Nancy S. Marder

Professor Nancy S. Marder is a Full-Time Faculty member and Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. She is Director of the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center and Co-Director of the Institute for Law and the Humanities. Her research focuses on jury systems, legal decision-making, and comparative jurisprudence. Marder holds a B.A. from Yale University, M.Phil. from Cambridge University, and J.D. from Yale Law School.

Education:

• J.D., Yale Law School
• M.Phil., University of Cambridge
• B.A., Yale University

Research Interests: Marder’s work explores jury transformation, global jury systems, lay participation in legal processes, and legal reform. She emphasizes making scholarship accessible to practitioners and the public through initiatives like the Stevens Jury Center, which publishes symposia in the Chicago-Kent Law Review.

Media and Advocacy: Marder frequently engages with media (NPR, WTTW) and advises on jury instruction reforms. She has clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens and Judge William A. Norris, and previously practiced litigation at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Labs/Initiatives: Leads the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center, focusing on global jury research and public education.