This episode introduces listeners to the Proof Over Precedent podcast and the work of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School. The lab focuses on bringing empirical research into the legal field for both civil and criminal justice systems. Professor Jim Grenier shares plans for future episodes to address randomized control trials conducted by the lab and its research partners; ethical issues around RCT trials; challenges of the legal system as it currently operates; the future of legal reform, including AI in legal processes; and student takes on access to justice.
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Speakers:
- Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
- Michelle Blouin, Communications Associate, Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
Resources mentioned:
- Gideon v. Wainwright
- Professional reversals in medicine
- Vioxx
- Heart stents
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Scared Straight
- Harvard’s IRB
- The Gender of Gideon
- Chicago Crime Lab
- Quattrone Center
- Jameel Poverty Action Lab
- California Policy Lab
- Lab in DC
- Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
- Society for Empirical Legal Studies
Share feedback and relevant topics you would like the A2J Lab to discuss: a2jlab@law.harvard.edu
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Proof Over Precedent cover art by Courtney Chrystal