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AALS Open Source Program
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Sessions Information

  • January 10, 2025
    2:40 PM - 4:10 PM
    Event: 2025 Annual Meeting
    Session Type: AALS Open Source Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
    Room: Golden Gate 4
    Floor: Lobby Level
    Empirical research assessing the effects of law is now common, and interest is growing in systematically tracking legislation, assessing policy outcomes, and using comparative ranking to promote optimal policies. Such developments highlight the importance of accurate transformation of the words of law into numeric data for research, visualization and comparison. “Scientific legal mapping” is a systematic approach to identifying and encoding legal data that emphasizes transparency, replicability and quality control. This panel will discuss common problems of faulty legal measurement, methods and tools for scientific legal mapping, and how scholars are using scientific legal data in innovative and impactful ways.
Session Speakers
Benjamin A. Barsky
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Speaker
Leo Beletsky
Northeastern University School of Law
Speaker
Emily Benfer
The George Washington University Law School
Speaker
Scott C. Burris
Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
Moderator
Kristen E. Murray
Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
Speaker
Ruqaiijah A. Yearby
The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Speaker
Session Fees
  • AALS Open Source Program - Crisis and Opportunity in Empirical Research and Advocacy: The Key Role of Scientific Legal Mapping: $0.00