Implicit bias in the courtroom

UCLA Law Review

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1124-1186

  Kang, Jerry ^a,b   Bennett, Judge Mark ^b   Carbado, Devon ^a   Casey, Pam ^c   Dasgupta, Nilanjana ^d   Faigman, David ^e,f   Godsil, Rachel ^g   Greenwald, Anthony G ^h   Levinson, Justin ⁱ   Mnookin, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Asian American Studies ^*

^c National Center for State Courts   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ University of Hawaii William S Richardson School of Law   (United States)

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