Call for Papers: THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES

                   ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
                (Submission Deadline: 15 April 2008)

         THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES

                         Cornell Law School
                        12-13 September 2008


     The Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies will
     be held at the Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York on
     Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13, 2008. The
     meeting is the annual conference for the newly-created
     Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS). It will feature
     original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by
     leading scholars from a diverse range of fields.

     The conference's objectives are: (i) to encourage and
     develop empirical and experimental scholarship on legal
     issues by providing scholars with an opportunity to present
     and discuss their work with an interdisciplinary group of
     people interested in the empirical study of law; and (ii)
     to stimulate ongoing conversations among scholars in law,
     economics, political science, demographics, finance,
     psychology, sociology, and other disciplines. The
     conference's audience will include paper presenters,
     commentators, and other attendees, and will include many of
     the nation's leading empirical legal scholars. The goal is
     productive discourse on both particular papers and
     appropriate methodologies. We especially encourage
     submissions from junior scholars.


     TOPICS:

     We welcome submissions of papers in all areas of empirical
     and experimental legal scholarship. You are welcome to
     register for and attend the conference whether or not you
     submit a paper and whether or not your paper is accepted.


     ORGANIZERS:

     This year's conference is jointly organized by Cornell Law
     School, NYU School of Law and the University of Texas
     School of Law. Valerie Hans (Cornell) chairs this year's
     conference Organizing Committee, which includes Jennifer
     Arlen (NYU), Bernard Black (Texas), Theodore Eisenberg
     (Cornell), Gillian Hadfield (USC), Michael Heise (Cornell),
     Geoffrey Miller (NYU), and Matthew Spitzer (USC).


     CONFERENCE INFORMATION:

     Comprehensive information about the conference - including
     information about registration, paper submission,
     conference schedule, travel, and hotels - is available at:

           http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/cels2008/


     SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

     Submissions are now open. Papers for the conference should
     be submitted to the SSRN CELS 2008 conference site no later
     than April 15, 2008. Information and instructions on how to
     submit a paper online is available at:

     http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/cels2008/Submissions.cfm


     CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:

     Information for on-line conference registration is
     available at:

     http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/cels2008/Registration.cfm


     GENERAL INQUIRIES:

     General inquiries concerning the 2008 conference program
     should be directed to the conference organizers at:

     Email:         MAILTO:cels2008@cornell.edu

     If you have other questions you may contact:

     CONTACT:       Ms. Heidi Best
                    Cornell Law School
     Tel:           (607) 255-9093
     Email:         MAILTO:shb5@cornell.edu
Posted 2/8/08