Fellows CLE Research Seminar in Conjunction with the 2021 ABA Virtual Midyear Meeting

This event is free to registerees. 

Featured Keynote: “The Emotional Influence of Gruesome Photographs in the Courtroom” with:

• Janice Nadler – ABF Research Professor; Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• Mary D. Fan – Jack R. MacDonald Endowed Chair and Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
• Sandra Guerra Thompson – Director, Criminal Justice Institute, University of Houston Law Center

Moderated by:

• Hon. Bernice Donald – U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Professor Nadler’s research investigates how emotionally evocative modes of visual evidence can affect the psychology of jurors’ decision making processes through influence on emotions, attention to evidence, and legal judgements at the individual and group level.