Curriculum Vitae

Neil Vidmar

Russel M. Robinson, II Professor of Law
Professor of Psychology
Duke University

General Information

Duke University School of Law
P.O. Box 90360
Towerview Road and Science Drive
Room 3183
Durham, NC 27708-0360
O: 919.613.7090
H: 919.4489.7729
F: 919.613.7231
I: vidmar@law.duke.edu

Education

Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Illinois. Urbana, Illinois, June, 1967
Secondary study in: Sociology and Experimental Psychology.
M.A. Psychology, University of Illinois. Urbana, Illinois, October, 1965.
A.B. Psychology, cum laude, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois June, 1962, Minor in Sociology.

Areas of Specialization

My early research was on conflict and group decision-making. Since about 1970, my scholarly efforts have been directed primarily at the interface of social science and law. I conducted a three-year field study of dispute resolution in a small claims court, undertook a number of in-depth field studies of grievance and dispute behavior, and conducted a study of the Ontario Business Practice Act. For almost two decades I have been studying medical malpractice litigation and continue with that subject. I was co-principal investigator of the Arizona Jury Project that taped and analyzed the actual deliberations of 50 civil juries. Additionally, I have conducted research on procedural justice and the social psychological dynamics of justice behavior. A special interest is the social psychology of retribution. Other projects have involved experts, the empirical behavior of the tort system and research bearing on the accuracy of eyewitness identification. I am starting research on legal malpractice.

My scholarly interests also extend to criminal law. I have published articles pertaining to the death penalty and on jury behavior in criminal cases. I have conducted research and published articles in leading journals on the topic of pre- and mid-trial prejudice in the United States, England, New Zealand and Australia. I have also edited World Jury Systems (2000), a book that involves a comparative study of the jury systems of Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, Spain, the United States and other countries.

Teaching Interests

Social Science Evidence in Law, Negotiation and Mediation, Psychology of the Litigation Process, American Jury, Social and Psychological Context of Law (Law and Society), Conflict and Dispute Resolution, Social Psychology.

Positions/Experience

1989- Russell M. Robinson, II Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law and Professor of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
1987-1988 Visiting Professor of Law and Social Science, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina.
1989-1996 Professor of Social Science and Law, Duke University School of Law; Vice President and Research Director, the Private Adjudication Center, Durham, North Carolina.
1986-1987 Vice President for Research, Private Adjudication Center of Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina.
1986 Visiting Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada.
1984 On leave as Visiting Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada.
1981-1990 Professor of Psychology and Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
1974-1975 On leave as Visiting Research Fellow, Battelle Seattle Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
1973-1974 On leave as Russell Sage Resident in Law and Social Science, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.
1971-1980 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
1967-1971 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
1967 (Summer) Research Associate, Danville Veterans Administration Hospital, Danville, Illinois.
1966-1967 Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana.
1963-1966 Teaching and/or Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana.
1962-1963 USPHS Fellow, University of Illinois, Illinois.
1962 Certificate of Competency of Coal Miner, State Miner's Examining Board, Department of Mines and Minerals, State of Illinois, March 1962.

Fellow

Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science

Academic Service

Law and Society Review, Editorial Board
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Academic Advisory Board
Roscoe Pound Foundation, Academic Advisory Board
Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies, University of Nevada Advisory Board
Psychology, Public Policy and Law, Editorial Board
Section Chair: Law and the Social Sciences, Association of American Law Schools
Law & Social Inquiry, Editorial Board
Law and Human Behavior, Editorial Board
Legal and Criminological Psychology, Editorial Board
Psychology, Crime, and Law, Editorial Board
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Advisory Board
National Research Council, Law and Justice Committee
Law and Society Association Treasurer
Law and Society Association Trustee
Journal of Applied Social Psychology Editorial Board
Canadian Law and Society Association, Board of Directors

Legal Consulting and Testimony

Law and Justice Committee of the National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
Law Reform Commission of Ontario; Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Consultant for Solicitor General of Canada on Firearms Control Legislation Implementation
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General: Access to Justice Project ; Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations: Expert Panel on Guiding Principle for Consumer Protection/Business Practices Strategies; Consultant for Canadian Law Information Council ; Consultant for Committee on Statistics in the Courts: (U.S.) National Academy of Sciences; Consultant for Police Powers Project, Law Reform Commission of Canada; Advisory Committee on the Jury, Law Reform Commission of Canada; NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Capital Punishment Project(U.S.)

Expert Testimony and Consulting on Juries

United States of America: Supreme Court of the United States, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia ; and also re North American Free Trade Agreement dispute.
Canada: Supreme Court of Canada, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan.
New Zealand; Australia; England and Wales; Hong Kong

Research Grants

National Science Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; State Justice Institute;
Russell Sage Foundation; Ontario, Ministry of the Attorney General; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communication; Solicitor General of Canada ; The Donner Canadian Foundation; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Law and Society Association; Canada Council.

Publications

Books

Vidmar, N. and Hans, V. P.,American Juries: The Verdict , Prometheus ( Fall 2007).
Vidmar, N. (Ed.) World Jury Systems, Oxford England: Oxford University Press (2000). [Translated into Korean, 2005.]
Vidmar, N. Medical Malpractice and the American Jury: Confronting the Myths About Jury Incompetence, Deep Pockets, and Outrageous Damage Awards, University of Michigan Press (1995).
Hans, V, and Vidmar, N. Judging the Jury. Plenum Press (1986). [Translated into Japanese, (2000).]
Bermant, G., Nemeth, C. and Vidmar, N. (Eds.) Psychology and the Law: Research Frontiers: Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books (1976).

Articles

Vidmar, N. et al., Amicus Brief (regarding juries and punitive damages) submitted on behalf of Respondent in Philip Morris v. Williams, Supreme Court of the United States, No. 05-1256 ( September 2006)
Vidmar, N., MacKillop, K. and Lee, P. Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Cases in Florida: Post-verdict and Pre-suit Settlements, 59 Vanderbilt Law Review 1343 (2006).
Vidmar, N. and MacKillop, K. “Judicial Hellholes,” Medical Malpractice Claims, Verdicts and the “Doctor Exodus” in Illinois, 59 Vanderbilt Law Review 1309 (2006).
Vidmar, N. Trial by Jury Involving Persons Accused of Terrorism or Supporting Terrorism, in Belinda Brooks Gordon and Michael Freeman, (Eds.), Law and Psychology, page 318, Vol. 9, Oxford University Press (2006).
Vidmar, N. Medical Malpractice Litigation in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association, (May 2006).
Vidmar, N. Expert Evidence, The Adversary System, and the Jury. 95 American Journal of Public Health S137-S143 (Suppl. 1, July 2005).
Vidmar, N. Medical Malpractice and the Tort System in Illinois. 93 Illinois Bar Journal 340 (2005).
Vidmar, N. When Jurors Talk About their Verdict. In John Kleinig, (Ed.), Jury Ethics, Paradigm Press (2005).
Vidmar, N. Medical Malpractice Lawsuits: An Essay on Patient Interests, the Contingency Fee System, Juries and Social Policy. 38 Loyola Los Angeles Law Review 1217 (2005).
Vidmar, Lee, MacKillop, McCarthy and McGwinn. Uncovering the “Invisible” Profile of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Insights from Florida. 54 DePaul Law Review 315 (2005).
Vidmar, N. First, Do No Harm: The Cure for Medical Malpractice (Book Review). 352 The New England Journal of Medicine 521 (February 2005).
Vidmar, N. Juries Around the Globe. 5 ABA Insights on Law and Society 7 (2005).
Vidmar, N. Experimental Simulations and Tort Reform: Avoidance, Error and Overreaching in Sunstein et al.’s Punitive Damages. 53 Emory Law Journal 1359 (2004).
Hans, V. and Vidmar, N. Jurors and Juries. In Sarat (Ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society, 195-211. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts (2004).
Diamond, Vidmar, Rose, Ellis and Murphy. Inside the Jury Room: Evaluating Juror Discussions During Trial. 87 Judicature 54 (September-October 2003). [Reprinted in V. Hans (Ed.) The Jury System: Contemporary Scholarship, Ashgate (in press).]
Vidmar, N. When All of Us Are Victims: Juror Prejudice and “Terrorist” Trials. 78 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1143 (2003).
Saks and Vidmar. Asserted but Unproven: A Further Response to the Lindgren Study’s Claim that the American Bar Association’s Ratings of Judicial Nominees Are Biased. 19 Journal of Law and Politics 177 (2003).
Diamond, Vidmar, Rose, Ellis and Murphy. Juror Discussions During Trials: Studying an Arizona Innovation. 45 Arizona Law Review 1 (2003).
Vidmar, N. The American Civil Jury for Auslander (Foreigners). 13 Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law 92, Special Issue honoring Herbert Bernstein (2003).
Vidmar, N. Case Studies of Pre-and Midtrial Prejudice in Criminal and Civil Litigation. 26 Law and Human Behavior, 73 (2002). http://www.law.duke.edu/pub/vidmar/pretrialpublicity.pdf [Reprinted in V. Hans (Ed.) The Jury System: Contemporary Scholarship, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, United Kingdom (in press).]
Vidmar, N. and Brown, L. A. Tort Reform and the Medical Liability Insurance Crisis in Mississippi: Diagnosing the Disease and Prescribing a Remedy. 22 Mississippi College Law Review 9-46 (2002).
Eisenberg and Vidmar (drafters). Brief Amici Curiae of Certain Leading Social Scientists and Scholars in Support of Respondents in State Farm Mutual Automobile Company v. Campbell. Supreme Court of the United States, No. 01-1289 (October 2002).
Vidmar, N. Listening to Jurors and Asking Them Questions. Trial Briefs 9 (August 2002).
Rose and Vidmar. “Bronx Juries”: A profile of jury awards in New York counties. 80 Texas Law Review 1889 (2002).
Sanders, Diamond and Vidmar. Legal Perceptions of Science and Expert Knowledge. 8 Psychology, Public Policy and Law 139 (2002).
Diamond, Vidmar, et al. Juror Discussion During Civil Trials: A study of Arizona’s Rule 39(f) innovation. American Bar Foundation (April 2002). Available at: http://www.law.duke.edu/pub/vidmar/Arizonacivildiscussions.pdf.
Vidmar, N. Juries. In Kritzer (Ed.) Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California (2002)
Vidmar, N. Juries and Lay Assessors in the Commonwealth of Nations. 13 Criminal Law Forum 385 (2002).
Vidmar, N. and Diamond, D. Juries and Experts. 66 Brooklyn Law Review 1123-1182 (2001).
Saks and Vidmar. A Flawed Search for Bias in the American Bar Association’s Ratings of Judicial Nominees: A Critique of the Lindgren / Federalist Society Study. 17, No. 2 Journal of Law and Politics 219-254 (2001).
Vidmar, N. Review of Jury Systems Abroad Can Provide Helpful Insights Into American Practices. 73 New York State Bar Association Journal 23 (2001).
Vidmar, N. Retributive Justice: Its Social Context. In M. Ross and D.T. Miller (Eds.) The Justice Motive in Everyday Life, 291 Cambridge University Press (2001).
Vidmar and Rose. Punitive Damages; In Terrorem and in Reality. 38 Harvard Journal on Legislation 489-511 (2001).
Diamond, D. and Vidmar, N. Jury Room Ruminations on Forbidden Evidence. 87 Virginia Law Review 1857 (2001).
Vidmar and Schuller. The Jury: Selecting Impartial Peers. In R. Schuller and J. Ogloff (Eds.) Psychology and Law: Canadian perspectives. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada (2001).
Vidmar, N. Retribution and Revenge. In J. Sanders and V. L. Hamilton (Eds.) Handbook of Justice Research in Law. Springer Press, New York, New York (2001).
Vidmar, N. Jury’s Comprehension of Scientific Evidence. In National Conference on Science and the Law NCJ 179630. United States Department of Justice and National Institute of Justice (July, 2000).
Vidmar, N. The Origin and Outcome of the Kumho Amicus Brief (plus brief itself) 24 Law and Human Behavior 383-400 (2000).
Corbin, R. M. and Vidmar, N. Survey Research Goes to Court. In C. Chakrapani (Ed.) Marketing Research: State of the Art Perspectives. American Marketing Association, Chicago, Illinois (2000).
Vidmar, N. Juries don’t make legal decisions! And other problems: A critique of Hastie et al. on punitive damages. 23 Law and Human Behavior 705 (1999).
Vidmar, N. Maps, Gaps, Socio-legal Scholarship and the Tort Reform Debate. In Sarat, A. et al. (Eds.) Social Science, Legal Scholarship and the Law. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, New York (1999).
Vidmar, N., Gross, F. and Rose, M. Jury Awards for Medical Malpractice and Post-verdict Adjustment of Those Awards. 48 DePaul Law Review 265 (1998). [Partially reprinted in S. Salvin et al., Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context, 2nd Ed. Aspen Publishers, New York, New York (2004).]
Vidmar, N. Principal author, amicus brief on behalf of respondent in Kumho Tire Company v. Patrick Carmichael et al. No. 97-109 Supreme Court of the United States, October 1998 (on the subject of how juries evaluate expert testimony).
Vidmar, N. The Performance of the American Civil Jury: An empirical perspective. 40 Arizona Law Review 849 (1998).
Vidmar, N., Beale, S., Rose, M. and Donnelly, L. Should We Rush to Reform the Criminal Jury? Consider Conviction Rate Data. 80 Judicature 286-290 (May-June 1997).
Vidmar, N. Generic Prejudice and the Presumption of Guilt in Sex Abuse Trials. 21 Law and Human Behavior 5 (Feb 1997).
Vidmar, N. Pap and Circumstance: What jury verdict statistics can tell us about jury behavior and the tort system. XXVII Suffolk University Law Review 1205 (1994/1996).
Vidmar, N. Pretrial Prejudice in Canada: A comparative perspective on the criminal jury. 79 Judicature 249 (1996).
Vidmar, N. Making Inferences About Jury Behavior from Jury Verdict Statistics: Cautions about the Lorelei’s lied. 18 Law and Human Behavior 599 (1994).
Ogloff, James R. P. and Vidmar, N. The Impact of Pretrial Publicity on Jurors: A study to compare the relative effects of television and print media in a child sex abuse case. 18 Law and Human Behavior 507 (1994).
Vidmar, N. An Antidote To Anecdotes (Book review of Frank A. Sloan, et al., Suing for Medical Malpractice, 1993) 77 Judicature 330 (1994).
Vidmar, N. Are Juries Competent to Decide Liability in Tort Cases Involving Scientific/ Medical Issues? Some Data from Medical Malpractice. 43 Emory Law Journal 885 (1994).
Ellis, R., Ravindra, G., Vidmar, N. and Davis, T. The Reversal Arbitration Board: An ADR model for resolving intra-corporate disputes. 93 Journal of Dispute Resolution (1994).
Vidmar, Lee, Cohen, and Stewart. Damage Awards and Jurors' Responsibility Ascriptions in Medical vs. Automobile Negligence Cases. 12 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 149 (1994).
Vidmar, N. The Unfair Criticism of Medical Malpractice Juries. 76 Judicature 118 (1992). [Reprinted in 27 Trial Lawyers Forum 5 (1993); 42 Trial Talk 5 (1993); 23 Trial Lawyers Quarterly 9 (1993).]
Vidmar, N. Empirical Evidence on the “Deep Pockets” Hypothesis: Jury awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases. 43 Duke Law Journal 217 (1993).
Fischer, Vidmar and Ellis. The “Culture of Battering” and the Role of Mediation in Domestic Violence Cases. 46 Southern Methodist University Law Review 2117-2174 (1993).
Vidmar, N. and Rice, J. Assessments of non-economic damage awards in medical negligence: a comparison of jurors with legal professionals. 78 Iowa Law Review 883 (1993).
Ellis, Ravindra, Vidmar, and Davis. Toyota's Arbitration Board: A conflict resolution model for intra-corporate disputes. 11 Alternatives 44 (1993).
Vidmar, N. Verfahrensgerechtigkeit und Alternative Konfliktbewältigung. 14 Zeitschrift für Rechts-Soziologie 35-46 (1993).
Vidmar, N. How Many Words for a Camel? A Perspective on Judicial Evaluation of Social Science Evidence. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (Ed.), Filtering and Analyzing Evidence in an Age of Diversity (1993).
Vidmar, N. Comparative Lessons from the Hong Kong Jury Study. (Book Review), 2 Asia Pacific Law Review 110 (1993).
Vidmar, N. Procedural Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution. 3 Psychological Science 224 (1992).
Schuller, R. and Vidmar, N. Battered Woman Syndrome Evidence in the Courtroom: A review of the literature. 16 Law and Human Behavior 273 (1992).
Kritzer, H., Vidmar, N. and Bogart, W.A. To Confront or Not to Confront: Measuring claiming rates in discrimination grievances. 25 Law and Society Review 875 (1991).
Kritzer, H., Bogart, W.A. and Vidmar, N. The Aftermath of Injury: Cultural factors in compensation seeking in Canada and the United States. 25 Law and Society Review 499 (1991).
Hans, V. and Vidmar, N. The American Jury: Twenty-five years later. 16 Law and Social Inquiry, 401 (1991).
Vidmar, N. and Rice, J. Jury Determined Settlements And Summary Jury Trials: Observations about ADR in an adversary culture. 19 Florida State Law Review 89 (1991). (reprinted in
E. Wendy Trachte-Huber, & Stephen K. Huber, Mediation and Negotiation: Reaching Agreement in Law and Business, LexisNexus, 2007).
Vidmar, N. and van Koppen, P. J. Gedraqswetenschappelijk bewijs: een overzicht. In P. J. van Koppen and H. F. M. Crombag (Eds.) De Menselijke Factor: Psychologie voor Juristen. Gouda Quint BV, Arnhem, Netherlands (1991).
Vidmar, N. Social Science Evidence and Data. In G. M. Chayko, E. D. Gulliver and D. V. MacDougall (Eds.) Forensic Evidence in Canada. Canada Law Book, Aurora, ON, Canada (1991).
Vidmar, N. Medical Malpractice Juries. 8 Duke Law Magazine 8 (1991).
Vidmar, N. The Origins and Consequences of Procedural Fairness (Book Review and Essay) 15 Law and Social Inquiry. 877-892 (1990).
Bogart, W.A. and Vidmar, N. Problems and Experience with the Ontario Civil Justice System. In A. Hutchinson (Ed.) Access To Justice: Bridges and Barriers. Carswell, Toronto, ON, Canada (1990).
Vidmar, N. and Feldthusen, B. Exemplary Damages in Ontario: An empirical study. 16 Canadian Business Law Review 262-268 (1990).
Vidmar, N. (Editor/Author) Is The Jury Competent? Law and Contemporary Problems. 52 Whole Issue 4 (1989).
Vidmar, N. The Impact of Statistical Evidence in the Legal System. In The Evolving Role of Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts. National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York (1989).
Vidmar, N. and Shuller, R. Juries and Expert Evidence: Social Framework Testimony. 52 Law and Contemporary Problems 133-176 (1989).
Rowe, T. and Vidmar, N. Empirical Research on Offers of settlement: A preliminary report. 51 Law and Contemporary Problems 13-39 (1988).
Vidmar, N. Seeking and Finding Justice: An empirical map of Canadian consumer problems and responses. 26 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 757-798 (1988).
Vidmar, N. (Ed.) The Common Law Jury. 62 Law and Contemporary Problems (1988) [Issue translated into Georgian (2005).]
Vidmar, N. Assessing the Contributions of Case Characteristics and Settlement Forums on Dispute Outcomes and Compliance. 21 Law and Society Review 155-164 (1987).
Samuels, J. and Vidmar, N. Consumer Complaints and the Ontario Business Practices Act: An empirical study. 24 University of Western Ontario Law Review 83-101 (1987).
Vidmar, N. and Schuller, R. A. Individual Differences and the Pursuit of Legal Rights: A preliminary inquiry. 11 Law and Human Behavior 299-317 (1987).
Vidmar, N. The Mediation of Small Claims Disputes: A critical perspective. In M. Bazerman, R. Lewicki, and B. Sheppard (Eds.), Research on Negotiation in Organizations, Vol. 1. JAI Press, Greenwich, Connecticut (1986).
Vidmar, N. The Legal System as Social: A review of Lempert and Sanders’ “An Invitation to Law and Social Science.” 234 Science 93-94 (1986).
Vidmar, N. and Flaherty, D. Concern for Personal Privacy in an Electronic Age. 35 Journal of Communication 91-103 (1985).
Vidmar, N. An Assessment of Mediation in a Small Claims Court. 41 Journal of Social Issues 127-144. Also in Earn, B., and Towson, S. (Eds.), Readings in social psychology: Classic and Canadian Contributions. Broadview Press Ltd., Peterborough, Canada (1985).
Vidmar, N. and Melnitzer, J. Juror Prejudice: An empirical study of a challenge for cause. 22 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 487-511 (1984).
Vidmar, N. The Small Claims Court: A reconceptualization of disputes and an empirical investigation. 18 Law and Society Review 515-550 (1984.)
Vidmar, N. Social Psychology and the Legal Process. In Kahn, A. S. (Ed.) Social Psychology. W. C. Brown and Co., Dubuque, Iowa (1984.)
Vidmar, N. and Short, J. Social Psychological Dynamics in the Settlement of Small Claims Court Cases. In D. Muller, D. Blackman, and A. Chapman (Eds.) Perspectives in Psychology and Law. John Wiley & Sons, London, England (1984).
Vidmar, N. and Laird, N. Adversary social roles: Their effects on witnesses' communication of evidence and the assessments of adjudicators. 44 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 888-898 (1983).
Saunders, D., Vidmar, N. and Hewitt, E. Eyewitness Testimony and the Discrediting Effect. In S. Lloyd-Bostock and B. Clifford (Eds.) Evaluating Witness Evidence. John Wiley & Sons, London, England (1982).
Vidmar, N. and Miller, D. T. Social Psychological Motives Underlying Punishment Reactions. In H. Hiebsch (Ed.) Social Psychology: XXIInd International Congress of Psychology 195-202. VEB DeutscherVerlag, Berlin, Germany (1982).
Vidmar, N. Justice motives and other psychological factors in the development and resolution of disputes. In M. Lerner and S. Lerner (Eds.) The Justice Motive in Social Behavior. Plenum, New York, New York (1981).
Miller, D. T. and Vidmar, N. The Social Psychology of Punishment Reactions. In M. Lerner and S. Lerner (Eds.) The Justice Motive in Social Behavior. Plenum, New York, New York (1981).
Vidmar, N. and Judson, J. The Use of Survey Research in a Change of Venue Motion: A case study. 59 Canadian Bar Review 76-102 (1981).
Hans, V. and Vidmar, N. Jury Selection. In N. Kerr and R. Bray (Eds.) The Psychology of the Courtroom 39-82. Academic Press, St. Louis, Mossouri (1981).
Vidmar, N. and Dittenhoffer, A. Canadian Public Opinion and the Death Penalty: The effects of knowledge on attitudes. 23 Canadian Journal of Criminology 43-56 (1981).
Vidmar, N. Observations on dispute dynamics and resolution hearing outcomes in a small claims court. In S. Lloyd-Bostock (Ed.) Law and Psychology. Oxford University Centre for Socio-legal Studies Proceedings, Oxford, United Kingdom (1980).
Sheppard, B. and Vidmar, N. Adversary Pretrial Procedures and Testimonial Evidence: Effects of lawyers' role and Machiavellianism. 39 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 320-332 (1980).
Vidmar, N. and Miller, D. T. Social Psychological Processes Underlying Attitudes Toward Legal Punishment. 14 Law and Society Review 401-438 (1980).
Vidmar, N. The Other Issues in Jury Simulation Research: A commentary with particular reference to defendant character studies. 3 Law and Human Behavior 95-106 (1979).
Vidmar, N. Social Science and Jury Selection. In Psychology and the Litigation Process. Law Society of Upper Canada, Springer, Netherlands (1977).
Vidmar, N. Choosing, Finding and Evaluating Methods of Obtaining Legal Justice: A review of Thibaut and Walker's Procedural Justice. 21 Contemporary Psychology 773-774 (1976).
Sarat, A. and Vidmar, N. Public Opinion, the Death Penalty, and the Eighth Amendment: Testing the Marshall hypothesis. Wisconsin Law Review 171-206 (1976). [Reprinted in H. Bedau and C. Pierce (Eds.) Capital Punishment in the United States. AMS Press, New York, New York (1976); V. Streib (Ed.) A Capital Punishment Anthology. Anderson, Springfield, Illinois (1993).]
Berg, K. and Vidmar, N. Authoritarianism and recall of Evidence About Criminal Behavior. 9 Journal of Research in Personality 147-157 (1975). [Reprinted in R. Krivoshey (Ed.) Readings in Trial Advocacy and The Social Sciences. Garland Publishing, New York, New York (1993).]
Vidmar, N. and Ellsworth, P. Public opinion and the death penalty. 26 Stanford Law Review, 1245-1270 (1974). [Reprinted in H. Bedau and C. Pierce (Eds.) Capital Punishment in the United States. AMS Press, New York, New York (1976); H. Bedau (Ed.) The Death Penalty in America (3rd Ed.) Oxford, New York, New York (1982).]
Vidmar, N, Retributive and Utilitarian Motives and Other Correlates of Canadian Attitudes Toward the Death Penalty. 15 Canadian Psychologist 337-356 (1974).
Sorrentino, R., Vidmar, N. and Goodstadt, M. Opinion Change in a Crisis: Effects of the 1970 Canadian kidnapping crisis on political and ethnic attitudes. 6 Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 199-218 (1974). [Reprinted in W. E. Mann and L. Wheatcroft (Eds.) Canada; A Sociological Profile. Copp Clark, Toronto, ON, Canada (1976).]
Sorrentino, R. and Vidmar, N, Research Note: The short-term and long-term effects of a crisis. 38 Public Opinion Quarterly 271-279 (1974).
Vidmar, N. and Crinklaw, L. Attributing Responsibility for an Accident: A methodological and conceptual critique. 6 Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 113-130 (1974).
Vidmar, N. and Rokeach, M. Archie Bunker's Bigotry: A study in selective perception and exposure. 24 Journal of Communication 36-47 (1974). [Reprinted in A. Wells (Ed.) Mass Media and Society (1975); C. Wilson (Ed.) Mind over Message (1976); P. Adler (Ed.) All in the Family: A Critical Appraisal (1979).]
Vidmar, N. Effects of Group Discussion on Category Width Judgments. 29 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 187-195 (1974).
Rokeach, M. and Vidmar, N. Testimony Concerning Possible Jury Bias in a Black Panther Murder Trial. 3 Journal of Applied Social Psychology 19-29 (1973).
Vidmar, N. Effects of Decision Alternatives on the Verdicts and Perceptions of Simulated Jurors. 22 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 211-218 (1972). [Reprinted in Kaufmann and Solomon (Eds.) Readings in Social Psychology (1973).]
Jackson, D., Hourany, L. and Vidmar, N. A Four-Dimensional Interpretation of Risk Taking. 40 Journal of Personality 483-501(1972).
Vidmar, N. and Burdeny, T.C. Effects of Group Size and Item Type in the “Group Shift” Effect. 4 Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science 393-407(1971).
Vidmar, N. and Hackman, J.R. Inter-Laboratory Generalizability of Small Group Research: An experimental study. 83 Journal of Social Psychology 129-139 (1971).
Vidmar, N. Effects of Representational Roles and Mediators on Negotiation Effectiveness. 17 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 48-58 (1971).
Ferguson, D.A. and Vidmar, N. Effects of Group Discussion on Estimates of Culturally Appropriate Risk Levels. 20 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 436-445 (1971).
Vidmar, N. and McGrath, J. E. Forces Affecting Success in Negotiation Groups. 15 Behavioral Science 154-163 (1970).
Vidmar, N. Group Composition and the Risky Shift. 6 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 153-166 (1970).
Hackman, J.R. and Vidmar, N. Effects of Size and Task Type on Group Performance and Member Reactions. 33 Sociometry 37-54 (1970). [Reprinted in Ofshe, Interpersonal Behavior in Small Groups. Prentice Hall (1973); Marlowe, Basic Topics in Social Psychology. Holbrook Press (1972); Cummings and Scott Readings in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance (1973); Cathcart, Samovar, and Lustig. Small Group Communication: A Reader, 4th Ed. (1978).]

Papers and Conferences

Vidmar, N. Participant, Conventions in Science and the Law, Coronado Conference IV, Mt. Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, NH, May 3-4, 2007.
Vidmar, N., Discussant, Symposium on Genuine Tort Reform, Papitto School of Law, Roger Williams University, Bristol Rhode Island, April 20, 2007.
Vidmar, N., Theory, Data , and Ecological Validity, Conference on Law and Mind Sciences, Harvard Law School, Cambridge ,MA, March 10, 2007.
Vidmar, N., Juries and Punitive Damages, presentation to the AEI-Brookings First Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues , Washington DC, Georgetown Law School , December 7, 2006.
MacKillop, K. and Vidmar, N., Legal Malpractice: A Preliminary Inquiry, presented at First Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies , U. of Texas School of Law , Austin TX, Oct 27-28, 2006.
Vidmar, N., Discussant on Avraham and Schanzenbach,Tort Reform and Private Health Insurance Coverage, at First Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies , U. of Texas School of Law , Austin TX, Oct 27-28, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Participant, Panel on Philip Morris v. Williams sponsored by American Constitution Society at National Press Club, Washington , D.C. October 24, 2006
Vidmar, N. Participant, Citizen Participation in East Asian Legal Systems, Cornell Law School, Ithaca , N.Y., Sept 21-22, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Testimony before The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Hearing on Medical Liability: New Ideas for Making the System Work Better for Patients. Washington, DC, June 22, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Participant, Conference: Truth and Advocacy: The Quality and Nature of Regulation and Regulatory Science. Coronado Conference III, San Diego, March 9-10, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Comments on Duncan v. Louisiana. Conference on Criminal Procedure Stories, Harvard Law School, April 21-22, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Participant, Conference: Medical Malpractice: Has the Research Helped or Hindered Our Search for Solutions? Invitational meeting sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington , DC, May 3, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Civil Juries in Ecological Context: Methodological Implications for Research. Conference on Civil Juries and Civil Justice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, May 15-17, 2006.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Medical Malpractice Litigation in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Bar Association, May 2006
Vidmar, N. Presented: The Promise and Perils of Archival Data for Tort Reform Research. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools. Washington, DC, January 5, 2006.
Vidmar, Lee and MacKillop, Presented: Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Cases in Florida: Post-Verdict Adjustments and Pre-Suit Settlements. Conference on Medical Malpractice, Vanderbilt Law School. Nashville, Tennessee, October 21, 2005.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Jury Reforms and Jury Performance. Annual Conference of the American Judges Association, Anchorage, Alaska September 20, 2005.
Vidmar, N. Presented: A Transnational Perspective on Pretrial Prejudice. Conference on Psychology and Law, Law and Psychology Colloquium, Faculty of Law, University of London. London, England, July 14-15, 2005.
Vidmar, N. Responses to Session: A Ten-year Perspective on Vidmar Medical Malpractice and the American Jury (1995). Annual Law and Society Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, June 3, 2005.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Medical Malpractice and the Tort System in Illinois. Annual Law and Society Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 3, 2005.
Vidmar, N. Testimony: Research on Medical Malpractice Litigation in the United States and Tort Reform. Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the Connecticut General Assembly. Hartford, Connecticut, April 8, 2005.
Vidmar, N. Testimony: Medical Malpractice Litigation and Tort Reform: The Tort System and the Missing Discussion of Negligently Injured Patients. Before the Maryland Senate Special Commission on Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Briefing. Annapolis, Maryland, October 27, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Medical Malpractice Litigation: Doctors, Lawyers, Patients and Insurers. Conference on Access to Justice: Can Business Co-exist with the Civil Justice System? Loyola, Law School. Los Angeles, California, October 1-2, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Sequestered Science: The Consequences of Undisclosed Knowledge. Coronado Conference 2, Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy. New York, New York, October 14-15, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Medical Malpractice Litigation: An Empirical Rather than Anecdotal Perspective. Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting. Ocean City, Maryland, June 17, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Potential Jury Prejudice: A Cross-National Perspective. Colloquium, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia, May 5, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Coffee Spill at McDonalds: The American Civil Jury for Foreigners. Colloquium, Department of Law, University of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia, May 25, 2004.
Vidmar, Lee and McGwin, Presented: Seeking the “Invisible” Profile of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Insights from Florida. Tenth Annual Clifford Symposium: “Starting Over? Redesigning the Medical Malpractice System,” DePaul University School of Law. Chicago, Illinois, April 15-16, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Experimental Simulations and Tort Reform: Avoidance, Error and Over-reaching in Sunstein et al.’s Punitive Damages (2002). 2004 Randolph W. Thrower Annual Symposium: The Future of Tort Reform: Reforming the Remedy, Re-balancing the Scales, Emory Law School. Atlanta, Georgia, February 19, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Potential Jury Prejudice in Criminal (and Civil) Litigation. 19th Annual Criminal Law Update Seminar of the South Carolina Bar, Charleston , South Carolina, January 23, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Testimony: Tort reform and medical malpractice. North Carolina House Blue Ribbon Task Force on Medical Malpractice. Raleigh, North Carolina, January 7, 2004.
Vidmar, N. Presented. Research meeting on Implications of Daubert in Practice. Sponsored by Tellus Institute. Washington, DC November 20, 2003.
Vidmar, N. Participant/commentator, Conference on Jury Ethics: Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York, New York, September 12–13, 2003.
Vidmar, N. Panelist, (with Steve Penrod) Sources of Variability in the Relations between Pre-trial Publicity and Pre-trial Bias. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychology and Law. Edinburgh, Scotland, July 7-12, 2003.
Vidmar, N. Panelist. Application of Jury Research: A Debate on the Selection of Research Questions and Methods. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychology and Law. Edinburgh, Scotland, July 7-12, 2003.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Medical Malpractice Litigation in North Carolina. North Carolina Senate Select Committee on Insurance and Civil Justice. Raleigh, North Carolina, May 13, 2003.
Vidmar, N. Expert Evidence: The Adversary System and the Jury. The Coronado Conference on Scientific Evidence and Public Policy. San Diego, California, March 13-14, 2003.
Vidmar and Brown, Presented: Tort Reform and the Medical Malpractice Crisis in Mississippi: Diagnosing the Disease and Prescribing a Remedy. Symposium on Tort Reform, Mississippi College of Law. Jackson, Mississippi, November 15, 2002.
Vidmar, N. Presented: Medical Malpractice and the Tort System. Governor’s Select Task Force on Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance, University of Miami Medical Center. Miami, Florida. November 4, 2002.
Vidmar, N. Panelist: Something New Under the Sun: Innovations in Civil Jury Trials. Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association. Washington, DC August 11, 2002.