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Suggestions On How To Conduct Empirical Research: A Behind-The-Scenes View, Robin A. Boyle, Joanne Ingham

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The conference theme of empirical research at the 2006 Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, held in Washington,D.C., indicated an interest on the part of doctrinal and skills professors to conduct their own studies. The conference title, Empirical Scholarship:What Should We Study and How Should We Study It?, along with the plentiful workshops on the topic, evidenced the acceptance in the academe of empiricism.As a researcher noted, “Empirical legal scholarship … is arguably the next big thing in legal intellectual thought.”

Assisting legal writing professors with their growing interest in conducting empirical studies, the authors presented at the …