Legal scholarship workshop Feb. 9-11

Dec. 7, 2006 -- The School of Law's Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) will host the workshop "Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Advanced Course" Feb. 9-11 in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

The workshop, co-sponsored by CERL and Northwestern University, is designed for law- school faculty interested in furthering their training in empirical research.

"Legal academics are increasingly conducting empirical research to better understand law, courts and the legal system," said Andrew D. Martin, Ph.D., CERL director and professor of political science in Arts & Sciences and of law. "For years, Washington University has been a leader in empirical research with active faculty in the law school, Arts & Sciences and the Olin School of Business."

Martin will serve as a workshop instructor, along with Lee Epstein, Ph.D., the Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law at Northwestern University.

Course topics include multiple regression, regression models for limited dependent variables, presenting results from nonlinear models, matching methods for casual inference, and data visualization and graphics.

Tuition is $750 for those who register by Dec. 13. After Dec. 13, the fee is $850. For more information, visit cerl.wustl.edu/events/acels07s/ or call CERL coordinator Karma Q. Jenkins at 935-9490.