Workshop on Judicial Behavior
2012-2013 Academic Year
Frank H. Easterbrook
Lee Epstein
William M. Landes
Richard A. Posner
The Workshop on Judicial Behavior provides students with a unique opportunity to read and analyze cutting-edge scholarship that focuses on how judges reach their decisions. In a case law system such as that of the United States, a realistic understanding of judicial behavior, which conventional legal instruction does not convey, is essential to the understanding and practice of law.
Over the course of the academic year, eight scholars from the fields of law and the social sciences will present their work. By the end of the academic year, students will produce a major research paper on judicial behavior.
The Workshop is limited to twenty law students; interested students should contact Prof. Landes (land@uchicago.edu) by the start of fall quarter 2012. It will meet eight times over the course of the academic year.
2012-13 Workshops
10 Oct 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Law School, Room D
Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
31 Oct 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Law School, Room I
Voting for the President: The Supreme Court During War
14 Nov 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Law School, Room D
Lay Judgments of Judicial Decision Making
9 Jan 2013 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Law School, Room D
The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court: Executive Influence and Judicial Decisions
10 Apr 2013 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Law School, Room D
Judicial Activism in State Supreme Courts: Institutional Design and Judicial Behavior