Lee Epstein is the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation for her work on law and legal institutions, Epstein has authored or co-authored over 100 articles and essays, as well as 15 books. The Behavior of Federal Judges, with William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner, was published by Harvard University Press in 2013. Her most recent book is An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Pauline Kim is the Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science. A nationally recognized expert on the law governing the employment relationship, she is co-author of Work Law: Cases and Materials (with Marion Crain and Michael Selmi). She has conducted path-breaking empirical work on employees' legal knowledge, public enforcement of federal employment discrimination laws and judicial decision-making. She is a member of the American Law Institute and currently serves as co-President of the Society of Empirical Legal Studies.

James Daily has a Master's Degree in Computer Science and a law degree, both from Washington University. In addition to his role at CERL, he is a Lecturer at the School of Law. He has worked as a research associate at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, an attorney and litigation consultant on intellectual property matters, and as a software developer for legal applications.