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Northwestern Law and Washington University present a three-day faculty workshop on how to conduct empirical research.

Leading empirical scholars Lee Epstein and Andrew Martin will teach the "Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship" workshop, which will provide formal training in how to design, conduct, and assess empirical studies, and how to use statistical software (Stata) to analyze and manage data.

The workshop will take place at the School of Law, 357 E. Chicago Ave., May 22 to 24.

Lee Epstein is currently the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Washington University and a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She has received 10 grants from the National Science Foundation for her work on judicial politics and has also authored, co-authored, or edited more than 70 articles and essays, as well as 13 books. Epstein, who visited Northwestern as the Jack N. Pritzker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in fall 2005, will permanently join the Northwestern Law faculty as the Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law in September 2006.

Andrew D. Martin, Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington University, specializes in political methodology and has written widely on American political institutions, including the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals. Professor Martin has received grants from the National Science Foundation for his work on the U.S. Supreme Court, and his research has appeared in a number of outlets, including the Journal of Legal Studies; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; California Law Review; Columbia Law Review; North Carolina Law Review; and other law reviews as well as leading social science and applied statistics journals. He has co-organized and co-taught the empirical scholarship workshop with Professor Epstein for the last five years.

For more information and to register, visit the Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop site.

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