Beyond the Doctrine: Evidence

Join ACS for a Beyond the Doctrine talk with Professor David A. Sklansky, a series that explores open questions within current legal doctrine.

Professor Sklansky will discuss evidentiary instructions, exploring the legal fields assumptions about their efficacy. Drawing on his article Evidentiary Instructions and The Jury as Other, he questions the predominant view, or myth, that evidentiary instructions do not work. He will discuss the potential consequences of reconsidering the myth and what that should mean for how we view the efficacy of jury trials. Lunch will be provided.