Projects

BR/MAG Judge Database

by Jon Ashley, Sarah New & Rebecca Owen

Biographical information on federal magistrate and bankruptcy judges. Updated continuously.

Corporate Prosecution Registry

by Brandon Garrett & Jon Ashley

Comprehensive and up-to-date information on federal organizational prosecutions in the United States. Now hosted by Duke University School of Law.

Hedge Fund Documents Database

This library collection contains hedge fund operating agreements and private placement memorandums.

The Power Five: The Making of Newsworthy Deal Teams

by Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati & Albert Yoon

This paper explores the organizational dynamics affecting women's opportunities and outcomes in law firms, analyzing over 10,000 deals and 50,000 attorneys from 2013 to 2023. By examining newsworthy deal teams—the power center of law firms—it sheds light on gender representation and leadership trends within the legal profession.

Of Court Ordered

by C. Q. Le

A chapter in Reimagining School Integration: Possibilities for the Future.

A Hierarchical Dictionary Method for Analyzing Legal and Political Texts Via Nested n-Grams

by Kevin Cope & Li Zhang

This paper introduces a hierarchical dictionary method that uses nested n-grams for analyzing legal and political texts.

The Federal Architecture of Income Inequality

by Andrew T. Hayashi

Analyzes the federal role in income inequality, looking at how policy decisions affect distribution and opportunity.

The Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores (JuDJIS)

by Kevin Cope

Introducing a new measure of judicial ideology — and other traits — that will locate on a single scale nearly every Article III U.S. federal judge serving since 1990 (approximately 4,900 judges).

Israel Shows Diaspora Bonds Can Work as Advertised

by Michael Bradley, Irving De Lira Salvatierra & Mitu Gulati

A paper discussing the effectiveness of diaspora bonds in Israel's financial system.

Consequential Damages Clauses: Alien Vomit or Intelligent Design?

by Tara Chowdhury, Faith Chudkowski, Amanda Dixon, Rishabh Sharma, Madison Sherrill, Hadar Tanne, Stephen J. Choi & Mitu Gulati

The paper examines whether consequential damages clauses in M&A contracts result from careful design or inherited boilerplate, finding that industry efforts around 2015 led to significant drafting improvement.

The SCOTUS Tournament: Winning Isn't Everything

by Tracey E. George, Albert Yoon & Mitu Gulati

By analyzing an extensive dataset of lawyer appearances and win rates in the SCOTUS bar, this paper challenges existing narratives about the rise of repeat players and their impact on case outcomes, contributing significantly to our understanding of elite legal representation at the highest level of the American judicial system.

Enforcement Actions Against Global Banks Database

by Pierre-Hugues Verdier

Criminal enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against global banks and related actions by U.S. regulatory agencies and foreign governments during the period 2008-2016.