| Gregory Mitchell Daniel Caplin Professor of Law J.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1993 Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1994 M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1990 B.A., University of Arkansas, 1988 Greg Mitchell joined the faculty in 2006 after visiting during the 2004-2005 academic year. He teaches courses in civil litigation and law and psychology, and his scholarship focuses on legal judgment and decision-making, the psychology of justice, and the application of social science to legal theory and policy. After receiving his law degree and doctorate in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, Mitchell clerked for Judge Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., in the Middle District of Tennessee, and then practiced civil litigation with the Nashville law firm of Doramus, Trauger & Ney. Prior to joining the Law School, Mitchell was an assistant professor at Michigan State, an associate professor and the Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law at Florida State, and a visiting associate professor at Vanderbilt.
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Books and Book Chapters
The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making, (ed. with David Klein) (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2009).
"Cognitive Styles and Judging" (with Phillip E. Tetlock) in David Klein & Gregory Mitchell, eds., The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making (forthcoming 2009).
"Evaluating Judges" (with Phillip E. Tetlock) in David Klein & Gregory Mitchell, eds., The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making (forthcoming 2009).
"The Relation Between Consistency and Accuracy of Witness Testimony" (with Ronald Fisher & Neil Brewer) in Tom Williamson, Ray Bull & Tim Valentine, eds., Handbook of Psychology of Investigative Interviewing: Current Developments and Future Directions (forthcoming 2009).
"Experimental Political Philosophy: Justice Judgments in the Hypothetical Society Paradigm" (with Philip E. Tetlock), in Jon A. Krosnick & I-Chant A. Chiang, eds., Explorations in Political Psychology (forthcoming 2009).
"Disentangling Reasons and Rationalizations: Exploring Moral Intuitions in Hypothetical Societies" (with Philip E. Tetlock) in John Josh, A.C. Kay & H. Thorisdottir, eds., Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification 126-157 (forthcoming 2009).
"Liberal and Conservative Approaches to Justice: Conflicting Psychopolitical Portraits" (with Philip E. Tetlock), in Barbara Mellers & Jonathon Baron, eds., Psychological Perspectives on Justice 234 (1993).
Articles
"Strong Claims and Weak Evidence: Reassessing the Predictive Value of the IAT," (with others), 94 J. Applied Psychol. 567 (2009).
"Transparency Should Trump Trust: Rejoinder to McConnell and Leibold (2009) and Ziegert and Hanges (2009)," (with others), 94 J. Applied Psychol. 598 (2009).
"Second Thoughts," McGeorge L. Rev. 40 McGeorge L. Rev. 687 (2009).
"Facts Do Matter: A Reply to Bagenstos" (with Philip E. Tetlock), Hofstra L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009).
"Implicit Bias and Accountability Systems: What Must Organizations Do to Prevent Discrimination?" (with Philip E. Tetlock), 28 Research in Organizational Behavior (Barry Straw & Arthur Brief eds., forthcoming 2009).
"A Renewed Appeal for Adversarial Collaboration" (with Philip E. Tetlock), 28 Research in Organizational Behavior (Barry Straw & Arthur Brief eds., forthcoming 2009).
"Adversarial Collaboration Aborted But Our Offer Still Stands," (with Philip E. Tetlock), 28 Research in Organizational Behavior (Barry Straw & Arthur Brief eds., forthcoming 2009).
"The Challenge of Debiasing Personnel Decisions: Avoiding Both Under- and Over-Correction," (with Philip E. Tetlock and Terry L. Murray), 1 Indus. & Org. Psychol. 439 (2008).
"Law & Proximity," (with Adam J. Hirsch), 2008 Univ. of Illi. L. Rev. 557-598 (2008).
"Contextual Evidence of Gender Discrimination: The Ascendance of 'Social Frameworks,'" (with John Monahan & Laurens Walker), 94 Va. L. Rev. (2008).
"Calibrating Prejudice in Milliseconds" (with Philip E. Tetlock), 71 Social Psychology Quarterly 12-16 (2008).
"Antidiscrimination Law and the Perils of Mindreading," (with Philip E. Tetlock), 67 Ohio St. L.J. 1023 (2006).
"An Empirical Inquiry into the Relation of Corrective Justice to Distributive Justice," (Gregory Mitchell & Philip E. Tetlock), 3 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 421-466 (2006).
"Government Regulation of Irrationality: Moral and Cognitive Hazards,” (with Jonathan Klick), 90 Minn. L. Rev. (2006).
"Beyond Fireside Inductions,” 32 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 315 (2005) (Symposium: The Behavioral Analysis of Legal Institutions).
"Asking the Right Questions About Judge and Jury Competence,” 32 Fla. S. U. L. Rev. 519 (2005) (Symposium: The Behavioral Analysis of Legal Institutions).
"Libertarian Paternalism Is an Oxymoron,” 99 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1245 (2005).
"Empirical Legal Scholarship as Scientific Dialogue,” 83 N. C. L. Rev. 167 (2005).
"Case Studies, Counterfactuals, and Causal Explanations,” 152 U. Penn. L. Rev. 1517 (2004).
"Tendencies Versus Boundaries: Levels of Generality in Behavioral Law and Economics," 56 Vand. L. Rev. 1781 (2003).
"Mapping Evidence Law," 2003 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1065 (Symposium: Visions of Rationality in Evidence Law).
"Experiments Behind the Veil: Structural Influences on Judgments of Social Justice" (with Philip E. Tetlock, Daniel G. Newman & Jennifer S. Lerner), 24 Pol. Psychol. 519 (2003).
"Why Law and Economics' Perfect Rationality Should Not Be Traded for Behavioral Law and Economics' Equal Incompetence," 91 Geo. L. J. 67 (2002).
"Taking Behavioralism Too Seriously? The Unwarranted Pessimism of the New Behavioral Analysis of Law," 43 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1907 (2002).
"Legitimacy and the Empowerment of Discretionary Legal Authority: Abortion and the United States Supreme Court" (with Tom R. Tyler), 43 Duke L.J. 703 (1994).
Comment, "Against "Overwhelming" Appellate Activism: Constraining Harmless Error Review," 82 Cal. L. Rev. 1335 (1994).
"Judgments of Social Justice: Compromises Between Equality and Efficiency" (with Philip E. Tetlock, Barbara Mellers & Lisa Ordóñez), 65 J. Personality & Soc. Psychol. 629 (1993).
"Psychological Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence" (with Philip E. Tetlock & Charles McGuire, Jr.), 42 Ann. Rev. Psychol. 239 (1991).

