Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Advanced Course, October 24-26, 2008

 

On Friday, October 24, 2008 through Sunday, October 26, 2008 Lee Epstein and Andrew Martin will be teaching a workshop called "Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Advanced Course." This workshop will be held in Chicago, and is co-sponsored by Northwestern University and Washington University. The workshop is now open for registration at:

  http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/conferences/empiricalworkshop.html

The workshop is designed for those who have some experience with empirical legal research, and an understanding of elementary statistics (at the level taught in the introductory workshop). Topics to be covered will include: multiple regression, regression models for limited dependent variables, presenting results from non-linear models, data visualization and graphics, and matching methods for causal inference.

Please visit the website for all logistical details. Feel free to contact Andrew Martin ([email protected]) with substantive questions.