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:
Michal Barzuza
University of Virginia Law School
Stefan Bechtold
ETH Zurich
Yun-chien Chang
Cornell Law School
Adam Chilton
University of Chicago Law School
Dawn Chutkow (ex officio)
Cornell Law School
Kevin Cope
University of Virginia Law School
Quinn Curtis
University of Virginia Law School
Dhammika Dharmapala
Berkeley Law School
Miguel de Figueirido
University of Connecticut School of Law
Michael Frakes
Duke Law School
James Greiner
Harvard Law School
Daniel E. Ho
Stanford Law School
William Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
Tonja Jacobi
Emory University School of Law
Jonathan Nash
Emory University School of Law
Emily Ryo
Duke Law School
Joanna Shepherd
Emory University School of Law
Kathryn Zeiler
Boston University School of Law