Anthony Guy Amsterdam

Legal practice centers on civil rights and liberties, particularly racial justice and constitutional criminal procedure, with capital punishment as one prncipal focus. Research centers on the applications of cognitive science to legal reasoning and practice, with narrative and discourse analysis and rhetorics as some principal appraoches. Teaching and curriculum development center on lawyering skills such as interviewing, counseling, negotiation, advocacy, litigation planning, and trial practice. Innovator in the creation of programs of legal education using simulation techniques to develop skills of introspection and learning from experience.