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Professor Emily Cohen is a faculty member at Washington University School of Law specializing in legal writing, analysis, and advocacy. Her professional background includes eight years in private practice handling business bankruptcy and creditors' rights, followed by fourteen years as career law clerk to Judge Barry S. Schermer in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Her educational credentials include:
- J.D. from Washington University School of Law (2000)
- B.A. from the University of Michigan (1997)
Professor Cohen's research bridges bankruptcy law and cognitive psychology. Her legal work focuses on consumer bankruptcies, municipal reorganizations, and Chapter 11 proceedings, while her psychological research investigates cognitive aging mechanisms, Stroop effect variations, and semantic priming phenomena. She examines how cognitive control systems operate across the lifespan and how educational interventions can counteract cognitive biases in legal reasoning contexts.
Her publication record (2010-2025) demonstrates an interdisciplinary trajectory where cognitive psychology methodologies inform legal education research. Key patterns include experimental studies on cognitive bias mitigation in educational settings, lifespan analyses of executive function in legal decision-making contexts, and methodological innovations in data visualization for cognitive aging research. Her work consistently applies cognitive science frameworks to practical legal education challenges.
