Jessica Bregant

Jessica Bregant is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and Associated Faculty in the Department of Psychology. Her interdisciplinary scholarship combines law, psychology, and behavioral economics to study how laypeople understand and respond to legal systems.

• Institution: University of Houston Law Center
• School: Law Center
• Department: Department of Psychology (Affiliated)
• Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
• Email: jbregant@central.uh.edu

Her research focuses on the psychological underpinnings of legal behavior, including topics such as punishment, property rights, rule compliance in children, and public perceptions of legal settlements. She employs experimental methodologies to explore these issues, contributing to the growing field of empirical legal studies.

Professor Bregant teaches courses in Property Law, Criminal Procedure, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Psychology for Law Practice. Her background includes a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law (2009) and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2018). She previously held postdoctoral fellowships at Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellow) and the University of Illinois College of Law (Law, Behavior, and Social Science Fellow), and clerked for the Hon. Rita B. Garman of the Illinois Supreme Court.

She is actively engaged in interdisciplinary legal scholarship, though no specific scientific awards or publications are listed in the available text. There is no indication of advising graduate students at this time.

She is not noted as part-time, retired, or deceased, and there is no mention of lab affiliations or research teams.