Monitor on Psychology Quotes Professor Shestowsky in Story on Online Trials and Justice

Professor Donna Shestowksy spoke to writer Zara Abrams for a Sept. 1 American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology story headlined “Can justice be served online?” The story explores online trials and how, Abrams writes, “psychologists are now helping to comb through existing literature and collect new evidence that can help maximize the benefits and minimize the downsides of online trials.”

“Moving forward, psychologists can play a critically important role in assessing not only whether outcomes differ across in-person versus online proceedings, but also how parties view them in terms of fair process,” Shestowsky told Abrams.

Shestowsky, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology as well as a law degree, is working with the Pew Charitable Trusts to evaluate online platforms for mediations and negotiations, including exploring questions about procedural justice. Read more about Shestowsky’s groundbreaking work here.

Donna Shestowsky is director of the Lawyering Skills Education Program, a professor of law and a Martin Luther King Jr. Research Scholar at UC Davis School of Law, where she teaches Criminal Law, Negotiation Strategy, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and a seminar in Legal Psychology. She was the 2007 recipient of the Law School's Distinguished Teaching Award.