Nina Varsava
Expert on legal ethics and bioethics, procedure, and courts.
Assistant Professor, Law School Law School nvarsava@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Judicial decisionmaking, judicial opinions, federal and state courts
- Procedural justice
- Legal ethics and professional responsibilities of lawyers
- Professional responsibility and ethics in biomedical research and health care
- Law and ethics of consent, especially in the context of precision medicine research
Achievements
- Former state supreme court law clerk
- “The Role of Dissents in the Formation of Precedent” (Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy, 2019)
- "How to Realize the Value of Stare Decisis: Options for Following Precedent” (Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, 2018)
- “Elements of Judicial Style: A Quantitative Guide to Neil Gorsuch’s Opinion Writing” (NYU Law Review Online, 2018)
- “Beyond Consent: Building Trusting Relationships with Diverse Populations in Precision Medicine Research” (with Stephanie Kraft et al.) (American Journal of Bioethics, 2018)