Anna Offit
@AnnaOffit
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associate professor of law @SMULawSchool and @Princeton-trained legal anthropologist. criminal law, evidence, ethics, jury trials, empirical legal research.
Dallas, TX
Joined March 2016
At last! Holding the first copies of my new book, The Imagined Juror. It shows that fed prosecutors need jurors to do their jobs, and so even with few trials, they spend a lot of time, well, inventing and thinking with them–with interesting implications. https://t.co/eUybPXuHBe
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A huge round of applause to our very own Dr. Alexandra Pavlakis, as well as Dr. Kacy Hollenback, Dr. Stephanie Langin-Hooper, and Dr. Anna Offit for being awarded the 2025 Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Award. Congratulations from all our Students, Faculty, and Staff!
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Reimagining the Inclusive Jury: Anna Offit argues that the innovative modifications to #jury trials that emerged during the COVID-19 #pandemic should not be abandoned as infection rates decrease. Read More: https://t.co/eRyKKZySnh Subscribe: https://t.co/AJt1ftN5oJ
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Professor @AnnaOffit's article, "Reimagining the Inclusive Jury," was published in the @UCDavisLRev. The article argues that some of the trial modifications that emerged during the pandemic should not disappear with decreasing infection numbers. Read: https://t.co/gc3sRM2mgs
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Thanks to @CornellLaw for sharing the exciting news that our coedited book won the @APLS41 book award! It was an amazing collaboration with so many top global scholars. So honored to!
Congratulations to Professor Valerie Hans, who's co-edited book, Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective, was awarded the 2024 Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award from the American Psychology-Law Society! #CornellLawSchool
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In Stockholm? This coming Monday (Feb 5) I'm giving a talk on my book project, Down and Out in Utopia: Unemployment, Morality, and Social Democracy in Norway, at the Department of Social Anthropology @Stockholm_Uni. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/0iDDhv8KqZ
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I somehow missed this Medium article by @EvaNatiello about my grandfather, Sidney Offit-- now 95, and still a favorite teacher and cheerleader 🙌
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This story will fly under the radar. It shouldn't. Houston tried to prosecute a woman for helping the homeless. And the state couldn't even impanel a jury, because the bulk of potential jurors saw the case for the insanity that it is. This is why jury trials are essential:
Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless
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🎉Economic Anthropologists - SMU is hiring! We are looking for a tenure-track assistant professor. Region and area of specialization are open. Applications due October 15. More information here: https://t.co/ZMwA98gaNj
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📣 We. Can't. Stop. Hiring. Thrilled to share a 2nd TT search at SMU Anthropology. We are looking for an Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology to join a university cluster hire on urban research. Region and interests open. Apply by October 15. https://t.co/ndNDuSag7E
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Wow, huge news at SMU: they're hiring a TT Assistant Professor of Economic Anthropology. Applications due October 15. Just amazing stuff. https://t.co/0vzMAgRrHY
IT’S OFFICIAL SMU is joining the ACC The Pony Express is back!
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An exciting opportunity for anthropologists @SMU! 👇
We're hiring! @SMU Anthropology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Economic Anthropology. Open to all interests and regions. Deadline is October 15. Come work with us! https://t.co/0vzMAgRrHY
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Cultural anthropology job market is actually looking...pretty good? Some great positions out there (and possibly more to come from a fantastic department in Dallas??? 🤠)
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Judge: Mr. Tsai, what do teach? Me: Constitutional Law, Inequality, Democratic Reform, Crim Pro Judge: What do you write about? Me: Legal theory, constitutional history, race and poverty in the criminal justice system, prosecutorial abuse Judge: Thank you, you’re excused.
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Fantastic article by @robertiafolla via @bloomberglaw suggesting a crack in a years long trend: more courts approve remote work as an accommodation. With insights from @nicolebporter @ArleneKanter @weparmet @dandrashu Bob Dinerstein & myself. #CripTheVote
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Federal judges are somewhat less likely to side with employers that deny requests for telework as a disability accommodation after the Covid-19 pandemic sparked a remote work revolution.
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A very troubling report. And I’m having a hard time understanding what the affirmative argument would be for why grand jurors can’t speak with each other.
A state court–issued handbook explains that the grand jury should “discuss with each other the evidence and the legal instructions” before voting on felony indictments. But a foreman alleged that court officers in Queens had instructed them otherwise. https://t.co/CA1aiXbCZc
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Peremptory strikes begin today in the Bowers prosecution
If all goes as planned, opening statements will start after Memorial Day.
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In 2018 the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history was carried out in a Pittsburgh synagogue. Mendy Cohen is covering the prosecution here https://t.co/NkzrAS3FQD including jury selection.
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Holograms could make witness testimony more convenient and accessible, say advocates of the technology. Read more in The Afternoon Docket: https://t.co/4cyEu1ppVe Subscribe: https://t.co/FAIyjGX96P
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