Law, Behavior, and Social Science
Reflecting and advancing recent trends in interdisciplinary legal scholarship, the program in Law, Behavior, and Social Science seeks to broaden and deepen knowledge at the intersection of law and various fields of social science, including economics, behavioral law and economics, empirical legal studies, and psychology. The program capitalizes on the expertise of members of the College's full-time faculty, as well as faculty members from other University departments, including roughly a dozen who hold courtesy appointments at the College of Law. The program seeks to publicize scholarship in the field to scholars, judges, attorneys, and other legal decision-makers in the United States and around the world.
Affiliated Faculty
- Amitai Aviram – LL.M., J.S.D. University of Chicago; LL.B. Tel Aviv Universit
- Kenworthey Bilz – A.B. Harvard College; J.D. University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University
- Dhammika Dharmapala – Ph.D. University of California;
M.Ec. University of Western Australia
- Nuno Garoupa – Ph.D. University of York; LL.M. University of London
- Rob Kar – Ph.D. University of Michigan; J.D. Yale Law School;
B.A. Harvard University
- Robert Lawless – B.S., J.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Jennifer Robbennolt – J.D. University of Nebraska College of Law; M.A.,
Ph.D. University of Nebraska; B.S. Willamette University
- Arden Rowell – J.D. University of Chicago Law School; B.A. University of Washington
- Paul Stancil – B.A., J.D. University of Virginia
- Lesley Wexler – J.D. University of Chicago Law School; B.A. University of Michigan
- Cynthia Williams – J.D. New York University; B.A. University of California at Berkeley
Website
Illinois Program in Law, Behavior, and Social Science
Program Hosted Lectures
February
2/04
Stefan Voigt, Institute of Law and Economics, Univ. of Hamburg
Constitutions and Coups
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
2/11
Valerie Hans, Cornell Law School
To Dollars from Sense: Qualitative to Quantitative Translation in Jury Damage Awards
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
2/18
Joshua Fischman, Northwestern University School of Law
REUNITING IS AND OUGHT
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
2/25
Alison Morantz, Stanford Law School
Coal Mine Safety: Do Unions Make a Difference?
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
March
3/04
Ruth Aguilera, UIUC College of Business
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PATTERNS: THE BOARD-AUDITOR RELATIONSHIP IN JAPAN
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
3/25
Vikramaditya Khanna, University of Michigan Law School
CEO Connectedness and Corporate Frauds
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
April
4/01
Kenworthey Bilz, UIUC College of Law
Criminal Punishment and Social Standing
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
4/08
James Greiner, Harvard Law School
How E ffective Are Limited Legal Assistance Programs? A Randomized Experiment in a Massachusetts Housing Court
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
4/22
William Hubbard, University of Chicago Law
The Paradoxes, Real and Imagined, of Twombly and Iqbal
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom F
March
3/27
Matthew Adler, University of Pennsylvania Law
HAPPINESS SURVEYS AND PUBLIC POLICY:WHAT'S THE USE?
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Faculty Lounge and Conference Center
3/12
Professor Scott Baker, Washington University
A Theory of Rational Jurisprudenc
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom B
3/05
Daniel Chen, Duke University, and Susan Yeh, Penn U.
The Economic Impacts of Eminent Domain
Faculty bio for Professor Yeh
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom B
February
2/27
Rebecca Sandefur, UI Sociology Dept.
Money Isn't Everything: Understanding Moderate Income Households' Use of Lawyers' Services
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom B
2/13
Giuseppe Dari Mattiacci, ACLE
The Good Faith Purchaser: Culture, Markets and the Legal System
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom B
2/06
David Law, Washington University
Sham Constitutions
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom B
January
1/30
Pascoe Pleasance, UCL London
Looking for Justice: The Public Experience of Legal Events
4:30 PM - 6:20 PM, Classroom B1
1/24
Workshop with Charlotte Ku and Paul Diehl
Bridging the International Law-International Relations Divide: Taking Stock of Progress
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Faculty Lounge and Conference Center
