Gregory Mitchell
- Joseph Weintraub-Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law
Greg Mitchell joined the faculty in 2006 after visiting during the 2004-05 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.
Scholarship Profile: The Promise and Limitations of an Empirical Approach to Law (Virginia Journal 2008)
Education
- J.D.University of California at Berkeley School of Law1993
- Ph.D.University of California at Berkeley1994
- M.A.University of California at Berkeley1990
- B.A.University of Arkansas1988
Current Courses
All Courses
Civil Procedure
Evidence
Employment Discrimination
Law and Psychology