 publications, including findings from a unique study of real jury deliberations and research on Argentina’s emerging jury systems.
Areas of Expertise
- Trademarks
- Juries
- Law and Social Science
- Empirical Legal Research
Selected Publications
- Shari Seidman Diamond & Jerre Baily Swann, eds., Trademark and Deceptive Advertising Surveys: Law, Science, and Design, 2nd ed. (2022).
- Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective, co-edited by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Valerie P. Hans & Nancy S. Marder (2021).
- When Law Calls, Does Science Answer? A Survey of Distinguished Scientists and Engineers, Dædalus 41 (Fall 2018) (with Richard O. Lempert).
- The “Kettleful of Law” in Real Jury Deliberations: Successes, Failures, and Next Steps, 106 Northwestern University Law Review 1537-1608 (with Beth Murphy, and Mary R. Rose).
- Reference Guide on Survey Research, in Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 359-423, 3rd edition (Federal Judicial Center/National Academy of Sciences 2011).
- Damage Anchors on Real Juries, 8 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 148-78 (2011) (with Mary R. Rose, Beth Murphy, & John Meixner).
Education
- BA, University of Michigan
- JD with honors, University of Chicago
- MA, Psychology, Northwestern University
- PhD, Social Psychology, Northwestern University
Prior Appointments
- Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School
- Attorney, Sidley & Austin
- Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
- Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Recent Consulting Activities
- Consultant, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- Consultant, U.S. Department of Justice
- Special Advisor, ABA Commission on the American Jury Project