The Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship workshop is for law school faculty interested in learning about empirical research. Leading empirical scholars Lee Epstein and Andrew Martin will teach the workshop, which provides the formal training necessary to design, conduct, and assess empirical studies, and to use statistical software (Stata) to analyze and manage data. Participants need no background or knowledge of statistics to enroll in the workshop.
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All sessions, meals, and receptions will be presented at Northwestern University School of Law, 357 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago.
Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. on June 23. Classes are in session from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 23 and 24 with a one-hour break for lunch (provided) and brief mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks each day. Classes will end at 2 p.m. on June 25 to allow participants to head to the airport to catch flights.
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Lee Epstein (site), Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, is a leading empirical legal scholar and a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the 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 70 articles and essays, as well as 13 books. Her empirical research focuses on U.S. Supreme Court, as well as constitutional courts abroad.
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Andrew D. Martin (site), Director of the Center for Empirical Research in the Law, is a Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He specializes in political methodology and has written widely on American political institutions, including the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals. Martin has co-organized and co-taught the introductory 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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