Summary of Young-OGEMID Symposium No. 7: "Empirical Legal Research - How-To and Why-To (March 2018)"
Article from: TDM 2 (2020), in Discussion / OGEMID
General Summary
Young-OGEMID's (YO) seventh virtual symposium advised junior practitioners, academics and law students on how to and why to do empirical research, identifying the problems and possibilities associated with such analysis. As YO moderator Prof. S.I. Strong stated when introducing the event, "Ever wonder why lawyers do empirical research and whether it actually provides useful data?" During the discussion, academics and practitioners from around the world discussed the pros and cons of a variety of methodologies and provided tips for aspiring empiricists and critical ...