Projects

Civil justice

Conceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Testing the Effects of the Rule of Law: Authors: Robert L. Nelson, Tom Ginsburg, Updated Dec 29, 2011; Using a mix of methodologies, this project seeks to identify the conditional mechanisms under which the rule of law produces its desired results. First, the project exploits its unique access to the…

Urban Lawyers: The New Social Structure of the Bar: Authors: John P. Heinz, Robert L. Nelson, John P. Heinz, Robert L. Nelson, Rebecca L. Sandefur and Edward O. Laumann, Updated Sep 24, 2008; Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2005 Over the past several decades, the number of lawyers in large cities has doubled, women have entered the bar at an…
After the JD: Authors: Bryant G. Garth, Robert L. Nelson, Ronit Dinovitzer, Joyce Sterling, Updated Jan 4, 2010; The After the JD (AJD) project is an empirical study of the career outcomes of a cohort of almost 5,000 new lawyers, offering both a nationally representative picture of lawyer career trajectories…

Employment Discrimination Litigation: Authors: Robert L. Nelson, Laura Beth Nielsen, Ryon Lancaster, John Donohue III, Peter Siegelman, Updated Feb 11, 2008; At the center of current debates about the role of anti-discrimination law in American society is the system of discrimination litigation. Despite the sheer magnitude of changes in employment…