Hear Professor Adam Benforado speak about his new book Unfair: The New Science of Criminal
Injustice. Benforado takes apart the rules and assumptions of criminal law with scientific research, showing that psychology and neurology often make us do exactly what the legal "reasonable man" would not.

Professor Benforado is currently an Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. His research is focused on uncovering how our legal system may reflect unappreciated aspects of our cognitive frameworks and processes, and, as a consequence, how the law may fail to align with our purported values and fall short of meeting society’s needs.

Professor Benforado received his JD from Harvard Law School and was a Frank Knox Fellow and Visiting Scholar with the Cambridge University Faculty of Law. He clerked for Judge Judith Rogers on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Professor Benforado also worked at Jenner & Block, LLP in Washington, D.C., where he handled trial and appellate litigation matters.

Professor Benforado's op-eds, essays and letters have appeared in a variety of publications including the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Providence Journal, Baltimore Sun, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Legal Times and Boston
Review.