Established in 1984, the Law, Economics, and Organization Workshop is an interdisciplinary workshop that brings to Yale Law School social scientists and legal scholars, generally from other universities, whose research involves a broad range of issues.

For further information please contact Kathy Pothin.

Course Requirements

2016-2017 LEO Schedule

Fall 2016

September 8
Paul Romer
New York University Stern School of Business
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
"The Trouble with Macroeconomics"

September 22
Barak Richman
Duke University School of Law
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
“An Autopsy of Cooperation: Diamond Dealers and the Limits of Trust-Based Exchange”

October 6
Michael Frakes
Duke University School of Law
“The Effects of Medical Liability Immunities: Evidence from the Military Health System” (with Jonathan Gruber). 

October 20
Crystal Yang
Harvard Law School

November 3
Michal Barzuza
University of Virginia School of Law
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance

November 17
Sonja Starr
University of Michigan School of Law

December 1
Roland Fryer 
Harvard University
joint with Legal Theory Workshop and Labor/Public Economics Workshop 
Location: Yale Law School, Faculty Lounge
Time: 4:15-6:00 pm

Spring 2017

February 2
Marcel Kahan
New York University School of Law
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance

February 16
Nathaniel Baum-Snow
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

March 2
Maya Sen
Harvard Kennedy School

March 23
Richard Vanden Bergh
University of Vermont, Grossman School of Business
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance

April 6
Anne Case
Department of Economics, Princeton University

April 20
John Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law