Extension: Lawyers’ Role-Induced Bias Arises Fast and Persists despite Intervention

Authors

Holger SpamannFollow

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Abstract

Law students randomly assigned to represent one side in a legal argument in the classroom exhibit substantial role-induced prediction bias for their side within only 40 minutes of their role assignment. Reminding students that prediction requires a more neutral perspective than advocacy does not attenuate the bias. The bias occurs evenly in male and female participants, who also report equal confidence in their predictions.

Recommended Citation

Spamann, Holger (2020) "Extension: Lawyers’ Role-Induced Bias Arises Fast and Persists despite Intervention," Journal of Legal Studies: Vol. 49: No. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/jls/vol49/iss2/7