Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD

Judith G. Edersheim is a graduate of Brown University, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Medical School and served as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert W. Sweet in the Federal District Court in Southern District of New York. Dr. Edersheim practiced trial and corporate law with the Boston law firm of Hill and Barlow and is a member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She did her adult psychiatry residency at the Cambridge Hospital and completed forensic fellowship training at the Law and Psychiatry Service of Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Edersheim is licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Edersheim is the founding co-director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, where she is an attending psychiatrist. The Center brings insights from neuroscience, neurology and psychiatry into the legal arena in an effort to improve the justice system. She is also an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In addition, Dr. Edersheim lectures extensively in state and federal court settings, as well in the teaching programs of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Law School. She has published scholarly articles, book chapters and editorials on law and neuroscience as well as appearing on popular media outlets regarding these subjects.

Center participation over the last year: delivered a lecture in MBE/fellowship, served as capstone mentor

Center participation over the coming year: delivered a lecture in MBE/fellowship, served as capstone mentor, attend endowed lecture