The Law, Economics, and Politics Center (LEAP) at Berkeley Law brings together faculty and students from Law, Economics, Political Science, the Goldman School of Public Policy, the Haas School of Business, and elsewhere on UC Berkeley’s campus. Its goal is to further interdisciplinary scholarship, ideas, and discussion in these areas with a particular emphasis on law, government, and policy.
Upcoming Events
September 16, 2022
LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture
Jason Furman, Harvard: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold: Lessons from the Last Two Economic Crises
Recent Events
April 8, 2022
LEAP Graduate Student Fellows Conference
April 16, 2021
LEAP Graduate Student Fellows Conference
March 1, 2021
LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia:
Discounting, the Social Cost of Carbon, and Tools and Policies to Manage Climate Change
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November 12, 2020
LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture
Enrico Moretti, UC Berkeley:
Inequality from Geography
March 5, 2020
LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture
Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley:
The Triumph of Injustice
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February 6-8, 2020
LEAP-sponsored Conference
Text Analysis in Law Conference
February 6, 2020
LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture
John Donohue, Stanford:
The Move to Guns Everywhere
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