30min
More and more empirical research is published in law reviews; however, law reviews are lagging behind best practices in preserving the data sets that are analyzed in that scholarship. Data transparency allows for confidence in the accuracy of empirical analysis, as well as further scholarship which builds upon the data made available.
Best practices for data/code management and sharing have been developed in other disciplines, and it past time for law to join these other disciplines in making data and code transparency the norm. In this session, the speakers will introduce data/code transparency; detail best practices for data/code transparency from other disciplines, such as FAIR standards for data repositories; and provide strategies for law faculty, law libraries, and law reviews to work together to increase adoption of data and code transparency and strengthen legal scholarship.