Washington University in St. Louis
Center for Empirical Research in the Law
Campus Box 1120
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
(314) 935-7847 epstein@wustl.edu http://epstein.wustl.edu
1 Current Appointments, Honorary Fellowships
Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor
Washington University, 2014-
Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research in Law
Washington University, 2014-
Lecturer in Law/Visiting Professor
University of Chicago, 2011-
Visiting Professor, Law & Comparative Politics
University of Bergen (Norway), 2016-
Distinguished Affiliated Professor, Center for Empirical Legal Studies
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2017-
International Himalaya Law Chair Professorship
National Taiwan University, 2018-19
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006-
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science
2004-
Courses, undergraduates:American Legal System, American Government, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law,Current Controversies on the Supreme Court, Defendants’ Rights, Interest Group Politics, Judicial Processes,Politics of Litigation, Research Design and Methods, U.S. Supreme Court
Courses, Ph.D. students:American Political Institutions, Constitutional Interpretation, Judicial Politics, Law andPolitics, U.S. Supreme Court
Courses, J.D. students:Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Law, Law and Social Change, Judicial BehaviorWorkshop, Law and Political Economy Colloquium, Law and Politics, Law in Social Science, The RobertsCourt, Social-Scientific Research for Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court
Workshops: Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, JudicialBehavior, Social Science Research Methods, Statistics: An Introduction, The U.S. Supreme Court Database
2 Research
2.1 Books
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 2019 (10th ed.). 2016 (9th ed.). 2013 (8th ed.). 2010 (7th ed.). 2006 (6th
ed.). 2004. (5th ed.). 2001 (4th ed.). 1998 (3rd ed.). 1995 (2nd ed.). 1992 (1st ed.).Constitutional Lawfor a Changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly
Press.
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 10th ed. (in preparation). 2016 (9th ed.). 2013 (8th ed.). 2010 (7th
ed.). 2007 (6th ed.). 2004. (5th ed.). 2001 (4th ed.). 1998 (3rd ed.). 1995 (2nd ed.). 1992 (1st ed.).
Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints Washington, D.C.:
Congressional Quarterly Press.
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 2017 (7th ed.). 2016 (6th ed.). 2012 (5th ed.). 2008 (4th ed.). 2005
(3rd ed.). 2000 (2nd ed.). 1996 (1st ed.). Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
The Constitutional Law for a Changing America books received the 2003 Teaching and Mentoring Award,which “recognizes innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts,”presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association and supportedby a contribution from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association.
Subject of an authors-meet-readers panel, held at the 2015 annual meeting of the Midwest Political ScienceAssociation.
Epstein, Lee, editor. 2013. The Economics of Judicial Behaviour. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK. (Two volumes
in Elgar’s series on Economic Approaches to Law, edited by Richard A. Posner & Francesco
Parisi.)
Reviewed in the The New Republic, April 8, 2013; Harvard Law Review127 (2014): 2465-2497; Law &Social Inquiry 41 (2016): 502-521, among other journals
Subject of a conferenceat the Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Chicago,October 4-5, 2013; to be subject of a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel.
Subject of a symposium in Judicature, October 2013; European Journal of Law and Economics, 2015
Research findings discussed/described/reviewed on C-SPAN, Book TV, January 7, 2006; and in the SanFrancisco Chronicle, May 31, 2009, A23; the New York Times, January 9, 2006, A16; Chronicle of HigherEducation, November 11, 2005; Wall Street Journal, October 28, A5; National Law Journal, October 24,2005, 1; Washington Post, October 16, 2005, T04; Suffolk Lawyer, October 2005, 29; Kansas City StarSun, October 9, 2005; Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 2005; slate.com, September 5, 2005;msnbc.msn.com, September 5, 2005; San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2005, B1; The AmericanProspect, September 1, 2005, 37.
Chapter 5 summarized and partially excerpted in The Politics of Appointments Meets the Politics ofJudging, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 24, 2005, B1.
Epstein, Lee, editor. 2005. Courts and Judges. Volume included in The International Library of Essays in Law andSociety. Hampshire, England: Ashgate.
Murphy, Walter F., C. Herman Pritchett, Lee Epstein, & Jack Knight. 2005 (6th ed.). 2002 (5th ed.). Courts,Judges, & Politics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 1998. The Choices Justices Make. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly
Press.
Excerpted in Richard Seamon, Andrew Siegel, Joseph Thai & Kathryn A. Watts. 2013. The SupremeCourt Sourcebook. Aspen.
Winner of the Lasting Contribution Award “for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that hasmade a lasting impression on the field of law and courts,” presented by the Law and Courts Section ofthe American Political Science Association, 2010.
Excerpted in Choices: An American Government Reader. 2002. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.
Excerpted in Walter F. Murphy, C. Herman Pritchett, Lee Epstein, & Jack Knight. 2005 (6thed.). 2002(5thed.). Courts, Judges, & Politics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Excerpted in Samuel Kernell and Steven S. Smith, eds. 2000 (1sted.). 2003 (2nded). Principles andPractice in American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Washington, D.C.: CongressionalQuarterly Press.
Subject of the Law and Courts Authors’ Meet Critics Roundtable, held at the annual meeting of theSouthern Political Science Association, 1999.
Winner of the C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book published on law and courts, presented bythe Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 1998.
Subject of the Law and Courts Authors’ Meet Critics Roundtable, held at the annual meeting of theAmerican Political Science Association, 1998.
Described in What 15 Top Political Scientists are Working on Now, Chronicle of Higher Education,September 15, 1997.
Epstein, Lee. 1985 (cloth). 1988 (paper). Conservatives in Court. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.
(Revised version of my dissertation.)
2.2 Books Under Contract
Brennan, Thomas, Lee Epstein & Nancy Staudt. A Macro-Theory of the Court: How National and LocalTrends Affect Judicial Decision Making. University of Chicago Press.
Epstein, Lee. 2018. “Forward Movement in the Development of Data Infrastructure for the Comparative
Analysis of Law and Legal Institutions.” In Concepts, Data, and Methods in Comparative Law andPolitics, ed. Diana Kapiszewski & Matthew C. Ingram. Cambridge University Press, in press.
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin, Kevin Quinn, & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2018. “Politics and the Legal System.” In
Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, ed. Roger Congleton, Bernard Grofman, and Stefan Voigt. Oxford
University Press, in press.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 2018. “Efficacious Judging on Apex Courts.” In Comparative Judicial Review,
ed. Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon. Elgar Publishing, in press.
Epstein, Lee, James L. Gibson, & Andrew D. Martin. 2018. “Using Databases to Study Constitutional Law.”
In Handbook of Research Methods in Constitutional Law, ed. David Law. Edward Elgar Publishing, in
press.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 2018. “Strategic Accounts of Judging.” In Routledge Handbook of JudicialBehavior, ed. Kirk A. Randazzo and Robert M. Howard. Routledge.
Epstein, Lee. 2017. “Exemplary Law Books of 2016.” In 2017 Green Bag Almanac & Reader, ed. Ross E.
Davies & Cattleya M. Concepcion.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 2017. “The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior.” In The Oxford Handbookof U.S. Judicial Behavior ed. Lee Epstein & Stefanie A. Lindquist. Oxford University Press, in press.
Epstein, Lee & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2012. “Judicial Selection.” In The Oxford Companion to American Politics.
Oxford University Press.
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 2012.“The Supreme Court of the United States.” In The Oxford Companion toComparative Politics, ed. Margaret E. Crahan, Craig N. Murphy, and Ayse Kaya. Oxford University
Press.
Epstein, Lee Andrew D. Martin, Kevin Quinn, & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2012. “Ideology and the Study
of Judicial Behavior.” In Ideology, Psychology, and Law, ed. Jon Hanson. Oxford University
Press.
Epstein, Lee & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2009. “Nominating Federal Judges and Justices.” In The Oxford Handbook on theAmerican Presidency, ed. George C. Edwards III and William G. Howell. Oxford University
Press.
Epstein, Lee. 2008. “The U.S. Supreme Court.” In The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics, ed. Keith E.
Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen, and Gregory A. Caldeira. Oxford University Press.
Epstein, Lee & Andrew D. Martin. 2005. “Coding Variables.” In The Handbook of Social Measurement, ed.
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. Academic Press.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 2003. “Walter F. Murphy.” In Pioneers of Judicial Behavior, ed. Nancy Maveety. Ann
Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Epstein, Lee & Lynn Mather. 2003. “Beverly Blair Cook.” In Pioneers of Judicial Behavior, ed. Nancy Maveety.
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Epstein, Lee. “Foreword.” 2002 (2nd ed.). 2000 (1st ed.). In The U.S. Supreme Court and the Political Process, ed.
by David Ryden. Georgetown University Press.
Epstein, Lee, Jack Knight, & Olga Shvetsova. 2002. “Selecting Selection Systems.” In Judicial Independence at theCrossroads: An Interdisciplinary Approach, ed. Stephen B. Burbank & Barry Friedman. American Academy of
Political and Social Science/Sage Publications (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2000 meeting of
the Conference Group on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics).
Epstein, Lee. “Foreword.” 2000. In Constitutional Process: A Social Choice Analysis of Supreme Court DecisionMaking, written by Maxwell L. Stearns. University of Michigan Press.
Epstein, Lee. 1996. “Beverly Blair Cook.” In Women In Law, ed. Rebecca Mae Salokar & Mary Volcansek.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Epstein, Lee, Joseph F. Kobylka, & Joseph F. Stewart, Jr. 1995. “A Theory of Interest Groups and Litigation.”
In Research in Law and Policy Studies, ed. Stuart Nagel. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press (Revised
version of a paper delivered at the 1987 annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science
Association).
Main, Eleanor, Lee Epstein, & Debra Elovich. 1992. “Interest Groups in Georgia.” In Interest Groups in the South,
ed. Clive Thomas & Ronald Hrebenar. University of Alabama Press (Revised version of a paper delivered at
the 1986 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association).
Epstein, Lee. 1991. “Courts and Interest Groups.” In The American Courts: A Critical Assessment, ed. Charles
Johnson & John Gates. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
O’Connor, Karen & Lee Epstein. 1985. “The Reagan Administration and Abortion Policy.” In The ReaganAdministration and Human Rights, ed. Tinsley E. Yarbrough. New York: Praeger (Revised version of a paper
delivered at the 1984 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association).
O’Connor, Karen & Lee Epstein. 1984. “The Role of Interest Groups in Supreme Court Policy Formation.” In
Public Policy Formation, ed. Robert Eyestone. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press (Revised version of a paper
delivered at the 1983 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association).
2.4 Articles
Epstein, Lee. 2018. “How Institutions Structure Judicial Behavior.” University of Toronto Law Journal, in
press (Review Essay).
An earlier version of this article was the subject of story in the New York Times, May 5, 2014; alsodiscussed in ABA Journal, May 7, 2014; msnbc, May 5, 2014
Research findings described in the New York Times (Opinionator), August 22, 2012
Magarian, Gregory P., Lee Epstein, and James L. Gibson. “Data-Driven Constitutional Avoidance.” Iowa LawReview, accepted for publication.
Research findings discussed/described/reviewed in the New York Times, June 27, 2012; Detroit Free Press,April 1, 2012; Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2012; Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2012; New York Times,March 30, 2012
Winner of the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2007 annual meeting of theMidwest Political Science Association.
Research findings described in the National Law Journal,January 11, 2016; Richmond Times Dispatch,August 8, 2010; Asheville Citizen Times, August 8, 2010; Washington Post, May 11, 2010; OaklandTribune, June 17, 2009; San Mateo County Times, June 17, 2009; Almeda Times-Star, June 17, 2009;Contra Costa Times, June 17, 2009; Lowell Sun, June 16, 2009; Topeka Capital-Journal, June 15, 2009;Hattiesburg American, June 12, 2009; Slate, June 10, 2009; International Herald Tribune, June 5, 2009;New York Times, June 4, 2009; Washington Independent, May 26, 2009; Christian Science Monitor, May18, 2009; Newsweek, April 20, 2009; Slate, April 11, 2009
Research findings described in Slate, February 2016; ABA Journal, July 2007, 25-27; The New Republic,June 18, 2007; the Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2007; Time magazine, April 26, 2007, 57; WashingtonPost, March 26, 2007, A13.
An abbreviated version of this paper appears in 101 Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy127(2007), followed by reflections from Stephen Burbank, Linda Greenhouse, and David Strauss.
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin, Jeffrey A. Segal, & Chad Westerland. 2007. “The Judicial Common Space.”Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 23: 303-325 (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2005
annual meeting of the Law & Society Association and the 2005 Conference on Law and Positive Political
Theory at Northwestern University School of Law).
Staudt, Nancy, Lee Epstein, & Peter Wiedenbeck. 2006. “The Ideological Component of Judging in the Taxation
Context.”Washington University Law Review 84: 1797-1821 (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2006
Conference on Regulating Business: Beyond Doctrine at Washington University School of Law)
(Symposium).
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin & Matthew Schneider. 2006. “On the Effective Communication of the Results of
Empirical Studies, Part I.”Vanderbilt Law Review 59: 1811-1871 ( (Revised version of a paper presented
at the Vanderbilt University, School of Law, 2006 Conference on Empirical Scholarship 2006)
(Symposium).
Epstein, Lee & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2006. “Trumping the First Amendment.Journal of Law & Policy 21: 81-121
(Revised version of a paper presented at the 2005 Conference on Rehnquist Court and the First Amendment
at Washington University School of Law) (Symposium).
Staudt, Nancy, Lee Epstein, Peter J. Wiedenbeck, Rene Lindstadt, & Ryan J. Vander Wielen. 2005.
“Judging Statutes: Interpretive Regimes.”Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 38: 1909-1970
(Symposium).
Epstein, Lee, Daniel E. Ho, Gary King, & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2005. “The Supreme Court During Crisis.”NYULaw Review 80: 1-116 (Revised version of papers presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, the 2004 Symposium on Fear and Risk Perception in
Times of Democratic Crisis at the University of Missouri School of Law, and the 2003 Symposium
on At War with Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Florida International University School of
Law).
Winner of the McGraw-Hill Award for the the best journal article on law and courts written by a politicalscientist. Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2006.
“Honorable Mention” for the Law and Society Association Article Prize, awarded to “recognize exceptionalscholarship in the field of sociolegal studies for an article published in the previous two years.” Presentedby the Law & Society Association, 2006.
Winner of the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 meeting of the MidwestPolitical Science Association. Presented by the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.
Winner of the Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 annual meeting ofthe Midwest Political Science Association “applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem”Presented by the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.
“Honorable Mention” for the American Judicature Society Award for the “best paper on law and courtspresented at the previous year’s meeting of the American, Midwest, Northeastern, Southern, Southwest,or Western Political Science Associations.” Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the AmericanPolitical Science Association, 2005.
Excerpted in Samuel Kernell and Steven S. Smith, eds. 2006 (3rded). Principles and Practice in AmericanPolitics: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
Research findings described in the Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2006, A4; Washington Post, November1, 2004, A19; the Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 28, 2004, A11.
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin, Lisa Baldez, & Tasina Nitzschke. 2004. “Constitutional Sex Discrimination.”Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy 1: 11-68 (Inaugural issue of the journal).
Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal, & Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2002. “Dynamic Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme
Court: An Empirical Assessment.”Harvard Journal on Legislation 39: 395-433 (Revised version of papers
presented at the 1997 meeting of the Conference Group on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics and the
1997 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association).
Epstein, Lee & Gary King. 2002. “The Rules of Inference.”University of Chicago Law Review 69: 1-133; and
Epstein, Lee & Gary King. 2002. “Empirical Research and the Goals of Legal Scholarship: A Response.”
University of Chicago Law Review 69: 191-209.
To be translated into Portuguese for publication in Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFRGS.
Translated into Chinese and published in 2004. Journal of Legal Methods.
Described in The Boston Globe, November 21, 2004, K5.
Subject of a symposium in the Journal of Legal Educationin 53 (3) (2003) (Infrastructure discussion inSection IX).
Subject of a symposium in 2002. University of Chicago Law Review 69 (1).
Reprinted in The Economics of Judicial Behaviour, ed. Lee Epstein. Cheltenham, UK: Edward ElgarPublishing.
Epstein, Lee, Jack Knight, & Olga Shvetsova. 2001. “Comparing Judicial Selection Systems.”William & Mary Billof Rights Law Journal 10:7-36 (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2001 Conference on Constitutional
Courts at Washington University School of Law) (Symposium).
To be included in Comparative Constitutional Law, ed. Mark Tushnet. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Knight, Jack & Lee Epstein. 1996. “The Norm of Stare Decisis.”American Journal of Political Science. 40:
1018-1035.
Reprinted in The Economics of Judicial Behaviour,, ed. Lee Epstein. Cheltenham, UK: Edward ElgarPublishing.
Excerpted in Walter F. Murphy, C. Herman Pritchett, Lee Epstein, & Jack Knight. 2005 (6thed.). 2002(5thed.). Courts, Judges, & Politics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
George, Tracey E. & Lee Epstein. 1992. “On the Nature of Supreme Court Decision Making.”American PoliticalScience Review 86: 323-337 (Revised version of a paper delivered at the 1991 annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association).
Listed in 1999. “The Top 25 American Political Science Review Articles Most Frequently Downloadedfrom JSTOR,” PS, (September): 654.
Reprinted in Alan Ware, ed. 1995. The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government,Volume 1. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.
Reprinted in Kermit Hall, ed. 1995. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. NewYork: Carlson.
Epstein, Lee & C.K. Rowland. 1991. “Debunking the Myth of Interest Group Invincibility in the Courts.”American Political Science Review 85: 205-217 (Revised version of papers delivered at the 1989 annual
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association and at the 1988 annual meeting of the Law & Society
Association).
O’Connor, Karen & Lee Epstein. 1983. “The Rise of Conservative Interest Group Litigation.”Journal of Politics
45: 479-489 (Revised version of a paper delivered at the 1982 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association).
Reprinted in Sheldon Goldman and Austin Sarat, eds. 1988 (2nded.). American Court Systems. W.H.Freeman and Co.
Spaeth, Harold J., Lee Epstein, Sara Benesh, Andrew D. Martin, Jeffrey A. Segal & Theodore Ruger. The
Supreme Court Database (last updated: August 15, 2017)
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 2011. “The Post-Court Activities of Supreme Court Justices: Is Sandra
Day OConnor Unique?” (For the Washington Post, November 6; see also LA Times, July 25,
2012.)
Study also discussed in The Economist, June 23, 2011; American Prospect; cnbc.com, June 27,
2011; National Review,December 20, 2010.
Boyd, Christina L. & Lee Epstein. 2009. “Female Justices Make A Difference,” Washington Post, May 3. (Also
published in Oakland Tribune, May 10, 2009; San Mateo County Times, May 10, 2009; ContraCosta Times, May 10, 2009; Alameda Times-Star, May 10, 2009; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5,
2009; Miami Herald, May 5, 2009; Virginian-Pilot, May 5, 2009; Chapel Hill Herald, May 3,
2009.)
Epstein, Lee, Christina L. Boyd & Andrew D. Martin. 2008. “The Unseen Deciders.” Miller-McCune,
October.
Ryan Owens & Lee Epstein 2008. “Interest Groups.” In Enyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, ed.
David S. Tanenhaus. Macmillan.
Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal & Harold J. Spaeth. 2008. The Blackmun Digital Archive.Law and Courts (Spring)
28-30.
To be reprinted in Vicki Jackson & Mark Tushnet, Comparative Constitutional Law, Foundation Press.
Reprinted in Susan Low Bloch, Vicki Jackson & Tom Krattenmaker, eds. 2007. Inside the Supreme Court:The Institution and Its Procedures. West Publishing.
Reprinted in Vicki C. Jackson & Mark Tushnet. 1999. Comparative Constitutional Law: Cases andMaterials. New York: Foundation Press.
Reprinted in Susan Low Bloch & Tom Krattenmaker, eds. Supreme Court Politics: The Institution andIts Procedures. West Publishing.
Reprinted in Spring 1992. In the Washington University Alumni Magazine.
Reprinted on March 23, 1992. In the San Diego Union Tribune.
Honorary Degree recipient, Roger Williams School of Law, May 2019 (scheduled)
William H. Timbers Distinguished Lecturer, Dartmouth College, Spring 2019 (scheduled)
Visiting Professor, Hebrew University Faculty of Law, December 2018 (scheduled)
Visiting Scholar, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), September 2017
Visiting Professor, Hebrew University Faculty of Law, May 2017
George S. Parthemos Visiting Scholar, University of Georgia, February 2017
Visiting Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law and Department of Comparative Politics, 2016-2020
Sage Cornerstone Author Award on publication of the 20th anniversary edition of Constitutional Law fora Changing America
Lifetime Achievement Award, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2016
Listed in Leiter’s 2016 Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 2010-2014. Ranked 2nd in Law & Social
Science.
International Visiting Professor, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya, March 2014
Invited as Berlin Prize Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, 2015 (declined due to other commitments)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (Law), for 2013-14 academic year
Law & Courts Service Award, for service to the section and the profession. Presented by the Law and
Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2013
Among the top 50 most influential political scientists of all time, based on an analysis of citations by
Scholarometer
Named a Phi Beta Kappa Scholar Visiting Scholar, for 2013-14 academic year
Outstanding First-Year Course Professor, from the Student Bar Association at Northwestern University
School of Law, 2011. (One winner per academic year.)
The Lasting Contribution Award “for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that has made a lasting
impression on the field of law and courts,” The Choices Justices Make. Presented by the Law and
Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2010.
A Best Free Reference Website Award for The U.S. Supreme Court Database, from “MARS: Emerging
Technologies in Reference” section of Association of the American Library Association, 2010
Outstanding Small Class Professor, Honorable Mention, from the Student Bar Association at Northwestern
University School of Law, 2009.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2007 meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, for Untangling the Causal Effect of Sex on Judging, Presented by the Midwest Political
Science Association, 2008.
Listed in Leiter’s Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 2000-2007. Ranked 2nd in Law & Social Science.
Listed in The Political Science 400: A 20-Year Update (400 most cited political scientists since 1960).
Among most cited scholars by cohort and 18th most-cited woman. In PS, January 2007.
McGraw-Hill Award for the the best journal article on law and courts written by a political scientist for
The Effect of War on the Supreme Court. Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American
Political Science Association, 2006.
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006-
“Honorable Mention” for the Law and Society Association Article Prize for The Effect of War on theSupreme Court. Presented by the Law and Society Association, 2006.
Fellow-Eligible, Center for Advanced Studies, 2005
“Honorable Mention” for the American Judicature Society Award for The Effect of War on the SupremeCourt. Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2005.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, for The Effect of War on the Supreme Court. Presented by the Midwest Political Science
Association, 2005.
Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association “applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem,” for The Effect of Waron the Supreme Court. Presented by the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.
Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004-
Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award, Washington University, 2003
Teaching and Mentoring Award for the Constitutional Law for a Changing America series. Presented by the
Law & Courts Section of the American Political Science Association and supported by a contribution
from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association, 2003.
President, Midwest Political Science Association, 2002-03
Alumni Board of Governors Distinguished Faculty Award, Washington University, 2002
Professor of the Year Award, Undergraduate Political Science Association, Washington University, 2000
Faculty of the Year Award, Student Union, Washington University, 2000
Outstanding Faculty Member, Women’s Panhellenic Association, Washington University, 1999
Chair, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science, 1999-00
Associate Editor, Law & Society Review, 1998-00
C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book published on law and courts for The Choices Justices Make.
Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 1998
“Outstanding Academic Reference Book in Political Science, Published over the Past 5 Years for TheSupreme Court Compendium. Presented by Choice, 1998
“Best Legal Reference Books of 1994” for The Supreme Court Compendium. In the American Association
of Law Libraries, 87 Law Library Journal, 1995
“Special Recognition” honor, for The Supreme Court Compendium. Presented by the Law and Courts
Section of the American Political Science Association, 1994
National Science Foundation (Political Science, Support for Ph.D. student), SBR-9709926, 1997-98
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences), SBR-9614130, 1997-2001
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences), SBR-9631256, 1996-2000
National Science Foundation (Political Science), SBR-9511560, 1995-99
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences; Political Science), SBR-9320284, 1994-98
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences), SES-9024640, 1991-94
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences) RUE supplement to SES-9024640, 1991-94
Earhart Foundation, 1988-89
3.1.2 Internal Research Grants
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University, 2016-17
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University, 2002
Israel Treiman Faculty Fellowship, Washington University School of Law, 2001-02
Center for New Institutional Social Science (with Olga Shvetsova), Washington University, 2000-2001
Business, Law, and Economics Center, Washington University, 1992-1993
Southern Methodist University, 1990, 1987
4 Education
B.A.
Emory University, Political Science, Sociology (with High Honors), 1980
M.A.
Emory University, Political Science, 1982
Ph.D.
Emory University, Political Science, 1983
5 Professional Activities
5.1 Service
American Academy of Arts and Sciences—St. Louis Program Committee, member, 2018- ; Advisory
Committee for Program on American Institutions, Society, and the Common Good, member, 2018-
American Academy of Political and Social Science—Board of Directors, member, 2007-2013
American Judicature Society— Board of Directors, member, 1998-2004; Nominating Committee, member,
1999-2001; Membership Committee, member, 1999-2001
American Law & Economics Association—Area Organizer (Political Economy, Public Choice, Public Law,
Constitutional Law, Statutory Interpretation), 2015
American Political Science Association— Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Committee, member,
2010-11; Development Committee, member, 2005-08; Corwin Award Committee, chair, 2001-02;
Committee to Select the Best Political Science Publication in the Field of U.S. National Policy, member,
1999-00; Program Committee, member (Law and Courts Section), 1997, 1993; Committee on Organized
Sections, chair, 1998-99, member, 1995-1997
American Political Science Association, Law and Courts Section— Service Award Committee, chair, 2014;
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, member, 2007-08; Nominations Committee, chair, 2006-07;
Ad Hoc Committee on Mentoring, member, 2005-06 ; Chair, 1999-00; Chair-elect, 1998-99; Executive
Committee, member, 1996-98; Awards Committee, chair, 1998, 1992; Law and Courts, editorial board,
2013-14; columnist, 1996-98; Short Course, co-convenor, 1993, participant, 2001, 2000, 1995, 1992;
Nominations Committee, member, 1990
Association of American Law Schools, Section on Law and Social Sciences—Executive Committee, member,
2007-08
Conference Group on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics—Conference Organizer, 1996
International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE)—President’s Committee, member, 2018-;
President, 2012-13; 1st Vice President, 2011-12; Second Vice President, 2010-11
Law & Society Association—Kalven Prize Committee, member, 2010-11; Committee on Membership, chair,
2007-08 ; member, 2005-06; Program Planning Committee (2005 meeting), member, 2004-05; Minority
Fellowship Advisory Board, member, 2004- ; Didactic Workshop Committee, member, 2003-04; Jacobs
Book Award Committee, member, 2003; Publications Committee, member, 2001-03; Board of Trustees,
member, 2000-03; Graduate Student Workshop, faculty facilitator, 1997, 1995, 1994; participant, 2010;
Summer Institute, participant, 2001
Law School Admission Council—Grants Subcommittee, chair, 2008-15 ; member, 2005-08
Midwest Political Science Association—Program Co-Chair, 2009; Ad Hoc Committee on Journals, member,
2005-06 ; President, 2002-03; President-Elect, 2001-02; Committee to Select a New Press for the
American Journal of Political Science, member, 2001; Committee to Select the E-AJPS Editor,
member, 2000-; Committee to Select the New Executive Director, member, 2000; Journal Committee,
chair, 1999-00; Program Chair, 1998; Publications Committee, member, 1998-99; Nominating
Committee, chair, 1994-95; Nominating Committee, member, 1993-94; Executive Council, member,
1992-95
National Science Foundation— Committee of Visitors, 2008; Political Science Workshop on Infrastructure,
Participant, 1999; Law and Social Sciences Program Advisory Panel, member, 1994-96; Project on the
Supreme Court Board of Overseers, member, 1987-96
Southern Political Science Association— Committee to Select the Editor of the Journal of Politics, member,
1998-99; Committee to Select the Best Conference Paper, chair, 1996; Executive Council, member,
1994- ; V. O. Key Book Award Committee, member, 1993-94; Investment Committee, chair, 1992-93;
Membership Committee, member, 1985-1990; Program Committee (Law and Courts section), member,
1989
Southwestern Political Science Association— Committee to Select the Best Conference Paper, member,
1987
Women’s Caucus for Political Science— Nominations Committee, member, 1999; Mentoring Panel,
participant, 1999
Association of American Law Schools—National meeting: Roundtable participant, 2010, 2008, 2007; Plenary
Session Participant, 2006. Constitutional Law, Roundtable participant, 2008
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies—Keynote Speaker, 2008; Discussant, 2012 , 2010, 2006; Paper
Presenter, 2007,2006; Panel Chair, 2007, 2006
Editorial & Advisory Boards (member)— American Journal of Political Science, 2001-06, 1991-1993; AmericanPolitical Science Review, 1992-1995 American Politics Research (formerly American Politics Quarterly),
2001-2015; Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007- ; GreenBag Almanac& Reader, 2012- ; I∙CON: International Journal of Constitutional Law (NYU Law School),
2001-2009; Cambridge University Press, Elements Series, Institutional and Organizational
Economics, 2016- ; Journal of Institutional Studies, (Brazil), 2015-; Journal of Politics, 1993-1997;
Judicial Conflict Resolution Collaboratory (Bar Ilan University), 2017-; Judicature, 2012-2014; Lawand Courts, 2005-07; 2013- ; Law & Policy, 2008-2015; Law and Politics Book Review, 1992-99;Law and Social Inquiry (Journal of the American Bar Foundation), 2001-05; Law and SocietyReview, 2000-07,1995-98; Oxford Handbooks Online, Editorial Advisory Board (Political Science),
2012- ; Political Research Quarterly (formerly Western Political Quarterly), 1992-96; Politicsand Governance, 2012-2014; Revista Publicum (UERJ/Brazil), 2015- ; Social Science Quarterly,
1994-2014
Web Master— American Political Science Association, Law and Courts Section, 1997-2002
6.2 Manuscript Reviews
Article-Length Manuscript Reviews— Adelaide Law Review, American Journal of Political Science;American Political Science Review; American Politics Quarterly; American Review of Politics;Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics; Congress & the Presidency; Crime, Law and SocialChange; Ethics & International Affairs Journal; European Journal of Political Research; Governance;Government and Opposition; Harvard Law Review; International Review of Law and Economics;Journal of Empirical Legal Studies; Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law; Journal of Law& Courts; Journal of Law, Economics & Organization; Journal of Theoretical Politics; Journal ofPolitics; Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy; Judicature; Jurimetrics: Journal of Law, Science, andTechnology; Justice System Journal; Law & Policy; Law & Social Inquiry; Law & Society Review;Legislative Studies Quarterly; Perspectives on Politics; Political Behavior; Political Research Quarterly;Politics & Policy; Polity; PS: Political Science and Politics; Public Opinion Quarterly; Review of Law &Economics; Social Science Journal; Social Science Quarterly, Southeastern Political Review, SupremeCourt Economic Review, University of British Columbia Law Review
Book-Length Manuscript/Proposal Reviews— Blackwell Publishing; Cambridge University Press; CQ Press;
Duke University Press; John Wiley; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; Houghton-Mifflin; Northwestern
University Press; Oxford University Press; Palgrave Macmillan; Prentice Hall; Princeton University
Press; Routledge, Taylor & Francis; Sage Publications; St. Martin’s; University of Chicago Press;
University of Michigan Press; University Press of Kansas; University Press of Virginia; University of
Tennessee Press; Westview Press; Yale University Press
Grant Proposal Reviews— American Judicature Society; Earhart Foundation; Research Grants Council
(RGC) of Hong Kong; Israel Science Foundation (Social Sciences & Humanities); Law School
Admissions Council; National Science Foundation (Instrumentation, Political Science, Law and Social
Science, Sociology); Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO Social Sciences), Project
on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy
7 University Activities
7.1 University-Level
University for Life Planning and Advisory Group, Washington U.—member, 2018-
US News Best Colleges Review committee, Washington U.—member, 2014-
IT Governance, Teaching & Learning Domain, Washington U.—member, 2014-2017
Social Sciences Transformative Hiring Advisory Committee, USC—member, 2011-12
Academic Freedom and Tenure Hearing Committee, Washington U.—member, 2002
Senate Council Committee on Gender Pay Equity, Washington U.— member, 1997-02
Association of Women Faculty’s Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Washington U.—co-author of the
final report, 1999 (covered in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 24, 1999, B1); member, 1997-99
Board of Trustees Honorary Degree Committee, Washington U.—member, 1996-97
Assembly Series Committee, Washington U.—member, 1992-95
Book Store Policy Committee, Washington U.— member, 1992-95
Chancellor’s Symposium, section on Undergraduate Education, Washington U.— co-organizer, 1994
Provost’s Task Force on Undergraduate Education, Washington U.—member, 1992-94 (also member of
subcommittees on Teaching; Objectives; and Housing)
7.2 Law School
Search Committee, Chair in Law and Religion, Washington U.—member, 2014-15
Personnel Committee, Northwestern—chair, 2007-08; member, 2009-2010; member (entry level), 2006-07;
public law subcommittee, member, 2010-11; political theory subcommittee, member, 2010-11
J.D./Ph.D. Program Development, Northwestern—member, 2006-07
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Washington U.—Advisory Board, member, 1999-06
Institute for Global Legal Studies, Washington U.—Advisory Board, member, 2000-06 ; Co-organizer of the
Conference on Constitutional Courts, 2001
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee to Select a Dean of the Law School, Washington U.—member, 1997-99
7.3 Arts & Sciences
Academic Planning Committee for Arts and Sciences, Washington U.— member, 2014- ; 2001-05
Faculty Advisory Board, USC Journal of Law and Society, USC—member, 2013-14
Personnel Committee for the Social Sciences, USC—member, 2011-
Search Committees, Washington U.—chair, 2003-04 (Women’s Studies/Political Science); member, 2002-03
(Applied Statistics Program); member, 2002-03 (Center for New Institutional Social Science); member,
2001-02 (Education Department); chair, 1998-1999; (Women’s Studies/Political Science); member,
1997-98 (African & Afro-American Studies Program)
Dean’s Initiative on the External Review of Departments, Washington U.—Department Review
Coordinator, 2000-05
International and Area Studies Program, Executive Committee, Washington U.—member, 2002-03
Review Committee on Faculty Personnel Procedures, Washington U.—member, 1998-01
Faculty Research Grants Committee, Washington U.—member, 1996-98
Dean’s Advisory Committee on Tenure, Promotion, and Personnel, Washington U.—vice-chair, 1996-97;
member, 1994-96
Dean’s Committee on Graduate Students’ Rights and Responsibilities, Washington U.—member, 1994-95
Student Life, Washington U.—contributor, 1995
Board of College Advisors, Washington U.— member, 1993-95
Faculty Selection Committee for the Lien Scholarship, Washington U.—member, 2000, 1994, 1993, 1992
LAUNCH (Freshman Camp), Washington U.—workshop leader, 1993, 1992
7.4 Political Science
Strategic Planning Committee, USC–member, 2012
Search Committees, USC— member, 2013-14 (Political Choice & Behavior); member, 2011-12 (chair of
Political Science)
Steering Committee of the Politics and International Relations Program, USC—member, 2011-12
Department Chair, Washington U.—2002-03, 1995-99
Graduate Program, , Washington U.—acting director, 1994-95
Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Washington U.—chair, 1995; member, 1993, 1994
Political Science Discussion Series, Washington U.— chair, 1994-95
Strategic Planning Committee, Washington U.— member, 2004-05; chair, 1993
Appendix A. Previous Academic Appointments
University of Southern California
Provost Professor of Law & Political Science, 2011-May 2014
Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law 2011-May 2014
Northwestern University
Henry Wade Rogers Professor (University-wide chair), 2008-11
Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law, 2006-08
Jack N. Pritzker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Fall 2005
Washington University in St. Louis
Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, 1998-06
Professor of Law, 2000-06
Chair of the Political Science Department, 1995-99, 2003
Professor of Political Science, 1993-98
Associate Professor of Political Science, 1991-93
SMU
Associate Professor of Political Science, 1989-91
Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1986-89
Emory University
Assistant Professor/Instructor of Political Science, 1983-86
Appendix B. Invited Talks/Panel Participation
2018-19
Committee of 25 Club, Palm Springs, CA (scheduled)
Dartmouth College, William H. Timbers Distinguished Lecture (scheduled)
Duke Law School, Law, Identity and Politics Workshop, “Taming Uncivil Discourse”
Georgia State University, School of Law, Conference on Justice Kennedy (scheduled)
Harvard University, Government Department and Kennedy School (scheduled)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Seminar on “The Roberts Court” (co-instructor) (scheduled)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Conference on Supreme Court Databases (scheduled)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Workshop on Law, Economics, and Empirical Studies (scheduled)
Planned Parenthood of St. Louis (scheduled)
Roger Williams University, School of Law, Commencement Speaker (scheduled)
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Law School (Argentina), Conference (scheduled)
University of Arizona, QuantLaw conference, Keynote Speaker, “Taming Uncivil Discourse”
University of Notre Dame, Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy (scheduled)
University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science (scheduled)
Washington University, School of Law, First Amendment Symposium, panel moderator
Washington University, Harris World Law Institute, Conference on Interdisciplinary and Human
Rights Approaches to Gun Violence, Keynote Speaker (scheduled)
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University, “The Supreme Court” (scheduled)
2017
Bar Ilan University (Israel), “Thoughts on the Study Judicial Behavior”
Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Faculty of Law, “The End of Supreme Court Deference to the
President?”
Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Maestro Lecture (I), “Emotional Judging”
Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Empirical Legal Studies Workshop
Jewish Federation, Professional Societies, “The U.S. Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the 2016
Presidential Election, St. Louis
Michigan State Law Review Symposium, Keynote Speaker, “Uniting ELS & Legal Analytics: An
Interactive Keynote”
National Taiwan University, Maestro Lecture (II), “The Study of Judicial Behavior”
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), “Foundations of Judicial Power”
University of Bergen (Norway), Seminar on “The Roberts Court” (co-instructor)
University of Georgia, Parthemos Lecture, “Why We Should Study Judicial Behavior”
Università di Macerata (Italy), Conference on “Being a Constitutional Justice: A Woman’s
Perspective,” discussant
University of Olso, Department of Public and International Law, Conference on Research Methods
in Constitutional Law, Using Databases to Study Constitutional Law
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Law School (Argentina), Conference, “The Decline of Supreme
Court Deference to the President”
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Law School (Argentina), Course on Constitutional Law,
“Foundations of Judicial Power,”
University of São Paulo (Brazil), Law Faculty, International Dialogues in Constitutional Law 1,
“The Study of Judicial Behavior”
University of São Paulo (Brazil), International Dialogues in Constitutional Law 2, “Emotional
Judging”
University of Virginia, Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecturer, Charlottesville, VA,
“Appointing Supreme Court Justices”
Washington University, Austin-San Antonio Alumni Association, Austin, TX, “The U.S. Supreme
Court After the 2016 Elections”
Washington University, Chicago Eliot Society (Law), “The U.S. Supreme Court After the 2016
Elections”
Washington University, Alumni Club of London UK, “The U.S. Supreme Court After the 2016
Elections”
Washington University, Philadelphia Regional Cabinet Annual Dinner, Philadelphia, PA, “The
U.S. Supreme Court After the 2016 Elections”
Washington University, San Francisco Regional Cabinet Annual Dinner, San Francisco, CA, “The
U.S. Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the Elections of 2016”
Washington University School of Law, Supreme Court Review, panelist
Washington University School of Law,, Feminist Theory/Feminist Judgments course, Muller v.Oregon
Washington University School of Law, “The New Supreme Court Nominee: Judge Neil Gorsuch,”
panelist
Washington University School of Law, Experts Seminar on the ICC, “The U.S. Supreme Court
Database and Discussion of a Possible New ICC Database”
Washington University School of Medicine, General Surgical Residents retreat, “The U.S. Supreme
Court After the 2016 Elections”
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University, “The Supreme Court”
2016
American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, “The U.S. Supreme Court and the Elections of 2016”
Aspen Institute, Justice & Society Program, Aspen, Colorado, moderator
Federal Bar Association (Memphis/Mid-South Chapter), Federal Practice Seminar, Memphis,
“The U.S. Supreme Court and the Elections of 2016”
Planned Parenthood of Missouri, “Reproductive Freedom: Where We Were, Where We Are, Where
We Might Be Going”
Pre-Law Society, Washington University, “The Supreme Court and the Elections of 2016”
Seattle University, Conference on Judicial Decision-Making During Conflict, “The U.S. Supreme
Court During War”
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Law School (Argentina), Inaugural Conference for the Argentine
Supreme Court Project, “The Study of Judicial Behavior”
University of Bergen (Norway), “Courts and Public Opinion”
University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, “A (VERY) Brief Introduction to Empirical Legal
Research”
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Law School (Argentina), Faculty seminar, “Emotional Judging”
University of Chicago Law School, Symposium on Posner’s Divergent Paths, moderator
Washington University, Beyond Brookings, “The U.S. Supreme Court and the Elections of 2016”
Washington University, Chicago Salon, “The U.S. Supreme Court and the Elections of 2016”
Washington University, Constitution Day, “The Supreme Court and the Presidential Election of
2016”
Washington University, Feminist Theory/Feminist Judgments course, Muller v. Oregon
Washington University, School of Law, Justice Scalia: The Legacy and the Vacancy, panelist,
Washington University, School of Law, “The U.S. Supreme Court Database”
Washington University, Seattle Alumni Association,“The Supreme Court and the Elections of
2016”
Washington University, Washington-Baltimore, Regional Cabinet Annual Dinner, Washington,
D.C.
Women’s Democratic Forum, “The Supreme Court and the Elections of 2016”
Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice, “The U.S. Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the 2016
Elections”
2015
American Association of Attorney-CPAs, Annual Conference, The U.S. Supreme Court Today andTomorrow
American Association of Attorney-CPAs, Annual Conference, Wynne: A Post Mortem
Duke University, School of Law, Course on the Study of the Judiciary
European School on New Institutional Economics, Corsica, France, Why We Should Study JudicialBehavior
Fudan University (China), Law School, The Study of Judicial Behavior
FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Conference on Quantitative and Qualitative Empirical Views of
Constitutional Courts, Keynote Speaker, The Study of Judicial Behavior Today & Tomorrow
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya Israel, Keynote Speaker, Conference on How Do Judges
Decide—Empirical and Theoretical Insights, Judicial Behavior
Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Monterrey, CA, Judicial Behavior
Planned Parenthood, Women’s Leadership Circle, St. Louis MO
Reed College, Phi Beta Kappa Lecture, The U.S. Supreme Court Today …and Tomorrow
State Bar of Texas, Advanced Appellate Practice Course, Austin, TX, Judicial Behavior
UCLA, Extension, Beyond the Headlines series, The U.S. Supreme Court Today …and Tomorrow
Appellate Judges Education Institute, Judicial Behavior, San Diego CA
Cornell College, Phi Beta Kappa Lecture, The U.S. Supreme Court Today …and Tomorrow
Cornell College, Political Activism course, Judicial Activism
Cornell College, Constitutional Law course, Judicial Behavior
District of Rhode Island, Judicial Conference, Providence RI, Judicial Behavior
Los Angeles Superior Court Judges, Judicial Behavior
Loyola Law School-Los Angeles, Faculty Workshop, The Auditioners
Loyola Law School-Los Angeles, Tax Policy Colloquium, commentator
Normative Implications of Empirical Research Workshop, Washington, D.C., Some Ideas on HowPolitical Scientists Can Develop Real World Implications from Their Research
Provost’s Retreat, Palos Verde, CA, The U.S. Supreme Court, 2013
Southwestern University, Phi Beta Kappa Lecture, The U.S. Supreme Court Today …andTomorrow
Southwestern University, Issues in Constitutional Law course, The Roberts Court
UCLA Extension, Beyond the Headlines series, The Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the 2012Elections
University of Chicago/Journal of Legal Studies Conference, Revisiting the Ideological Rankings ofSupreme Court Justice (with William M. Landes & Richard A. Posner)
USC, Law Leadership Society, The Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the 2012 Elections
USC, Seminar on American Politics and Policy Processes
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Phi Beta Kappa Lecture, The U.S. Supreme Court Today …andTomorrow
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Course on the First Amendment, Do Justices Defend the SpeechThey Hate? In-Group Bias, Opportunism, and the First Amendment
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Seminar on American Government, The Roberts Court
Washington University, Introduction of Andrew Martin as the new Charles Nagel Chair
Western Empirical Legal Studies, UCLA Law, Keynote Speaker, On the Effective Communicationof the Results of Empirical Studies
2012
Emory University, Conference on Institutions and Law Making Must Grants, Clear Denials, andMid-level Politics: The Supreme Court’s Certiorari Decisions (paper presented in absentia)
Florida International University, Annual Junior Federal Courts Workshop, commentator
Minnesota Bar Association, Appellate Practice Institute, Keynote Speaker
Pasadena Senior Center, The Supreme Court and the Elections of 2012
Queen’s Law Journal, Symposium, How the Law Journals Can Help Improve the Quality ofEmpirical Legal Scholarship
Stanford University Law School, Law & Policy Review Symposium on Academic Corruption,
Academic Integrity and Legal Scholarship in the Wake of Exxon Shipping, Footnote 17.
George Washington University Law School, Conference on Rethinking the Law Governing the
Structure and Operation of the Supreme Court, presentation on limiting the term of the Chief
Justice
International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), University of California-Berkeley,
Keynote Speaker, Judicial Behavior
Northwestern University School of Law & the Searle Center, Conference on Political Science &
Law, Why (and When) Judges Dissent
Northwestern University School of Law, Women’s Leadership Coalition Symposium, panel
moderator
Northwestern University School of Law, American Constitution Society & Federalist Society,
Judicial Selection, panel moderator
Northwestern University School of Law, American Constitution Society & Federalist Society,
Supreme Court Makeover
Emory University, Center for the Study of Law, Politics, and Economics and the School of Law,
Conference on Textual Analysis and the Study of Judicial Behavior, Blogs as Text as Data
Northwestern University School of Law, Searle Center, Conference on Civil Liability, The Futureof Pleading in the Federal Courts: A Normative and Empirical Analysis
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Sawyer Seminar, HowJudges Can Avoid Attack (And What to Do if They Find Themselves Under Fire)
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Sawyer Seminar,
Efficacious Judging
St. Louis Corporate Counsel Institute, The New Supreme Court: From Rehnquist to Roberts
Syracuse University, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, Conference
on the Supreme Court Confirmation Process, The Politics of Judicial Appointments
Vanderbilt University School of Law, Seminar on Public Choice, The U.S. Supreme CourtDatabases
Washington University School of Law, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Conference on Norms
and the Law, Remarks on the State of Empirical Research and the Law
Washington University, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, William H, Riker Conference,
Remarks on Facts and Formal Theory
Washington University School of Law, Institute for Global Legal Studies, Conference on
Constitutional Courts, Comparing Judicial Selection Systems
