James Greiner
Visiting Fellow, March 16–April 6, 2012
Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard University
James Greiner's research interests include causal inference, ecological inference, election law, employment discrimination and quantitative legal empirics
Currently, Greiner's research focuses on statistics and litigation, including ecological inference models often used in cases under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as well as the application of counterfactual frameworks of causation to civil rights issues. His current projects concern redistricting, election administration, causal inference, evaluation of delivery of legal services, and adjudicative system design.
At Harvard, he teaches courses on civil procedure, expert witnesses, and voting regulation. Previously, Greiner practiced law for six years, three for the Department of Justice and three at Jenner & Block. He focused his practice on employment discrimination, voting rights, and the Decennial Census,but also was involved in long-running litigation related to aircraft carries and structural injunctions in long-running housing desegregation cases.
He earned his law degree at the University of Michigan and his doctorate in statistics at Harvard.
Activities
Events
- Law and Economics workshop
3:30 p.m. March 27, 2012 in Law School Seminar Room F