About Us

Our Mission

BSL Academy provides legal professionals with rigorous, evidence-based education and training in behavioral science to improve legal judgments and decision making, reduce bias, and enhance fairness in legal practice.

Our Vision

To make behavioral science as indispensable to the law as precedent and statute, so that legal decisions in courtrooms, negotiations and policymaking are less prone to bias and become fairer, more trustworthy and grounded in decision literacy.

Meet the founder and principle instructor

Niek Strohmaier, PhD, LL.M.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Niek obtained his Bachelor and Master degree (with honors) in Psychology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and in 2016 he commenced his PhD research at Leiden University’s Law School. His dissertation was on the psychology of legal decision making. During his PhD research, Niek also completed the Advanced LLM program in Law & Finance (with honors and valedictorian) at Leiden University. Currently, Niek combines his academic work with legal practice. He is an assistant professor at Leiden University's law school and an attorney at RESOR, a leading Amsterdam-based law firm specialized in corporate litigation, restructuring, and insolvency.






"My name is Niek Strohmaier. I’m both a lawyer and a psychologist, and over the years I’ve become convinced of one thing: behavioral science is essential for the theory and practice of law, yet most legal professionals know very little about it.

Every day, lawyers and judges interpret the law, assess responsibility, negotiate deals, and make judgments about intent, reasonableness, and fairness. These are not just legal questions, they are deeply psychological.

The problem is that the insights of decades of behavioral science research have barely made their way into the legal profession. That’s the gap this Academy is designed to bridge.

What we offer is not another generic bias awareness workshop. Our program goes much deeper, combining classic psychological theories with the latest research, always tailored to the realities of legal practice.

So whether you’re a judge, attorney, in-house counsel, policy maker, or scholar, our programs will sharpen your thinking, improve your judgment, and make you more effective in your work.

So if you’re ready to bring psychological realism into your legal work, this program is for you. Explore the program on our website and join a growing community of legal professionals who see the value of behavioral science in law, and take your practice to the next level."

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