Empirical Research Methods Workshops
CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2012-2013
A popular series of video-taped methodology seminars presenting aspects of empirical research methods by and for legal and socio-legal scholars, with 3-4 workshops each year on a range of qualitative and quantitative methods. To view the podcasts and other materials from previous workshops (2008-12), click on the links below. For the abstract on any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title.
Three workshops are scheduled for 2012-2013. (more info soon) The workshops are free but registration is necessary and takes place about 4-5 weeks before the workshop.
Friday, November 16, 2012. The first workshop for 2012-2013 was "The Spatial Model of Voting: Theory and Empirics" and was led by Kevin Quinn, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law.
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Workshop materials: Powerpoint slides
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Friday, February 1, 2013. The second workshop for 2012-13 was " Ethnography of the Global" and was led by Sally Engle Merry, Professor of Anthropology (Institute for Law and Society), New York University Law School.
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Workshop materials: Marcus reading, Merry, Measuring the World, Merry, Transnational Human Rights
Friday, March 15, 2013. The third workshop was "Principal-Agent Models of Legal Institutions" and was led by Sean Gailmard, Associate Professor of Political Science and Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies (BELS) Faculty Fellow, CSLS, Berkeley Law, UCB.
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Workshop materials: Gailmard reading, Powerpoint slides
CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2011-2012
Three workshops were held in 2011-2012.
Friday, September 23, 2011 The first workshop for 2011-2012 was "Social Network Analysis in Sociolegal Research," presented by John Hipp, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society; Planning, Policy and Design; and Sociology, University of California, Irvine.
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Friday, January 27, 2012 David Collier, Chancellor's Professor of Political Science, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, U.C. Berkeley, was a workshop entitled "Connecting Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Close Encounters -- of What Kind?" from 9am to 12noon in the Philip Selznick Seminar Room, 2240 Piedmont Avenue.
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Workshop bibliography
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Taeku Lee, Professor of Political Science and Law, and Department Chair, U.C. Berkeley, led a workshop entitled "Survey Research in an Era of Diversity, Polarization, and Technological Change" from 9am to 12noon in the Philip Selznick Seminar Room, 2240 Piedmont Avenue.
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CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2010-2011
In 2010-2011, three workshops were held.
Friday, November 5, 2010 Professor Robert MacCoun, Professor of Law and Public Policy, U.C. Berkeley, led a workshop entitled "Experimental Design Strategies" from 9am to 12 noon in the JSP Seminar Room, 2240 Piedmont Avenue.
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Friday, January 28, 2011 Hendrik (Dirk) Hartog, Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty, Professor of History, and Director, Program in American Studies, Princeton University, led a workshop entitled "Legal History and/or History in Law" from 9am to 12 noon in the JSP Seminar Room, 2240 Piedmont Avenue.
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Friday, April 1, 2011 David Nelken, Cardiff Law School and U. of Macerata, led a workshop entitled "Comparative Socio-legal Research" from 9am to 12 noon in the JSP Seminar Room, 2240 Piedmont Avenue.
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CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2009-2010
For 2009-2010, three workshops were scheduled. To go to the abstract of any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title below.
Friday, November 6, 2009 The first workshop, "Doing Story-Based Research in Socio-Legal Studies," was led by Michael Musheno, Department of Criminal Justice, SFSU and Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at CSLS and by Steven Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy and Social Research, University of Kansas, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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For other workshop materials, click on title of workshop above.
Friday, March 5, 2010 The second workshop, "Using Old and New Media as Data Sources," was led by Jennifer S. Earl, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the PhD Emphasis in Technology and Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, on Friday, March 5, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Friday, April 9, 2010 The third workshop, "The ABCs of Data Management: Sampling, Weights, and Missing Data (using STATA)," was led by Su Li, Statistician, Berkeley Law. Dr. Li holds a PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University.
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CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2008-2009
For 2008-2009 three workshops were scheduled. To go to the website of any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title below.
Friday, October 17, 2008
The first workshop, Using Atlas.ti for Qualitative Research, was led by Yuki Kato of Tulane University and Danielle S. Rudes of George Mason University, on Friday, October 17, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room, with an optional hands-on session in the afternoon.
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Additional workshop materials:
Guidebook to Atlas.ti
Powerpoint lecture Powerpoint, part II
For more information, including information about updates and user tips, visit the Atlas.ti website at <http://www.atlasti.com>.
Friday, January 30, 2009
The third workshop GIS, Analytical Mapping, and Spatial Modeling: Crime, Law and Society Applications, was led by Robert N. Parker of the University California, Riverside and the Presley Center for Research in Criminal Justice, on Friday, January 30, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Powerpoint Lecture
GIS Workshop Examples Instructions 2008-09
Friday, April 3, 2009
This workshop was entitled How to Design Research to Evaluate Programs and was led by Justin McCrary, University of California, Berkeley on April 3, 2009 from 9:00am to 12 noon in the JSP Seminar Room.
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CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS for 2007-2008
CSLS launched a new series of methodology seminars presenting aspects of empirical research methods by and for legal and sociolegal scholars in 2007. To go to the webpage of any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title below. There you will find the videos of each 3-hour seminar; handouts; powerpoint slides; bibliographies; and other course materials.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Systematic Qualitative Fieldwork was led by Calvin Morrill of UC Irvine 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Powerpoint lecture: Part I and Part II
Course Syllabus
October 23, 2007
Historical-Comparative Methods was led by Robin Stryker of the University of Minnesota, 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Powerpoint Lecture
Thursday, February 21, 2008
An Introduction to Survey Research was led by Tom Piazza of U.C. Berkeley's Survey Research Center, 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Six items
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Art and Science of Interviewing, was led by Kristin Luker, Elizabeth Josselyn Boalt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, U.C. Berkeley, 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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