Through its flagship two week Economics Institute for Judges, the Mason Judicial Education Program focused on fundamental issues that often are at the heart of legal disputes.  Over two weeks of intensive classroom lectures and discussion, judges were given a solid grounding in economics, finance and scientific method.   Prerequisite:  Prior completion of an Economics Institute … Continue reading “Economics Institute for Judges, Week Two”

Program Description: The goal of the Workshop for Law Professors on Risk, Injury, Liability, and Insurance is to introduce law professors to these four concepts, provide clarity on how they are interrelated, and give guidance on how to use these concepts in their research and teaching.  The topics covered by this workshop include Risk and Risk … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Risk, Injury, Liability, and Insurance”

Program Description: The objective of this LEC-PERC workshop was to expose professors who teach natural resource and environmental law to the importance of property rights, transaction costs, and markets for solving environmental problems. The workshop began with some initial theoretical insights regarding the potential for environmental markets and built to specific applications to land, forests, wildlife, … Continue reading “LEC-PERC Workshop on Environmental Economics for Law Professors”

Program Description: The goal of the Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of Litigation and Civil Procedure was to help participants enhance their understanding of economics, broaden their analytical tools, and allow them to introduce greater economic sophistication and policy relevance to their academic work. This workshop was aimed at law professors interested in teaching … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of Litigation and Civil Procedure”