What is New Legal Realism?

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Why is law so slow to get what's really happening? Why is it often so far away from our real-world experiences? The New Legal Realism movement springs from this frustration. The social sciences study how law really works, using systematic methods. But lawyers and policymakers don't often use tha…

What is New Legal Realism?


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    An Interview with Richard Ashby Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 24:44


    Dr. Richard Ashby Wilson is a Board of Trustees Professor of Law and Anthropology and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He…

    An Interview with Amy Cohen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 20:14


    Amy Cohen is the inaugural holder of the Robert J. Reinstein Chair in law. Before joining Temple, she was the John C. Elam/Vorys…

    An Interview with John Bliss

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 26:10


    John Bliss is an assistant professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and an affiliate faculty member at the Harvard…

    An Interview with Alexandra Huneeus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 21:49


    Alexandra Huneeus is the Evjue Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She received her PhD, JD and BA from…

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    An Interview with Deepa Das Acevedo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 34:00


    Deepa Das Acevedo is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law.  In addition to being a legal anthropologist,…

    New Legal Realism and CRN 28: An Interview with Riaz Tejani and Emily Taylor Poppe

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 28:43


    This episode presents an interview with Professors Riaz Tejani and Emily Taylor Poppe, who recently became co-chairs of the Law and Society Association's…

    Theoretically-Informed Empirical Research in the Legal Academy: Shauhin Talesh’s New Legal Realist Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 31:54


    Season two of our podcast highlights the work of a new generation of NLR scholars.  This third episode presents an interview with Professor…

    Putting Empirical Research into Action: Bernadette Atuahene’s New Legal Realism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 44:45


    Season 2 of our podcast highlights the work of a new generation of NLR scholars.  This second episode presents an interview with Professor Bernadette Atuahene, who has…

    Combining Theory, Empirical Research, Doctrine, and Policy: An Interview with Thomas Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020


    Season 2 of our podcast highlights the work of a new generation of NLR scholars, kicking off with April Faith-Slaker’s interview of Thomas…

    NLR’s Big Umbrella: Interview with Stewart Macaulay and Elizabeth Mertz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018 45:28


    In the fourth episode of our NLR podcast series, April Faith-Slaker talks with Stewart Macaulay (Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of…

    On Indicators and Translation: Interview with Sally Engle Merry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 42:24


    In our third NLR podcast, Elizabeth Mertz interviews Sally Engle Merry, Silver Professor of Anthropology at NYU and former President of the Law…

    Introduction to Volume 2: Interview with Heinz Klug

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2018 26:50


    In the second of our NLR podcast series, April Faith-Slaker talks with Heinz Klug, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law…

    Why Should We Care About New Legal Realism? Interview with Michael McCann

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 30:29


    Michael McCann, former President of the Law & Society Association, leads off our podcast series – just as his preface led off both…

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