Dr. Woolard Moderates APA Science Summit

Dr. Jennifer Woolard moderated an APA Science Summit earlier this month, “Where Science Meets Justice: Advancing Law Through Psychological Science!”

The symposium brought together leading experts to explore how psychological and related social and behavioral science can strengthen the fairness, effectiveness, and equity of legal systems. From jury decision-making and courtroom processes to broader structural inequities that shape legal and public outcomes, the speakers examined how evidence about human behavior, cognition, and development can inform legal procedures, interpretation and practice of the law, and policy development.