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What We Do
Where the brain,
behavior & law meet.
Mind on Trial is a student-led nonprofit publication built on one central idea: neuroscience, human behavior, and the law belong in conversation with each other, and students are ready for that conversation.
We publish rigorous case analyses, accessible science explainers, and a literary journal where creative work is paired with neuroscience interpretation. Our analytical work comes from our school-based forensic analysis club. Our literary journal is open to students everywhere.
Case-Based Analyses
Real forensic and behavioral cases examined through our three-lens framework — scientific evidence, neuroscience, and legal outcome.
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Science Explainers
Plain-language articles on memory, impulse control, adolescent brain development, psychiatric genetics, and more.
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Neuro-Law Summaries
Accessible breakdowns of real legal cases where brain science played a role — making legal reasoning legible to non-lawyers.
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Literary Journal (The OV)
Student creative work — essays, poetry, fiction, art — on themes of memory, identity, justice, and behavior. Each piece optionally paired with a neuroscience interpretation.
