The ELS Academy aims at educating a new generation of law students and researchers about the meaning of empirical legal research for legal scholarship and the law, and its theory and methods. Dutch universities are committed to further strengthening the collaboration, as they have joined forces to build a country-wide network of educational resources. The various law schools share knowledge and experience as well as course materials with regard to empirical methods in legal research. Our purpose is to develop courses that contribute specifically to the education of a new generation of empirical legal scholars who are able to do empirical research and translate said research findings into implication for legal norms.

Courses

University of Groningen

  • Introduction to Empirical Legal Research
  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Interview Techniques

Leiden University

  • Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law
  • Quantitative Empirical Research Methods in Law
  • ELS Lab Meetings
  • ELS Atelier – À la carte workshops

Utrecht University

  • Introduction to Empirical (Legal) Research: Methods & Techniques

Free University Amsterdam

  • Empirical Design

Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • Introduction to Empirical Legal Research
  • Advanced Empirical Legal Studies: Research Designs
  • Advanced Empirical Legal Studies: Research Designs – Applications
  • Computation Methods for Lawyers