Professor Shestowsky presents empirical study at Stanford Law

  • by Carla Meyer

Professor Donna Shestowsky presented “When Ignorance is Not Bliss: An Empirical Study of Litigants’ Awareness of Court-Sponsored Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs,” on July 25 as part of Stanford Law School’s faculty workshop series.

Donna Shestowsky, who has both a law degree and a Ph.D. in psychology, is director of Lawyering Skills Education, professor of law, and Martin Luther King, Jr. research scholar at UC Davis School of Law. 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.