Edith Beerdsen’s research focuses on the implications of uncertainty in scientific and statistical evidence, as well as on strategic dimensions of civil practice. She teaches Evidence, Civil Procedure, and Scientific & Statistical Evidence. Her work has been published (or is forthcoming) in the Michigan Law Review, Cornell Law Review, North Carolina Law Review, Georgia Law Review, and numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Professor Beerdsen spent eight years as a civil litigator at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City, with a particular focus on cases involving scientific and statistical evidence. Prior to law school, Professor Beerdsen was a computational chemist and used computer simulations and statistical models to study molecular movement. From 2019 to 2022, she was an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at NYU School of Law.