THE 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 3-5, 2022
University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road Charlottesville, Virginia
(directions)

Congrats to the winners of the 2022 Theodore Eisenberg Poster Session!

Prize Winner:

  • Ranae Jabri, Algorithmic Policing

Honorable Mentions:

  • Miriam Hamilton, Fair Cross-Sections and Unknown Demographics: Assessing the Use of Inferred Race Based on U.S. Census Data to Measure Disparities

  • Eric MartĂ­nez, So Much for Plain Language: An Analysis of the Accessibility of United States Federal Laws Over Time (co-authored with Francis Mollica, Edward Gibson)

  • Lindsay Graef, When Criminal Proceedings Can’t Proceed: Systemic Failures to Appear in Court (co-authored with Sandra Mayson, AurĂ©lie Ouss, Megan T. Stevenson)


  • CELS UVA 2022 will bring together over 200 scholars from around the world who are interested in the empirical analysis of law and legal institutions. Participants include scholars with backgrounds in economics, political science, psychology, policy analysis, and other fields.

  • Presented papers and posters are selected through a peer-review process.

  • CELS is co-sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS).

STAY
INFORMED
ABOUT CELS
2022

Registration for the conference is $195 ($55 for students), and includes breakfasts and lunches, and the Friday night reception. An additional fee of $45 is required to attend the Nov. 3 pre-conference workshop, and an additional $95 fee is required to attend Friday night’s conference dinner with keynote speaker Anne-Marie Slaughter. Details are below.

Pre-Conference Workshop

(Additional $45 for Workshop)

Thursday, Nov. 3   

11:30 a.m.
Workshop Registration and Box Lunch Pick-Up

Noon-6 p.m.

How to Produce Transparent Empirical Research

Includes Box Lunch


Empirical research is facing a credibility crisis. Empirical fields are starting to impose requirements on researchers, such as mandatory disclosures related to funding, conflicts of interest, data, analysis scripts and other materials, pre-registration and sample size justification. Several publishers of empirical legal studies have formally adopted such requirements. Recent meta-research (research on research) suggests that empirical legal scholars can do much more to enhance the credibility of their work.

The 2022 SELS workshop will cover the credibility crisis and methods for conducting credible research and developing meta-research agendas. We will also brainstorm as a group about steps our field might take to enhance and maintain credibility. Presenters include Bobby Bartlett, Jason Chin, Jonah Gelbach, Eric Helland, Scott Hirst, William Hubbard, Brian Nosek, Adriana Robertson, Paige Skiba, Holger Spamman, Megan Stevenson, Eric Talley and Kathy Zeiler.

FULL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies

Friday, Nov. 4  

8-9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9-10 a.m.
Plenary Session

10:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Main Sessions, includes Box Lunch

5:15-6:30 p.m.
Reception and Poster Session

6:30 p.m.
CELS Conference Dinner

(Additional $95 for Dinner)

Dinner Keynote Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Slaughter is the Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, former dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and the CEO of New America.

Saturday, Nov. 5

8-9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Main Sessions, Includes Box Lunch

ORGANIZERS

  • Michal Barzuza

    Michal Barzuza

    University of Virginia School of Law
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  • Kevin Cope

    Kevin Cope

    University of Virginia School of Law, Department of Politics, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

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  • Quinn Curtis

    Quinn Curtis

    University of Virginia School of Law

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Baker

    UC Berkeley School of Law

  • Naomi Cahn

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Joshua Fischman

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Jens Frankenreiter

    Washington University School of Law

  • Jonah Gelbach

    UC Berkeley School of Law

  • Elissa Gentry

    Florida State University College of Law

  • Mitu Gulati

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Andrew Hayashi

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Cathy Hwang

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Richard Hynes

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • David Law

    University of Virginia School of Law, Department of Politics

  • Michael Livermore

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Pedro Matos

    University of Virginia Darden School of Business

  • Anne Meng

    University of Virginia Department of Politics

  • Amalia Miller

    University of Virginia Department of Economics, NBER Law and Economics Program

  • John Monahan

    University of Virginia School of Law, Department of Psychology

  • Dotan Oliar

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • AurĂ©lie Ouss

    University of Pennsylvania Department of Criminology

  • Kimberly Robinson

    University of Virginia School of Law, School of Education and Human Development, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

  • Kyle Rozema

    Washington University School of Law

  • David C. Smith

    University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce

  • Barbara Spellman

    University of Virginia School of Law, Department of Psychology

  • Megan Stevenson

    University of Virginia School of Law, Department of Economics

  • Sean Sullivan

    University of Iowa

  • Pierre-Hugues Verdier

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • J.H. (Rip) Verkerke

    University of Virginia School of Law

  • Mila Versteeg

    University of Virginia School of Law