For now, however, it is enough to state that this book should be read by anyone who is serious about
studying judicial behavior at the district court level.
The questionnaire specifically focuses on lawyer's perceptions
of judicial behavior and can be used in a variety of ways, including a method of garnering feedback and as a basis for empirical legal research.
The Legal Analytics course will talk about how machine learning can be used for legal functions like predictive coding in e-discovery, case assessments and predictions, forecasting staffing needs, and predicting
future judicial behavior from past judicial decisions.
After acquisition, Ravel Law's analytics offerings will continue to expand and be fully integrated into Lexis Litigation Profile Suite, delivering new insights
around judicial behavior that complement the product's current expert witness intelligence, LexisNexis said.
At some level, this is another example of what has been going on all week: The Republican / conservative minority (on the committee and talking in the press) has defined the boundaries of
appropriate judicial behavior — here, that utilizing foreign and international law is inappropriate.
He worries that «the focus of practical instruction in law school is bound to remain not
on judicial behavior but on understanding the tasks that junior associates in law firms are asked to do.»
See Cass R. Sunstein, Moneyball for Judges, The Statistics
of judicial behavior, New Republic (April 9, 2013).
On behalf of my co-authors — next month — I will be presenting at the University of Chicago — Workshop on
Judicial Behavior — Organized by Lee Epstein, Frank Easterbrook, Dennis Hutchinson, William Landes and Richard Posner.