Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (JELS) fills a gap in the legal and social science literature that has often left scholars, lawyers, and policymakers without basic knowledge of legal systems. Always timely and provocative, studies published in JELS have been covered in leading news outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes Magazine, the Financial Times, and USA Today.

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According to an independent, third-party ranking hosted by a law librarian at Washington & Lee Law School, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies ranked among the law journals with the most impact in 2008!

Social Sciences and the Law: 1 out of 24 (combined impact and citations)
Refereed Law Journals: 1 out of 504 (currency factor*)
Refereed Law Journals: 2 out of 504 (combined impact and citations)
All Law Journals: 11 out of 1522 (currency factor*)
*Compares journals on how rapidly their articles become cited

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June 2007 Press Release: 'Project Safe Neighborhoods Results in 37 Percent Drop in Homicide Rates'
Chicago program uses non-traditional methods to decrease gun-related homicide.

March 2006 Press Release: 'Study Finds Increased Damages in Sexual Harassment Cases Despite Caps'
New research shows that caps on Title VII sexual harassment damages do not necessarily reduce plaintiffs' overall monetary awards, as litigants sidestep limitations by employing alternative federal and state claims.

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TopHighlights

• A Broken System: The Persistent Patterns of Reversals of Death Sentences in the United States, Andrew Gelman et al., Columbia University
  
• Forty Years of Civil Jury Verdicts, Seth A. Seabury, RAND Institute for Civil Justice
  
• The Vanishing Trial: An Examination of Trials and Related Matters in Federal and State Courts, Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin Law School
  
• Attorney Fees in Class Action Settlements: An Empirical Study, Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell Law School, and Geoffrey P. Miller, NYU Law School
  
• The Determinants of Professional Fees in Large Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases, Lynn M. LoPucki and Joseph W. Doherty, UCLA Law School
  
• ADR and the "Vanishing Trial": The Growth and Impact of "Alternative Dispute Resolution", Thomas J. Stipanowich, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
  
• Does Relationship Banking Matter? Japanese Bank-Borrower Ties in Good Times and Bad, Yoshiro Miwa, University of Tokyo, and J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School
  
• Have Federal Judges Changed their Sentencing Practices? The Shaky Empirical Foundations of the Feeney Amendment, Max Schanzenbach, Northwestern University School of Law