Date Chartered: 7/17/2017

Purpose

The Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession promotes communication relating to the empirical study of the full panoply of questions raised by legal education and the legal profession, encourages professional development and fostering of relevant skills and expertise for those interested in engaging in the empirical study of legal education and the legal profession, and fosters exploration of and exchange of information relating to research developments between distinct communities within legal education

Leadership   Section Members

2024

Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Empirical Study of Legal Education  Award Ceremony

2023

Main Program
Works-in-Progress

2022

Main Program
Law and the Social Sciences (Co-sponsored by Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession)
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Works in Progress

2021

Main Program

2020

Main Program
Business Meeting
Law and the Social Sciences (Co-sponsored by Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession)

2019

Main Program

The Judith Welch Wegner Award

The Judith Welch Wegner Award honors the memory of Section co-founder and former AALS President Judith Welch Wegner by recognizing outstanding contributions to the empirical study of legal education or the legal profession.

Past 

The Dialogue Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Monday, June 26, 2023, 2 pm ET

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Q&A For Beginner Empiricists

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 3:00 – 5:00 PM ET

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