Empirical Legal Studies

For the underlying datasets themselves, movement across various software platforms are most easily achieved via third-party software (I'...

A steady decline in insanity claims by defendants in criminal cases over time juxtaposes with a concurrent increase in claims that defendant...

Call for Papers -- Deadline Extension Conference on Empirical Legal Studies October 2-3, 2026   The 2026 Conference on Empirical Legal Studi...

Many topics in family law, for both obvious and perhaps less than obvious reasons, garner a bit more "heat than light." As well, f...

American courts, by tradition and for all the obvious reasons, reflexively tilt in a direction that favors public access to judicial records...

While prosecutorial charging decisions occupy a central position in the American criminal legal system, data access has severely constrained...

In many ways, local prosecutors perform often critical roles in the nation's criminal justice system. While a recent, albeit small, surg...

  Call for Papers Conference on Empirical Legal Studies October 2-3, 2026   The 2026 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS), co-sponso...

While first-year law students are taught that the most common justification for federal diversity jurisdiction involves concerns about pot...

It is with sadness that I note the recent passing of Prof. Marc Galanter (Wisc.). As Brian Leiter observes ( here ), Professor Galanter'...