Pre-Conference Workshop

(Additional $45 for Workshop)

Thursday, Nov. 3   

11:30 a.m.
Workshop Registration and Box Lunch Pick-Up

Noon-6 p.m.

How to Produce Transparent Empirical Research

Includes Box Lunch

Empirical research is facing a credibility crisis. Empirical fields are starting to impose requirements on researchers, such as mandatory disclosures related to funding, conflicts of interest, data, analysis scripts and other materials, pre-registration and sample size justification. Several publishers of empirical legal studies have formally adopted such requirements. Recent meta-research (research on research) suggests that empirical legal scholars can do much more to enhance the credibility of their work.

The 2022 SELS workshop will cover the credibility crisis and methods for conducting credible research and developing meta-research agendas. We will also brainstorm as a group about steps our field might take to enhance and maintain credibility. Presenters include Bobby Bartlett, Jason Chin, Jonah Gelbach, Eric Helland, Scott Hirst, William Hubbard, Brian Nosek, Adriana Robertson, Paige Skiba, Holger Spamman, Megan Stevenson, Eric Talley and Kathy Zeiler.

FULL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies

Friday, Nov. 4  

8-9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9-10 a.m.
Plenary Session

10:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Main Sessions, includes Box Lunch

5:15-6:30 p.m.
Reception and Poster Session

6:30 p.m.
CELS Conference Dinner

(Additional $95 for Dinner)

Dinner Keynote Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Slaughter is the Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, former dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and the CEO of New America.

Saturday, Nov. 5

8-9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Main Sessions, Includes Box Lunch