Talks, trainings, and education on evidence, judgment, and responsible technology.

I speak and teach about how people evaluate evidence, build trust, respond to technology, and make decisions when the stakes are high. My work is especially focused on courts, legal professionals, judicial education, AI, scientific literacy, and the role of human judgment in responsible technology use.

TOPICS

Clear, practical conversations for high-stakes settings.

AI, Courts, and Human Judgment

How judges and legal professionals understand AI, where the risks are, and how institutions can support responsible use without replacing human reasoning.

Scientific Evidence and Decision-Making

How professionals can evaluate research, expert claims, statistics, and scientific evidence with more clarity and care.

Trust, Fairness, and Procedural Justice

How people judge whether systems are fair, legitimate, and trustworthy, especially in high-stakes legal settings.

Clear conversations for high-stakes decisions

Practical training on AI verification, confidentiality, appropriate reliance, bias, and cognitive load, helping professionals slow down, notice uncertainty, and make careful decisions when technology produces fast answers.

Behavioral Science in Legal Decision-Making

How psychology helps explain judgment, bias, trust, fairness, evidence evaluation, and decision-making in legal and institutional settings.

Research Translation and Judicial Education

How to turn empirical research into practical training, discussion questions, bench cards, decision tools, and learning experiences that help legal professionals use evidence with clarity and care.

TEACHING, MENTORSHIP & METHODS SUPPORT

Helping students and professionals make sense of research, evidence, and legal psychology.

My education work focuses on helping students, judges, and legal professionals understand complex research, evaluate evidence, strengthen writing, and connect scholarly ideas to real-world legal contexts.

Graduate Teaching and Student Mentorship

As a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University, I support graduate students in psychology and law as they work through complex research, legal psychology concepts, forensic psychology, and applied evidence. I help students strengthen their research thinking, writing, and ability to connect scholarly ideas to practice.

Judicial Studies Writing and Statistics Support

I provide writing and statistics consultation for judicial students in the University of Nevada, Reno Judicial Studies program, supporting judges as they work through thesis and dissertation projects involving research design, analysis, interpretation, and scholarly writing.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS

Recent talks and research presentations.

I present research on AI, courts, judicial decision-making, legal professionals’ technology attitudes, and the practical training needs that arise when new tools enter high-stakes systems.

National Judicial Summit, Santa Fe, NM

June 2026

Preparing Judges for AI: Training Needs, Policy Gaps, and Responsible Use

Poster presentation on judicial AI readiness, including training needs, policy gaps, ethical safeguards, and the importance of responsible AI literacy for courts.

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Judges’ Concerns About AI in Bail and Sentencing Decisions

Poster presentation on judges’ concerns about AI risk assessment tools, including bias in data, judicial discretion, procedural justice, legitimacy, and the need for clear guidelines.

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Judging AI: What Makes Judges Open to Artificial Intelligence?

Poster presentation on professional identity, fairness, legitimacy, trust, and judicial openness to AI adoption.

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American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Reno, NV

March 2026

Judging AI: Exploring Professional Identity and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence in the Legal System

Research presentation on how judges perceive AI tools in legal decision-making, including message framing, professional identity, procedural justice, trust, legitimacy, and adoption.

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Insights from Judges and Lawyers

Research presentation on judges’ and lawyers’ views of AI in legal practice, including perceived impact, familiarity, training gaps, ethics, bias mitigation, and professional concerns.

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FORMATS

Available for talks, training, and collaborative education.

I am available for research talks, judicial education sessions, webinars, workshops, guest lectures, student-facing research workshops, panels, and collaborative training development. For speaking, education, or training inquiries, please reach out.

For research, writing, speaking, education, or thoughtful collaboration, I would be glad to connect.

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Anna Fine, Ph.D.
Researcher · Science Communicator · AI and Courts Advisor
Evidence, judgment, and responsible technology.

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