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Episode 7: Evaluating Online and In-Person Family Law Hearings

Monday, July 28, 2025 • Duration 44:15

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

Does the medium of family law cases — online or in-person — factor into procedural justice and the satisfaction of litigants in these cases? In this episode, A2J Lab Associate Director Renee Danser talks with Jim Greiner, faculty director of the A2J Lab, about a study nearing completion, including:

What led one court system to seek an answer to this question
How the randomized control trial formed (quickly)
Measurable goals for the study
Hypotheses on the findings, due this fall
A third factor to emerge from the findings

Join us for a deep dive into this study with some takeaways both for the online vs. in-person courtroom debate and for general judicial demeanor.

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Speakers:

Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
Renee L. Danser, Associate Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships, Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

Resources mentioned:

La Gratta Consulting
State Justice Institute
How Hearing Mediums Impact Family Law Cases, Trends in State Courts, 2024
Remote Testimonial Fact-Finding, from Part II – Legal Tech, Litigation, and the Adversarial System, 2023 report published by Cambridge University Press

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Episode 14: Ethical Conundrums in Legal Research

Monday, September 15, 2025 • Duration 45:35

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

In this Proof Over Precedent episode, the third show in the ‘Demystifying IRBs’ series, host Jim Greiner meets with IRB expert Shannon Sewards to answer the tricky question: Who counts as a ‘human subject’? Medical fields can easily point to human subjects in their research; but in social sciences, the definition relies heavily on federal regulations from Institutional Review Boards that require consent from human subjects to participate in research. So, legal researchers need to know about IRBs and how they define ‘human subjects’ and IRBs need to know about legal research and the role of participants in the studies. While the previous episode in the ‘Demystifying IRBs’ series addressed human subject research versus medical research, this third episode discusses:

Legal regulations that define human subjects in social science research
Ethical considerations in applying research to human subjects
Hypothetical scenarios to illustrate IRB challenges in interpreting and applying federal regulations
Risk assessments for human subjects

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Speakers:

Shannon Sewards, Director of the Human Research Protection Program, Dartmouth Health; former Director, Harvard University Area IRB
Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

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Episode 13: Criminal Gideon, Civil Gideon, And Gender

Monday, September 8, 2025 • Duration 15:40

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

This “Student Voices” episode of Proof Over Precedent discusses the critical need for providing legal representation in civil cases—particularly those in which an individual’s home, family, or safety is at risk. While the right to counsel already extends to criminal cases in both federal and state courts, it does not currently extend to civil cases, where the socioeconomic outcomes often affect women more so than men. HLS LLM Laura Aquino asks why civil cases are not treated with the same level of importance as criminal cases and argues that expanding legal access is a matter of both fairness and justice.

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Speakers:

Laura Alicia Aquino Arriaga, LLM, Harvard Law School
Michael Pusic, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

Resources mentioned:

The Gender of Gideon, UCLA Law Review
Gideon v. Wainwright
Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare, by Dorothy Roberts (2001)

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Episode 13: Criminal Gideon, Civil Gideon, And Gender

Monday, September 8, 2025 • Duration 15:40

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

This “Student Voices” episode of Proof Over Precedent discusses the critical need for providing legal representation in civil cases—particularly those in which an individual’s home, family, or safety is at risk. While the right to counsel already extends to criminal cases in both federal and state courts, it does not currently extend to civil cases, where the socioeconomic outcomes often affect women more so than men. HLS LLM Laura Aquino asks why civil cases are not treated with the same level of importance as criminal cases and argues that expanding legal access is a matter of both fairness and justice.

Read the corresponding blog post.

Speakers:

Laura Alicia Aquino Arriaga, LLM, Harvard Law School
Michael Pusic, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

Resources mentioned:

The Gender of Gideon, UCLA Law Review
Gideon v. Wainwright
Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare, by Dorothy Roberts (2001)

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Episode 12: Can Texts Help Secure Housing and Avoid Evictions?

Monday, September 1, 2025 • Duration 46:31

Image by Felicia Quan, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

In this episode of Proof Over Precedent, host Jim Greiner talks with the A2J Lab’s Renee Danser about the recently completed pilot study referred to as the “Eviction Diversion Study.” The study aimed to combat housing security by providing legal information and resources to at-risk populations in the Houston area via text messaging. Ultimately, insights gained from the pilot highlighted the need for and promise of a full-scale study on light-touch intervention as a means of avoiding evictions.

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Speakers:

Renee L. Danser, Associate Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships, Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

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Episode 11: Breaking Legal Traditions — Insights from Medicine’s Evidence-Based Evolution

Monday, August 25, 2025 • Duration 15:53

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

In this “Student Voices” episode of Proof Over Precedent, HLS student Andrew Reed explores how the legal profession could benefit from adopting data-driven, evidence-based practices similar to those in medicine. The episode examines the historical transformation of medicine from tradition-based to science-based and discusses key lessons that law can learn, including:

prioritizing hard evidence over tradition
incorporating evidence-based methodologies into legal education
creating centralized databases for legal research

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Speakers:

Andrew Reed, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

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Episode 10: What is Human Subjects Research in Law?

Monday, August 18, 2025 • Duration 52:10

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

In this second episode in the Proof Over Precedent series on demystifying the institutional review board process in law, host Jim Greiner speaks again with IRB expert Shannon Sewards, this time to define human subjects research and differentiate it from medical research. The pair delve into:

The nuances of human subjects research in legal studies
Interpretive challenges within IRB regulations
Balancing ethical considerations with regulatory requirements
Exploring private information in research

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Speakers:

Shannon Sewards, Director of the Human Research Protection Program, Dartmouth Health; former Director, Harvard University Area IRB
Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

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Episode 9: Cellphone Bans: Courthouse Nuisance or Necessity?

Monday, August 11, 2025 • Duration 17:23

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

In this “Student Voices” episode of Proof Over Precedent, HLS student Joe Lieberman interviews classmate Andrew Reed on the implications of courthouse cell phone bans on access to justice, particularly as it relates to self-represented litigants. Though intended to maintain courtroom order and security, the bans often create more headaches for litigants having to secure their phones outside the courthouse; furthermore, Reed suggests, it can be an impediment to access to justice with some litigants missing hearings entirely due to the bans. The discussion touches on the following topics:

Impact of cell phone bans in courtrooms
Potential alternatives to cell phone bans
Opportunity for empirical studies to research the effect of cell phone bans in courthouses

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Speakers:

Andrew Reed, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School
Joe Liberman, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

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Episode 8: Ethics in Research — IRBs and the Common Rule Explained

Monday, August 4, 2025 • Duration 40:21

Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) watch over human subjects research to ensure ethical compliance. Ubiquitous in medical research, IRBs may still baffle those working in legal research. This week, in the first of a series of podcast talks demystifying IRBs, Proof Over Precedent host Jim Greiner talks with IRB expert Shannon Sewards about the importance of IRBs and the Common Rule in ensuring ethical research practices. Among the topics:

Understanding IRBs and the Common Rule
Historical context of medical research
Adapting medical-based regulations to legal studies

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Speakers:

Shannon Sewards, Director of the Human Research Protection Program, Dartmouth Health; former Director, Harvard University Area IRB
Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

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