Workshop on Judicial Behavior
2009-2010 Academic Year
Lee Epstein
William M. Landes
James Lindgren
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. In response, students will write short reports. By the end of the academic year, they will also produce a major research paper on judicial behavior.
The Workshop is limited to ten law students from the University of Chicago and ten from Northwestern University. It will meet nine times over the course of the 2008-09 academic year, with meetings alternating between Chicago and Northwestern.
Upcoming Workshops
20 Jan 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
University of Chicago
Reading:
- (to be posted)
17 Feb 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Northwestern Law (Searle Center Conference Room)
Reading:
- Harry T. Edwards & Michael A. Livermore, Pitfalls of Empirical Studies that Attempt to Understand the Factors Affecting Appellate Decisionmaking, 58 Duke Law Journal 1895.
3 Mar 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
University of Chicago
Readings:
- Daniel E. Ho & Kevin M. Quinn, How Not to Lie with Judicial Votes: Misconceptions, Measurement, and Models
- Andrew D. Martin, Kevin M. Quinn & Lee Epstein, The Median Justice on the United States Supreme Court, 83 North Carolina Law Review 1275 (2005).
7 Apr 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
at Northwestern Law (Searle Center Conference Room)
