Michael Saks

Regents’ Professor of Law and Psychology Michael Saks will address the 2011 National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary Conference, Sept. 18-21, in Santa Fe, N.M.
The title of Saks’ talk is “Reliability Standards for Expert Opinion and Scientific Evidence.”

Saks’ research focuses on empirical studies of the legal system, especially decision-making, the behavior of the litigation system and the law’s use of science. A Faculty Fellow in the Center for Law, Science & Innovation, he is the fourth most-cited law-and-social-science scholar in the U.S., and has authored approximately 200 articles and books. Courses he has taught include criminal law, evidence, law and science, property and torts.