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Elizabeth Mertz
Expert on use of social science in law (especially families and children in divorce and/or abuse cases), legal education
Professor, law Law School Work: 608-263-7419 — Home and cell phones available upon request eemertz@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Legal education reform, integrating social science into legal training for students and legal professionals
Achievements
- Member, American Association of Law Schools Committee on Research
- Co-winner, Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law & Society Association, for "The Language of Law: Learning to 'Think Like a Lawyer'"
- Fellow, American Anthropological Association
- Elected treasurer and class representative to the executive committee, Law and Society Association