Society for Empirical Legal Studies
The Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS) is an international organization of scholars interested in empirical legal studies. The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (JELS) is the official SELS journal. Every year, SELS sponsors The Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS).
SELS EXISTS TO:
- Encourage and develop empirical and experimental scholarship on legal issues
- Stimulate ongoing conversations among scholars in law, economics, political science, criminology, finance, psychology, sociology, health care, and other disciplines
- Convene an annual conference of scholars on empirical legal studies
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY FOR EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES
To join the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, please click here. You join the Society by subscribing to the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Those who subscribe automatically become members of the Society, and the only way to become a member of the Society is by subscribing to the journal. Membership and subscription cost is $73 ($26 or $37 for students).
SELS BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Christina Boyd
Washington University in St. Louis
Yun-chien Chang
Cornell Law School
Dawn Chutkow (ex officio)
Cornell Law School
Stephanie Didwania
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
David Hyman
Georgetown Law School
Tonja Jacobi
Emory University School of Law
Jonathan Nash
Emory University School of Law
Jeff Rachlinski
Cornell Law School
Kyle Rozema
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Emily Ryo
Duke Law School
Sarath Sanga
Yale Law School
David Schwartz
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Joanna Shepherd
Emory University School of Law
Neel Sukhatme
Georgetown Law School
Joshua Teitelbaum
Georgetown Law School
Melissa Wasserman
University of Texas School of Law
Keren Weinshall
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
University of Pennsylvania Law School