Don't blink

Law and Human Behavior is part of a global institution that makes unique contributions to knowledge. Notable psychology-law researcher concerns of the era of my editorship included trying to move beyond undergraduate students as research participants, the ethics of expert witnessing, and the dilemmas of data sharing. An advantage of being editor during Law and Human Behavior's youth was that the journal was publishing some of the earliest studies of a variety of phenomena and addressing topics still new to psychology-law: broad inquiries about law through psychological lenses, court processes, clinical forensics, eyewitnesses, experts and their knowledge, jury-relevant research; other justice system decision making. I conclude with a discussion of editorial due process and some lessons of an infamous editorial. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).