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Lawrence Solan, the 1901 Distinguished Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, is a leading scholar in the interdisciplinary study of law, linguistics, and psychology. His expertise spans statutory and contractual interpretation, linguistic evidence in legal contexts, and the attribution of liability and blame.
- Education:
- J.D., Harvard Law School
- Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
- B.A., Brandeis University
Professor Solan's research focuses on the intersection of law, language, and cognitive science. He has authored seminal works such as The Language of Judges and The Language of Statutes: Laws and their Interpretation, co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law, and contributed extensively to scholarship on linguistic theory in legal argumentation. His work bridges empirical and normative approaches, emphasizing how language shapes judicial reasoning and legislative interpretation.
He has held visiting appointments at Princeton University's Council of Humanities and Psychology Department, as well as Yale Law School. Professor Solan is a former president of the International Association of Forensic Linguistics and serves on the boards of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health and the International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. Prior to joining Brooklyn Law School in 1996, he practiced complex civil litigation as a partner at Orans, Elsen & Lupert and clerked for Justice Stewart Pollock of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
