Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Empirical Legal Studies is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The distribution of in‐person public K‐12 education in the time ofCOVID: An empirical perspective18
Does the 1L curriculum make a difference?17
Plugging the pipe? Evaluating the (null) effects of leaks on Supreme Court legitimacy13
Market versus policy responses to novel occupational risks13
Can you trust your lawyer's call? Legal advisers exhibit myside bias resistant to debiasing interventions11
Imputing Proxy Advisor Recommendations11
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Does the Bar Exam Protect the Public?9
Issue Information9
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Transnational Litigation in U.S. Courts: A Theoretical and Empirical Reassessment8
Secured credit and bankruptcy resolution7
Judging fast or slow: The effects of reduced caseloads on gender‐ and ethnic‐based disparities in case outcomes7
Constitutional accountability for police shootings6
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U.S. Copyright Termination Notices 1977–2020: Introducing New Datasets5
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Income and Preferences for International Redistribution: Theory and Evidence5
Private security and public police5
Privacy decision‐making and the effects of privacy choice architecture: Experiments toward the design of behaviorally‐aware privacy regulation4
Issue Information4
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Stay at home if you can: COVID‐19 stay‐at‐home guidelines and local crime4
The Diffusion of Deal Innovations in Complex Contractual Networks4
Charging sex traffickers under federal law: What dispositions should we expect when applying theories on prosecutorial decision‐making?4
Hiding Lawyer Misconduct: Evidence From Florida4
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Patents Used in Patent Office Rejections as Indicators of Value4
Centered Advantage: A Geographic Measure of Partisan Fairness in Redistricting3
A study of pandemic and stigma effects in removal proceedings3
Foreword JELS 22.4 (December 2025)3
The role of cable news hosts in public support for Supreme Court decisions3
Asymmetric review of qualified immunity appeals3
Law, Justice and Reason‐Giving3
One judge to rule them all: Single‐member courts as an answer to delays in criminal trials3
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Chain novel, or Markov chain? Estimating the authority of U.S. Supreme Court case law2
The role of character‐based personal mitigation in sentencing judgments2
Assessing the Conservative Nature of the Supreme Court of Japan via Ideal Point Estimation of Justices2
The effects of price transparency and debt collection policies on intentions to consume recommended health care: A randomized vignette experiment2
Lucky you: Your case is heard by a seasoned panel—Panel effects in the German Constitutional Court2
Market Response to Court Rejection of California's Board Diversity Laws2
No Adjudication2
Does greater police funding help catch more murderers?2
Issue Information2
Can moral framing drive insurance enrollment in the United States?2
Correction to “Paying for Performance? Attorneys' Fees in Fraud Class Actions”2
Foreword2
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