Other work by the lab
2019 MacNeal, A., K. Fiallo, A. Jones, S. Jones, S. Laureano, M. Monjarrez, & Y. Xu. “Sounding black”: The legal implications of linguistic profiling. Northeastern University Working Papers in...
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Plain English Jury Instructions Project
The Plain English Jury Instructions (PEJI) Project was a successful 10-year collaboration with the Massachusetts Bar Association to create a set of recommendations for judges writing jury...
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Ambiguity Project
Ambiguity in legal language is very common, and judges’ decisions about what meaning a phrase has can affect verdicts. The Ambiguity Project is the LingLawLab’s attempt to clear these ambiguities and...
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Quantifiers in the Law Project
The state of California changed its jury instructions in 2003, adding one key word: “each.” Later, the instructions were revised and “each” was removed. The Ling Law Lab and Mark Yanis, a California...
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