Richard Lempert is the Eric Stein Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Law & Sociology (University of Michigan). He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Michigan Law School and holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan. From June 2008 until July 2011, he served as chief scientist in the Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division of the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security and prior to that, served as the division director for the Social and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation. His research focuses on the problem of applying social science research to legal issues, ranging from juries and capital punishment, to the use of statistical and social science evidence by courts. Professor Lempert wrote an influential amicus brief in the Fisher vs. University of Texas affirmative action case.

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