Professor Shestowsky Awarded ABA Grant

Professor Donna Shestowsky has been named as a 2008 recipient of an American Bar Association Litigation Research Fund grant.  Established in 2007 to support original scholarly work that advances the understanding of civil litigation in the United States, the Litigation Research Fund makes awards of $5,000-$20,000 to legal academics, social scientists, and scholars from other disciplines.

Professor Shestowsky received an award of $10,000 to support her longitudinal research on disputants' preferences for court procedures.

Donna Shestowsky is Acting Professor of Law at the 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.