Debra S. Austin

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Lawyering Process Professor

2255 E. Evans Avenue

Denver, CO 80208

United States

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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Killing Them Softly: Neuroscience Reveals How Brain Cells Die from Law School Stress and How Neural Self-Hacking Can Optimize Cognitive Performance

59 LOY. L. REV. 791 (2013), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-12
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 03 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2014
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Unsafe at Any Campus: Don’t Let Colleges Become the Next Cruise Ships, Nursing Homes, and Food Processing Plants

96 Indiana Law Journal Supplement 25-65 (2020), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-16, U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-30
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2022
Peter H. Huang and Debra S. Austin
Retired Professor and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Downloads 1,683 (18,512)
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COVID-19, Legal Education, Higher Education, Remote Learning, Online Pedagogy

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Food for Thought: The Neuroscience of Nutrition to Fuel Cognitive Performance

95 Or. L. Rev. 425 (2017), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-25
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2017
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Downloads 719 (62,501)
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Drink Like a Lawyer: The Neuroscience of Substance Use and Its Impact on Cognitive Wellness

15 Nev. L. J. 826 (2015), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper 14-52
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2015
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Positive Legal Education: Flourishing Law Students and Thriving Law Schools

77 Md. L. Rev. 649 (2018), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-06
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 10 May 2018
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Positive Institutions: Organizations, Laws, and Policies

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, 3rd Edition, Edited by C.R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez, Lisa M. Edwards, and Susana C. Marques
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2021
Peter H. Huang, Anne Brafford, Debra S. Austin and Martha Knudson
Retired Professor, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Utah Bar Association
Downloads 333 (156,862)
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Positive Institutions, Positive Law Firms, Positive Law Schools, Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Social Architecture, Policy Subjective Well-Being Measures, Positive Parentonomics, Mindfulness, Thinking Architecture, Learning Architecture, Thinking Games

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Emotion Regulation for Lawyers: A Mind Is a Challenging Thing to Tame

16 Wyo. L. Rev. 387 (2016)., U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-60
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2017
Debra S. Austin and Rob Durr
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Northwestern University
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Windmills of Your Mind: Understanding the Neurobiology of Emotion

54 Wake Forest Law Review 931 (2019), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-06
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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The Legal Brain: A Lawyer’s Guide to Well-being and Better Job Performance

Cambridge University Press (Forthcoming), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-01
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2022
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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lawyer well-being, neuroscience, brain health, psychology, mental strength

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Got Stress? You May Be Harming Your Brain

The Coffee House 6, a Publication of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, Spring 2015
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 03 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2015
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Leadership Lapse: Laundering Systemic Bias through Student Evaluations

65 VILL. L. REV. 995 (2021), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-8
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 25 May 2021
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Foreword: Enlightenment, Apocalypse, and Other States of Mind (E-Book) (Colorado Bar Association)

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 09 Dec 2014
Debra S. Austin
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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