The 13th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) will be held Friday, November 9- Saturday, November 10, 2018, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the University of Michigan Law School.
CELS brings together scholars from law, economics, political science, psychology, policy analysis, and other fields who are interested in the empirical analysis of law and legal institutions.
CELS presents papers that engage empirical and experimental scholarship on legal issues spanning all areas of empirical legal studies. Papers are selected through a peer review process for presentation at the conference. Papers are presented in panels, with assigned commenters for each paper, and opportunities for audience discussion.
CELS is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Law School and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS).
Location
University of Michigan Law school, Ann Arbor, MI.
Call for Papers
CELS will consider empirical papers spanning all areas of empirical legal studies. Authors are encouraged to submit works-in-progress; however, submissions should be completed drafts that include principal results. Submitted papers must be unpublished (and expected to be unpublished at the time of the conference).
If accepted, authors will have an opportunity to submit a revised draft prior to the conference for presentation and discussion. Please note that accepted papers will be made available to all conference participants.
The full list of topics is given here. The registration link will be live on this page.
Submit your paper by June 22, 2018.
Contact
If you have questions about the submissions process or the conference please contact CELS-2018@umich.edu.
For official website link, click here.
