Welcome to the webpages of the Empirical Legal Research Network. 

The Network was established in February 2009 and is convened by Professor Lesley McAra.  It has three key functions:

• to provide a resource bank of methodological skills and legal expertise which can be drawn on by academics, policy-makers and practitioners;
• to facilitate trans-disciplinary research collaboration on topics relating to law in the real world and to disseminate the results of such research;
• to support a range of specialist training and knowledge exchange activities.