Sara Gordon

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

Associate Professor

4505 South Maryland Parkway

Box 451003

Las Vegas, NV 89154

United States

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Through the Eyes of Jurors: The Use of Schemas in the Application of 'Plain-Language' Jury Instructions

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 64, p. 643, Apr. 2013, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2015
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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law and psychology, jurisprudence, law and society, cognitive psychology, litigation, juries

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All Together Now: Using Principles of Group Dynamics to Train Better Jurors

Indiana Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 2, p. 415, 2015, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2015
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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law and psychology, jurisprudence, law and society, cognitive psychology, litigation, juries, motivated cognition, group dynamics, group decisionmaking

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What Jurors Want to Know: Motivating Juror Cognition to Increase Legal Knowledge & Improve Decisionmaking

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 81, p. 751, 2014, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2015
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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law and psychology, jurisprudence, law and society, cognitive psychology, litigation, juries, motivated cognition, decisionmaking

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Crossing the Line: Daubert, Dual Roles, and the Admissibility of Forensic Mental Health Testimony

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 4, p. 1345, 2016, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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Daubert, Mental Health, Forensic Testimony, Federal Rule of Evidence 702, Federal Rule of Evidence 706, Telemedicine, Civil Commitment, Criminal Competency

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Putting the Bar Exam to the Test: An Examination of the Predictive Validity of Bar Exam Outcomes on Lawyering Effectiveness

AccessLex Institute Research Paper No. 23-03, UC San Francisco Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2023
Jason Scott, Stephen Goggin, Rick Trachok, Jenny Kwon, Sara Gordon, Dean Gould, Fletcher Hiigel, Leah Chan Grinvald and David L. Faigman
AccessLex Institute, San Diego State University, State Bar of Nevada, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, State Bar of Nevada, AccessLex Institute, Suffolk University Law School and UC Law, San Francisco
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bar examinations, lawyering effectiveness, legal licensing, legal profession

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About a Revolution: Toward Integrated Treatment in Drug and Mental Health Courts

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 2, p. 355, 2019, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Mar 2019
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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specialty courts, co-occurring disorder, drug, alcohol, mental health

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The Use and Abuse of Mutual-Support Programs in Drug Courts

University of Illinois Law Review, 2017, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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Drug Treatment, Addiction, Mutual-Support Groups, Support Groups, Drug Courts, Specialty Courts

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Review of Alaska Mental Health Statutes

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 138 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Sara Gordon, Melissa Piasecki, Gil Kahn and Dawn Nielsen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Reno - University of Nevada School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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Alaska, mental health, civil commitment, competency, insanity defense

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The Danger Zone: How the Dangerousness Standard in Civil Commitment Proceedings Harms People with Serious Mental Illness

Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 3, p. 657, 2016, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Sara Gordon
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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Mental Health, Mental Illness, Disability, Civil Commitment, Parens Patriae, Dangerousness Standard, Gravely Disabled