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 May 20. Classes are in session from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 20 and May 21 with a one-hour break for lunch (provided) and brief mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks each day. Class will end at 2 p.m. on May 22 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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Please visit Northwestern's workshop page for specific registration details.
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