Save the Date: 2026 CELS

On behalf of the 2026 CELS co-organizers at Northwestern, Stephanie Didwania, Kyle Rozema, and David Schwartz, I am delighted to pass along the following information.

Save the Date!

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies

October 2-3, 2026

 The 20th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) will be held October 2-3, 2026 at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.

 

More information here:

https://www.law.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/events/conferences/cels-2026/

 

CELS 2026 is co-sponsored by Northwestern Law and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies. 

2026 Northwestern Main and Advanced Causal Inference Workshops

A long-time colleague, Bernie Black (Northwestern), asked that I share the following information on his 2026 causal inference workshops.

We are excited to be holding our 15^th annual workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference at Northwestern Law School in Chicago, IL.  We invite you to attend. 

Main Workshop:  Monday – Friday, August 3 - August 7, 2026.

Advanced Workshop:  Monday – Wednesday, August 10-12, 2026.

Optional Machine Learning Primer:  Sunday afternoon, Aug. 9, 2026.

What is special about these workshops:

1.     World-class speakers working at the frontier of causal inference research.

2.     Stata and R Coding sessions with exclusive access to the dedicated repository.

3.     Breakout sessions for feedback on your own research.

In person-registration is limited to 125 participants for each workshop, so hurry up and register for in person attendance!

There will also be a Zoom option, but please come in person if you can.  We do our best, but the online experience is not the same.

For more conference and registration information: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/events/conferences/causalinference/