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Richard K. Sherwin
Richard K. Sherwin is the Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, Dean for Faculty Research, and Director of the Visual Persuasion Project at New York Law School. He is the author of Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque: Arabesques & Entanglements (Routledge: 2011) and When Law Goes Pop:... show more



Richard K. Sherwin is the Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, Dean for Faculty Research, and Director of the Visual Persuasion Project at New York Law School. He is the author of Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque: Arabesques & Entanglements (Routledge: 2011) and When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line between Law and Popular Culture (Chicago: 2000, 2002). He is the editor and a contributor to A Cultural History of Law in the Modern Age (with Danielle Celemajer) (Bloomsbury 2017); Law, Culture, and Visual Studies, (with Anne Wagner) two volumes (Springer 2013); and Popular Culture and Law (Ashgate 2006).In 2005, Professor Sherwin launched the Visual Persuasion Project (www.visualpersuasionproject.com). The project seeks to promote a better understanding of the practice, theory, and teaching of law through the cultivation of critical visual intelligence. The website showcases "best practices" in visual persuasion inside the courtroom through a broad range of visual products, from 2-D and 3-D animations to accident reenactments, day-in-the-life documentaries, settlement brochures, montages, and other innovative visual products.A frequent public speaker both in the United States and abroad, Professor Sherwin is a regular commentator for television, radio, and print media on the relationship between law, culture, film, and digital media. His appearances include NBC's Today Show, WNET, National Public Radio, RTE Radio 1 (National Public Radio in Ireland) and CKUT (Montreal, Canada).


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