Edith Beerdsen
@edithbeerdsen.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Temple Law School in Philadephia. Scientific Evidence, Civ Pro, litigation culture. She/zij/היא. https://ssrn.com/author=2745040
First time presenting this work to a room of scientists. General reaction to learning about how science is evaluated for use in court: 🤯
Edith Beerdsen from Temple University, USA, continues the afternoon about the role that scientific error plays in the courtroom, providing a perspective on Scientific Error from how science influences the practice of law. #PSE8
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
First time presenting this work to a room of scientists. General reaction to learning about how science is evaluated for use in court: 🤯
This was a banger of a talk.
Leif Nelson pointing out that lawsuits are not great for science, as we need to be able to criticize others without the threat of having to pay huge legal fees, and I vest a ton of time, to defend ourselves.
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This was a banger of a talk.
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Everything is ready for the Perspectives on Scientific Error conference that starts tomorrow in Leiden! I look forward to hanging out with the mix of metascientists, philosophers of science, and statisticians! So many old friends will be there (and hopefully some new ones)! #PSE8
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Everything is ready for the Perspectives on Scientific Error conference that starts tomorrow in Leiden! I look forward to hanging out with the mix of metascientists, philosophers of science, and statisticians! So many old friends will be there (and hopefully some new ones)! #PSE8
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My latest article with the one and only @spenceroverton.bsky.social called “Digital Ethnonationalism” forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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February 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
My latest article with the one and only @spenceroverton.bsky.social called “Digital Ethnonationalism” forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Thrilled to share that 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 has found a home with the Yale Law Journal. This piece examines parental liability regimes and parental rights, and how they are connected by a shared logic that harms children and families. Thank you to all those who read drafts and offered feedback!
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Thrilled to share that 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 has found a home with the Yale Law Journal. This piece examines parental liability regimes and parental rights, and how they are connected by a shared logic that harms children and families. Thank you to all those who read drafts and offered feedback!
NOT a recent acceptance but last Feb's paper now on SSRN, w/ many thanks to the excellent editors at Georgia L. Rev. Full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(Newer paper still in the cycle & on a very different topic! Sci. ev., skeptics, democracy. On SSRN soon, but lmk if you want to read.)
(Newer paper still in the cycle & on a very different topic! Sci. ev., skeptics, democracy. On SSRN soon, but lmk if you want to read.)
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NOT a recent acceptance but last Feb's paper now on SSRN, w/ many thanks to the excellent editors at Georgia L. Rev. Full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(Newer paper still in the cycle & on a very different topic! Sci. ev., skeptics, democracy. On SSRN soon, but lmk if you want to read.)
(Newer paper still in the cycle & on a very different topic! Sci. ev., skeptics, democracy. On SSRN soon, but lmk if you want to read.)
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Another new article of mine is officially out: “(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law,” (67 B.C L. Rev. 255 (2026): lnkd.in/eR9eF7Fv Abstract 👇 & v. short 🧵
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February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Another new article of mine is officially out: “(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law,” (67 B.C L. Rev. 255 (2026): lnkd.in/eR9eF7Fv Abstract 👇 & v. short 🧵
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How manipulative is this? If you turn off gmail's AI summaries (that nobody asked for), no autocorrect for you.
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
How manipulative is this? If you turn off gmail's AI summaries (that nobody asked for), no autocorrect for you.
Statistical Thermodynamics
Structure and Reactivity I and II
Molecular Simulations
Advanced Group Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Structure and Reactivity I and II
Molecular Simulations
Advanced Group Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
American Revolutionary History (Don Higginbotham)
History of the Antebellum South (Harry Watson)
The American South (Marci Cohen Harris)
Judicial Politics (Joe Ura)
Presidential Decisionmaking (Tim McKeown)
Absolute legends.
American Revolutionary History (Don Higginbotham)
History of the Antebellum South (Harry Watson)
The American South (Marci Cohen Harris)
Judicial Politics (Joe Ura)
Presidential Decisionmaking (Tim McKeown)
Absolute legends.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
January 31, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Statistical Thermodynamics
Structure and Reactivity I and II
Molecular Simulations
Advanced Group Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Structure and Reactivity I and II
Molecular Simulations
Advanced Group Theory
Quantum Mechanics
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First signed copies of THE PAIN BROKERS at @barnesandnoble.com Athens! This story that I've held close since 2021 is in your hands now and out everywhere JAN 13.
It feels a little tender & terrifying to share it with the world. I hope that you fall in love with the people in it as I have. ❤️
It feels a little tender & terrifying to share it with the world. I hope that you fall in love with the people in it as I have. ❤️
January 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
First signed copies of THE PAIN BROKERS at @barnesandnoble.com Athens! This story that I've held close since 2021 is in your hands now and out everywhere JAN 13.
It feels a little tender & terrifying to share it with the world. I hope that you fall in love with the people in it as I have. ❤️
It feels a little tender & terrifying to share it with the world. I hope that you fall in love with the people in it as I have. ❤️
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Do you want to see the new filings at the Supreme Court each day? I built a tool to do just that. s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/d...
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Do you want to see the new filings at the Supreme Court each day? I built a tool to do just that. s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/d...
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This is a fascinating new experimental jurisprudence paper from Chris Jaeger on what is "reasonable."
For laypeople's judgments of reasonableness, the probability of harm (P) has an important effect beyond its role in the B
yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...
For laypeople's judgments of reasonableness, the probability of harm (P) has an important effect beyond its role in the B
yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...
The Hand Formula’s Unequal Inputs | Yale Law Journal
Tort law’s famous Hand Formula does not align with how laypeople judge whether conduct is reasonable. Five original experiments demonstrate that the Hand...
yalelawjournal.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a fascinating new experimental jurisprudence paper from Chris Jaeger on what is "reasonable."
For laypeople's judgments of reasonableness, the probability of harm (P) has an important effect beyond its role in the B
yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...
For laypeople's judgments of reasonableness, the probability of harm (P) has an important effect beyond its role in the B
yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...
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I wrote a whole article about this problem with @leecarpenter.bsky.social!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State Constitutions
State constitutional law has always been an essential component of federalism and a key to understanding the fabric of American law. It is even more important t
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December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I wrote a whole article about this problem with @leecarpenter.bsky.social!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
What are people's recent experiences with SSRN processing timelines? I have had a piece in the queue for 35 days now, and I've reached out twice. Rote response and still queued.
@ssrn.bsky.social
@ssrn.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What are people's recent experiences with SSRN processing timelines? I have had a piece in the queue for 35 days now, and I've reached out twice. Rote response and still queued.
@ssrn.bsky.social
@ssrn.bsky.social
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🚨New article! "The Second Patent Bargain"!🚨
In it, I argue U.S. law can & should use patent term extension—an obscure but important provision & process—to unlock late-stage, detailed evidence of the safety & effectiveness of drugs, vaccines & other FDA-regulated products.
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In it, I argue U.S. law can & should use patent term extension—an obscure but important provision & process—to unlock late-stage, detailed evidence of the safety & effectiveness of drugs, vaccines & other FDA-regulated products.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🚨New article! "The Second Patent Bargain"!🚨
In it, I argue U.S. law can & should use patent term extension—an obscure but important provision & process—to unlock late-stage, detailed evidence of the safety & effectiveness of drugs, vaccines & other FDA-regulated products.
1/
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In it, I argue U.S. law can & should use patent term extension—an obscure but important provision & process—to unlock late-stage, detailed evidence of the safety & effectiveness of drugs, vaccines & other FDA-regulated products.
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Worth reading in its entirety, on “healthy frictions.”
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Worth reading in its entirety, on “healthy frictions.”
Intriguing new metric. Very curious to see future work on how it correlates with replicability, spin, etc.
New paper finds that selective reporting remains the most replicable finding in science: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... I especially like their new exploratory metric 'p-values per participant'. Some papers had 11 p-values per participant! 🤯
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October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Intriguing new metric. Very curious to see future work on how it correlates with replicability, spin, etc.
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I just posted the current version of my most recent Article, "Conceptual Gerrymandering and the Weaponization of SFFA" to @ssrn.bsky.social. Abstract and TOC are attached below. Comments and (good faith) critiques very much welcome and appreciated. 🧵 1/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I just posted the current version of my most recent Article, "Conceptual Gerrymandering and the Weaponization of SFFA" to @ssrn.bsky.social. Abstract and TOC are attached below. Comments and (good faith) critiques very much welcome and appreciated. 🧵 1/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Here’s my new @LPEBlog.bsky.social post about Friday’s FTC decision to stop defending its rule banning non-competes. I also highlight how red & blue states are stepping in to defend worker mobility with new legislation & existing consumer & antitrust laws: lpeproject.org/blog/after-t...
After the FTC’s Retreat: How States are Rewriting the Rules on Worker Mobility
In a stunning betrayal of 30 million workers, the Federal Trade Commission has abandoned its nationwide ban on non-compete agreements. Fortunately, states are filling the void with remarkable…
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September 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Here’s my new @LPEBlog.bsky.social post about Friday’s FTC decision to stop defending its rule banning non-competes. I also highlight how red & blue states are stepping in to defend worker mobility with new legislation & existing consumer & antitrust laws: lpeproject.org/blog/after-t...
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Thank you @lsolum.bsky.social for recommending my new piece, Coercive Settlements, recently published with the George Washington Law Review! @templelaw.bsky.social
Bachar on Coercive Settlements, buff.ly/XDJ1lDZ - Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) has posted Coercive Settlements (93 George Washington Law Review 733 (2025)) on SSRN.
Bachar on Coercive Settlements
Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) has posted Coercive Settlements (93 George Washington Law Review 733 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Can civil…
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September 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thank you @lsolum.bsky.social for recommending my new piece, Coercive Settlements, recently published with the George Washington Law Review! @templelaw.bsky.social
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A lot of people have assumed Harvard would cave after Columbia did, especially after that piece of @nytimes.com stenography for the administration (and ridiculous Larry Summers tweet) but so far the signs point to the opposite. See below, plus the Brown deal being announced.
Hang tough Harvard.
Hang tough Harvard.
This feels like a good sign that Harvard is standing firm, and also good that the fascists are going to have to produce their (nonexistent) evidence if they actually try some kind of litigation. Illegitimi non carborundum.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
HHS Refers Harvard Antisemitism Probe to DOJ, Saying Months of Talks Were ‘Fruitless’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Department of Health and Human Services referred its antisemitism probe into Harvard to the Department of Justice for possible legal action on Wednesday after what it called “fruitless” talks with...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A lot of people have assumed Harvard would cave after Columbia did, especially after that piece of @nytimes.com stenography for the administration (and ridiculous Larry Summers tweet) but so far the signs point to the opposite. See below, plus the Brown deal being announced.
Hang tough Harvard.
Hang tough Harvard.
The chapters the author shared with us at the Civil Procedure Workshop last year were so good! Looking forward to reading this.
July 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The chapters the author shared with us at the Civil Procedure Workshop last year were so good! Looking forward to reading this.
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New paper! This essay takes a step toward developing what I call a "jurisprudence of weaponized interdependence.: Building on @himself.bsky.social & @abenewman.bsky.social's groundbreaking work, I develop an account of the legal processes that facilitate the weaponization of networks. 1/x
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New paper! This essay takes a step toward developing what I call a "jurisprudence of weaponized interdependence.: Building on @himself.bsky.social & @abenewman.bsky.social's groundbreaking work, I develop an account of the legal processes that facilitate the weaponization of networks. 1/x
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Temple Law is hiring this year. We're looking in torts, tax, constitutional law, civil procedure, race/bias and the law, business law, and legal writing. The full ad and application portal is here. I'm chairing the committee; please reach out! law.temple.edu/engage/prosp...
Temple Law Faculty Application - Temple Law
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July 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Temple Law is hiring this year. We're looking in torts, tax, constitutional law, civil procedure, race/bias and the law, business law, and legal writing. The full ad and application portal is here. I'm chairing the committee; please reach out! law.temple.edu/engage/prosp...