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The New Legal Realism
Authors: Elizabeth Mertz, University of Wisconsin Institute for Legal Studies, Emory University School of Law, Updated Jul 30, 2009
Lawyers and law professors frequently draw on social science, and there are many social scientists who devote their careers to studying legal institutions and processes. Yet despite their apparent…

Legal profession

After Tenure:  Senior Status in the Legal Academy
Authors: Elizabeth Mertz, Katherine Barnes , Wamucii Njogu, Updated Sep 15, 2011
This is the first national study examining the post-tenure experiences of law professors in the United States. Tenured law professors shape many aspects of the institutional settings within law…
Is It Fair?  Law Professors’ Perceptions of Tenure
Authors: Elizabeth Mertz, Katherine Barnes, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Updated Apr 2, 2012
This paper presents initial data from a major empirical study of U.S. law professors conducted under the auspices of the American Bar Foundation with additional funding from the Law School Admission…