CRN 28- New Legal Realism
Schedule of Events

Panel 1: Law from the Inside Out: Realist Studies of Law’s Inner Workings

FRIDAY, May 29 from 9 -10:45 pm EST (SESSION #7909, Webinar Room 04)

A perennial problem for studying the legal system is the clash between “inside” views, typically produced by legal scholars, and studies from an “outside” perspective, typically produced by social scientists. New Legal Realists have worked to bridge these points of view with new combinations of expertise in both law and social science. One way of doing this has been to focus on the process of interdisciplinary translation itself. Another is to examine the ongoing interaction of doctrine and its translation into practice within organizational constraints and contexts. Yet another asks how the lessons of the Weimar Republic can shed light on current-day legal developments in Mexico. Another core NLR approach to studying law “inside out” has been to examine the legal profession and legal education as crucial translation points.

SESSION CHAIR: Linda Hamilton Krieger, University of Hawaii

DISCUSSANT: Sara Ross, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

1. Adjudication of the Political: Could Prussia v. Reich Be Replicated in Mexico? –Roberto Mancilla, Movimiento Ciudadano

2. Organizational Factors in U.S. Clemency Outcomes –Bryant Jackson-Green, University of California – Irvine

3. The Odd Bedfellows Coalition of Parties and Amici in Citizens United –Ann Southworth, University of California–Irvine

4. The Role of Complexity-Reduction in Interdisciplinary Translation: The Evolving Criteria for Medical Negligence in Taiwan as an Example –Chih-Ming Liang, Taipei Medical University

Abstracts available at: https://ww2.aievolution.com/lsa2001/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=9013

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Panel 2: Getting Sociolegal Scholarship Cited and Recognized: New Possibilities and Perils

SATURDAY, May 30 3-3:45 EST (SESSION #8055, Webinar Room 01) – Co-organized with the LSA Task Force on Sociolegal Metrics

This panel examines the challenge posed by US News & World Report’s new plan to institute rankings of law professors’ scholarship and explores opportunities for all sociolegal scholars to make their work more visible. The panelists introduce the controversies involved in the proposed new ranking, including scientific concerns about the quality of the proposed data. They then provide information about a new potential to expand the available data on publications and citations using a partnership between HeinOnline and ORCID. The moderator will use questions from the audience to shape a participatory section of the program. Audience feedback will inform a new LSA Task Force on Sociolegal Metrics in future efforts on these issues.

SESSION MODERATOR: Meera Deo (LSSSE)

1. CJ Ryan (Roger Williams University School of Law and American Bar Foundation) – “US News & World Report’s New Metric and Its Effects on Sociolegal Scholarship”

2. Bonnie Shucha (University of Wisconsin Law School) and Sheila Rabun (LYRASIS.ORCID): “New Possibilities for Sociolegal Scholars: Hein, ORCID, and Your Scholarly Profile”

3. Comments – Elizabeth Mertz (ABF)

Audience Questions

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SUNDAY, May 31 – 1-2 pm EST … Webinar Room 14 CRN 28 BUSINESS MEETING ** ALL ARE WELCOME!