Emory Law School Professor specializing in the study of courts & judges, federal courts & jurisdiction, and environmental law

Atlanta, GA
Joined November 2013
Stephanie Stern & I presented our paper "Measuring Property Talk" (coauthored with @Dave_Fagundes) at the Midwestern Law & Economics Association conference. Many thanks to the participants for valuable comments, and to @JamesFTierney & @ChicagoKentLaw for hosting so ably.
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It was great to present the paper "Culture and Private Enforcement of Public Regulation" (coauthored with Cherie Metcalf, Dan Klerman & Diego Zambrano) at the European Association of Law & Economics #EALE hosted by the Warsaw School of Economics & the University of Warsaw.
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It was wonderful to return to @UChicagoLaw last week for the 2026 meeting of the American Law & Economics Association @AmericanLawEcon #ALEA. I presented "Judicial Geography" (coauthored with @KevinLynnCope & @ccotropia).
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And Dan Klerman presented our coauthored paper, "Diversity Jurisdiction and Out-of-State Bias: Experimental Evidence".
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It was great last month to return to the Palmer House Chicago for the Midwestern Political Science Association conference. I presented the paper (coauthored with Charlotte Alexander), "District Court Referral Practices to Magistrate Judges".
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My presentation was as part of a panel on "Judicial Behavior and Institutional Design" that it was my fortune and honor to chair. @AlisonHMerrill and Mariliz Kastberg-Leonard provided excellent comments on the papers (including ours)!
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On a separate panel, Cherie Metcalf presented our coauthored paper on "Communicating Risk Across the Political Divide: Assessing Institutional Trust Over Time".
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Last week I attended the second Conference on Constitutional Law and Economics at @UVALaw. I got great feedback on my project with Dan Klerman on "Diversity Jurisdiction and Out-of-State Bias: Experimental Evidence". Thanks to Michael Gilbert & @Maxwell_Stearns for organizing.
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I had a great visit last week to @uarizonalaw. I am grateful for the opportunity to present my paper on "The Determinants of Bilateral Litigant Forum Choice" and for the valuable feedback that I received.
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The Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at @GeorgetownLaw this past weekend was a great forum to present the project "Judicial Geography" (coauthored with @KevinLynnCope and @ccotropia).
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I attended the 25th annual Midwestern Law & Economics Association conference this past weekend at @IUIndianapolis McKinney School of Law. I received valuable feedback on my project with @cjbuccafusco & @Dave_Fagundes on "Human v. AI Intermediation and Authorship: An Experiment".
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I'm back from another excellent meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association hosted by @UofTLaw. Kevin Davis delivered a wonderful public lecture. And I got great feedback on my project with Charlotte Alexander on "District Judge Referral Practices to Magistrate Judges".
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I spent a wonderful Friday at @TAMULawSchool's Center on the Structural Constitution's inaugural Fundamentals & Frontiers of Federalism Conference, co-sponsored by @GeorgetownLaw's @GUConstitution. I got great feedback on my paper "Federal Prosecution of State Court Judges".
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Very happy to have my paper with @prgugliuzza & @IowaPatentLaw "Expertise, Ideology, and Dissent" in print in the annual Federal Circuit issue of the @AmULRev. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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I am delighted to see my essay on "Chevron Stare Decisis in a Post-Loper Bright World" in the @IowaLawReview Online. ilr.law.uiowa.edu/volume-110…
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I'm delighted to see my article on "Federal Officer Criminal Case Removal" in print in the @WFULawReview. wakeforestlawreview.com/wp-c…
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Jonathan Nash retweeted
Nash on Loper Bright, Chevron, and Stare Decisis, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheo…
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It took a lot of work for my co-Presidents @TonjaJacobi, Joanna Shepherd & me to put together the 2024 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at @EmoryLaw @EmoryUniversity -- but it was worth it!
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Many thanks to @EmoryLaw for sponsoring and hosting, to our co-sponsors @QuanTMEmory @EmoryCLSS & @EmoryPolisci, to everyone who provided us with support, and of course to the presenters and discussants!
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It was great to attend the 2024 meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association at @UofTLaw. Lee Fennell (@UChicagoLaw) delivered an excellent keynote, and I got valuable feedback on the Judges' Chambers project I'm undertaking with @KevinLynnCope & @ccotropia.
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