The Advanced Course is for law school faculty interested in furthering their training in empirical research. The workshop is designed for those who have some experience with empirical legal research and an understanding of elementary statistics (at the level taught in the introductory workshop). Topics to be covered will include multiple regression, regression models for limited dependent variables, presenting results from non-linear models, data visualization and graphics, and matching methods for casual inference.
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All sessions, meals, and receptions will be presented at Northwestern University School of Law, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago.
Check-in will begin at 12:30 a.m. on October 24. Classes are in session from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
October 24 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on October 25 with a one-hour break for lunch (provided) and brief mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks each day.
Classes will end at noon on October 26 to allow participants to head to the airport to catch flights.
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Lee Epstein (site), the Henry Wade Rogers Professor at Northwestern University, is a leading empirical legal scholar and a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and American Academy of Arts and Science. She has co-organized and co-led this annual empirical scholarship workshop for the past six years. Professor Epstein has received 10 grants from the National Science Foundation for her work on judicial politics and has also authored, co-authored, or edited more than 100 articles and essays, as well as 14 books. Her empirical research focuses on U.S. Supreme Court, as well as constitutional courts abroad.
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Andrew D. Martin (site), Professor of Law and Political Science, and Director of the Center for Empirical Research in the Law at Washington University, specializes in political methodology and has written widely on American political institutions, including the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals. He has co-organized and co-taught the empirical scholarship workshop with Professor Epstein for the last six years. Professor Martin has received grants from the National Science Foundation for his work on the U.S. Supreme Court, and his research has appeared in a number of outlets, including the Journal of Legal Studies; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; California Law Review; Columbia Law Review; North Carolina Law Review; and other law reviews as well as leading social science and applied statistics journals.
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Visit Northwestern's Website for additional details and registration informaiton.
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