Behavioral Science for Legal Professionals

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Niek Strohmaier, PhD

Niek Strohmaier, born and raised in the Netherlands, 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, completed in 2020, 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.
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Frequently asked questions

What exactly is this course about?

It is a deep dive into how legal professionals think and decide—and how hidden cognitive biases, noise, and group pressures can derail that process.
  • Not another generic “bias awareness” seminar. We assume you already know the buzzwords. Here we unpack why those biases arise, how they appear in pleadings, negotiations, and drafting, and what “decision hygiene” looks like in real legal work.
  • Broader than stress-management or team-building. Those topics surface here only when they change judgment quality—e.g., how time pressure skews settlement ranges.
  • Built for every legal role. Whether you design policy, negotiate M&A deals, argue in court, or sit on the bench, you’ll see research and case studies that map directly onto your tasks.
  • You leave with a research-backed map of bias hotspots, sharper self-awareness, and a decision-hygiene starter kit—checklists, pre-mortems, and structured reviews—to protect your briefs, deals, and rulings

Why take this course?

Every brief, deal, and ruling turns on human judgment—yours, your counterpart’s, or the court’s. Behavioural science has spent decades mapping how the mind weighs evidence, negotiates risk, and slips into hindsight or groupthink. This course distills that research into the essentials for legal work:
  • See where bias and noise creep in to arguments, valuations, and verdicts.
  • Use decision-hygiene tools—pre-mortems, checklists, structured reviews—to cut costly errors.
  • Apply insights fast, without spending years on a psychology degree.
In short: you get the science that matters, translated for lawyers, judges, in-house counsel, and policy-makers who need clearer, more defensible decisions.

Who is this course for?

Any professional whose work turns on legal judgment:
  • Litigators & judges – evaluating evidence, crafting arguments, assessing liability.
  • Deal lawyers & in-house counsel – pricing risk, negotiating terms, preventing escalation.
  • Law- and policy-makers – designing rules, anticipating real-world behaviour.
Although some modules spotlight courtroom scenarios and others focus on transactions or regulation, the underlying cognitive principles are universal. Biases, noise, and group pressures move with you—from the negotiation table to the bench and back again—so the course is designed for everyone to take all parts.

When can I take this course?

Two different options exist: 
  • Individual enrolments (rolling start):
    Sign up any day of the year and begin immediately. Your six-month access window starts the moment you activate your seat, giving you plenty of buffer even if work gets hectic.
  • Group & enterprise enrolments (10 + seats):
    We’ll open a private cohort on dates that suit your firm, court, or department. All participants share the same live-Q&A schedule and discussion space, making internal knowledge-sharing easier.

How long will completing the program take?

The program contains 30 one-hour modules (≈ 30 hours of video + exercises).
  • Steady pace: Watch two modules per week (about two hours). You’ll finish in roughly three months.
  • Accelerated pace: Watch one module each weekday (about five hours per week). You’ll finish in about one month.
Mix and match speeds as your workload allows—just complete the content within the six-month access window.

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