Dan M. Kahan

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law
Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989

B.A., Middlebury College, 1986

Courses Taught
  • Criminal Law & Administration
  • Evidence
  • Supreme Court Advocacy
  • The Science of Science Communication
  • Law and Cognition
Dan M. Kahan

Dan Kahan is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law at Yale Law School. In addition to risk perception, his areas of research include criminal law and evidence. Prior to coming to Yale in 1999, Professor Kahan was on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School.  He also served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court (1990-91) and to Judge Harry Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1989-90).  He received his B.A. from Middlebury College and his J.D. from Harvard University.

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