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Welcome
to the new and revised website for the University of Nebraska Law/Psychology Program! |
We have updated our site to make it more user friendly for our visitors. The website describes in detail our program, which is one of the leading centers for education and research in the interdisciplinary study of law and psychology. In existence since 1974, our program trains scholars who are engaged in basic and applied research and writing on psychosocial issues and problems related to the law. The Department of Psychology and the College of Law jointly sponsor the program, which is the world's oldest, on going integrated program in psycholegal studies. It remains unusual in the breadth of training with students specializing in virtually any area of psycholegal studies. Law/psychology faculty and students focus their work in traditionally important psycholegal areas such as jury decision-making, eyewitness memory, children's decision-making, distributive and procedural justice, domestic violence, criminal responsibility, juvenile justice, the admissibility of scientific evidence in litigation, forensic psychology and so on. They also work on less-studied topics, such as tax compliance, altruistic behavior, child support, death penalty issues, sexual harassment, mental health law, and health care policy issues. The Law/Psychology Program offers interdisciplinary training in psychology and law. All students enroll in a program of study in psychology and a program of study at the UNL Law College (i.e., either the JD or the Masters of Legal Studies). The Program specializes in training scholars who will be able to apply psychology and other social and behavioral sciences to analyze empirical issues in law and policy in order to improve our understanding of the operation of law and policy in society.