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Sponsors	Seeking to develop a rigorous, genuinely interdisciplinary approach to the empirical study of law.	From law on the books to law in action
NLR in the "news" Collaborative Research Network debuts at LSA Berlin meeting in July with 8 panels, including Presidential Panel NLR featured in ASA Law Section Presidential column
Upcoming Events 2008: March 14th - 15th: Conference: "New Legal Realism Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Feminism & Legal Theory Project," University of Wisconsin Law School		NLR Reading Corner New NLR working paper, "A New Legal Realism Method in International Economic Law Scholarship," by Gregory Shaffer NLR in Law and Society Association Newsletter Seminal NLR article translated in several languages
About NLR The New Legal Realism Project (NLR) challenges scholars in law and social science to develop a more rigorous and productive interdisciplinary method for studying law. Read more about NLR here. Studying law from the ground level up to the top Developing an NLR model A Tripartite Approach:   Translating Law, Social Science and Policy Studying Law from the “Bottom Up to the Top” Beginning with a Practice: A Renewed Pragmatism for Law Bringing Empirical Research to Legal Education New Legal Realism and “Legal Optimism”: Constructive Empirical Research on Law New Legal Realism in the Global Arena
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