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Death Penalty Data in Delaware

March 20, 2012 15:57

My Cornell colleagues--Sheri Johnson, John Blume, Ted Eisenberg, Valerie Hans, and Marty Wells--report on the administration of the death penalty in The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study. The excerpted abstract, below, summarizes their findings. "Our conclusions consist of three...My...

Blog Roundup: Pedigree and Performance

March 13, 2012 04:28

Always-provocative lawblogger Vivia Chen's recent post "Too good for Big Law" has drawn a fair bit of attention. She notes work by our very own Bill Henderson (using data from the NLJ) suggesting that associate to partner odds -- that...Always-provocative lawblogger Vivia Chen's recent post...

Regulating Little League Pitching & Data

March 12, 2012 15:17

While perhaps a bit afar from standard ELS Blog fare, today's NYT includes an interesting front-page story (here) on emerging data on whether curve ball bans and pitch count limits, imposed by many little leagues, are borne out by data....While perhaps a bit afar from standard ELS Blog fare,...

Yet More Forthcoming ELS Workshops

March 08, 2012 21:38

From Bernie Black (Northwestern) & Mathew McCubbins (USC): The third (annual) Workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference, sponsored by Northwestern University, University of Southern California, the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS), and the Searle Center on Law, Regulation,...From...

More Forthcoming ELS Workshops

February 29, 2012 20:33

From Andy Martin (Wash U) and Lee Epstein (USC): "On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, through Friday, May 24, 2012, Lee Epstein and Andrew Martin will be teaching their 11th Annual Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop. The workshop will be held...From Andy Martin (Wash U) and Lee Epstein...

ELS & International Law

February 29, 2012 02:41

While empirical work on international law issues has lagged compared empirical work in other areas, partly owing to a paucity of helpful data, change is afoot. In The Empirical Turn in International Legal Scholarship, Gregory Shaffer (Minn.) and Tom Ginsburg...While empirical work on international...

American Bar Foundation (ABF) Call for Visiting Scholars

February 21, 2012 16:08

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) invites scholars to join our intellectual community for the 2012-2013 academic year. The ABF encourages national and international scholars on leave or sabbatical to take advantage of our diverse community and excellent facilities. We offer... The American Bar...

Data & Pedagogy: Civil Procedure

February 17, 2012 02:58

Over at Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman's (Temple) fascinating post features a simple graphic that speaks, quite literally, for itself and potentially implies a lot for how first year civil procedure is traditionally structured and presented. Well worth a look.Over at Concurring Opinions, Dave...

Causal Inference, Research Design & Empirical Legal Studies

February 08, 2012 22:24

Insofar as I regard Prof. Underhill Moore as the (under-appreciated) intellectual "father" of the modern empirical legal studies movement (full disclosure: a small framed photograph of Moore adorns my office wall), I remain partial to those who recognize Moore's scholarly...Insofar as I regard...

The Influence of Race on eBay Auctions

October 19, 2011 19:45

Regardless of what one might think about the prospects for a "Post-Racial" society, one could plausibly assume that racial effects are less likely to emerge in an auction setting. Results from a clever study challenge that assumption, however. In Race...Regardless of what one might think about the...