1. Empirical Methods Showcase 1 (Qualitative Methods/Didactic Panel): Studying the Trial

Chair: Elizabeth Mertz (American Bar Foundation/University of Wisconsin)

Participants: Robert P. Burns (Northwestern University), Marianne Constable (University of California, Berkeley), Justin B. Richland (University of California, Irvine), Winnifred F. Sullivan (State University of New York, Buffalo)

2. A New Legal Realist Approach to Transnational Legal Orders

Chair/Discussant: Elizabeth Mertz (American Bar Foundation/U of Wisconsin), Terence Halliday (American Bar Foundation)

Participants: Elizabeth Heger Boyle (University of Minnesota), Wenjie Liao (University of Minnesota), Heinz Klug (University of Wisconsin), Bronwen Morgan (University of Bristol), Gregory Shaffer (Loyola University, Chicago)

3.Empirical Methods Showcase II (Experimental Methods/Didactic Panel): Ecological and External Validity in Sociolegal Experiments

Chair: Jennifer K. Robbennolt (University of Illinois)

Participants: Donald Braman (George Washington University), John Darley (Princeton University), Mary R. Rose (University of Texas, Austin), Sam Sommers (Tufts University)