ICLE’s Academic Affiliates
Expectations
Every quid comes with a quo. While there are no formal expectations or requirements for our affiliates, it is our hope that affiliates will remain engaged with ICLE during the course of our relationship. As an affiliate’s term nears its end, we will look to whether and how he or she has worked with us over the past few years in deciding whether to extend the affiliate relationship for an additional term.
In general, we hope that affiliates will engage with us at least once each year. Examples of engagement include:
- Attending an ICLE event
- Sharing news of recent publications, so that we feature it on our Publications & Resources page and in social media
- Applying for a grant through ICLE
- Submitting a short-form piece of writing for publication on Truth on the Market
- Co-authoring with another ICLE affiliate for the first time
- Collaborating with ICLE or other ICLE affiliates on an amicus brief, report, or other policy-relevant project
The easiest way to be engaged is simply to share recent work with us so that we can help to publish it. You can share updates either using this form or by e-mailing [email protected].
Resources
ICLE has various resources available to support our affiliates’ research, including:
Grant and research funding: Our grant funding supports work with the potential to impact public policy. Research awards can include support for data, research support, teaching buyouts, affiliate collaborations, and simple honoraria and salary support. Priority research topics are regularly included in our periodic Affiliates Review updates (see below). We may also be able to provide additional assistance with obtaining data or making contacts in industry or government.
Research assistants matching: If you either need research support to help with a project, or have outstanding students who are interested in working with other scholars as a research assistant, you should let us know. Not only will we match student research assistants with affiliates needing research support, but we will pay our standard research assistant rate on top of whatever payment you may be able to offer them.
Travel funding: Sometimes your research budget doesn’t stretch far enough. We are happy to offer affiliates occasional awards to help cover research-related travel costs. This could include, for instance, covering airfare to participate in a workshop, or bringing a speaker to campus to present their work.
Affiliate collaboration awards: We value collaboration among our affiliates that strengthens our network. First-time collaborations between affiliates are eligible for financial awards of up to $2,500 per author upon publication.
Publication consulting: ICLE provides guidance on publishing short-form work that translates research for a wider audience in non-academic publications.
ICLEAR: ICLE Affiliate Review
ICLEAR is an occasional review of ICLE’s Academic Affiliate network, providing a digest of affiliate news & activity, ICLE news & activity, opportunities, and events.
ICLE Affiliate Review, October 2025
ICLE Affiliate Review, July 2025
ICLE Affiliate Review, March 2025
ICLE Affiliate Review, December 2024
ICLE Affiliate Review, August 2024
ICLE Affiliate Review, April 2024
Events
ICLE hosts a number of events, workshops, and roundtable discussions throughout the year. We look to our academic affiliates to bring their knowledge and skill sets to bear on these gatherings.
If you are interested in proposing, leading, or joining future events, please contact [email protected]
Big Ideas Workshops
ICLE’s Big Ideas Workshops are a regular series that brings together early- and mid-career scholars to discuss important ideas in law & economics. These meetings are designed to be collaborative, informative, and fun.
2025 Workshops
- The Debate over Neoliberalism and Race in America
- Governing Together: Law, Economics, and the Commons after Ostrom
- Race and the Market: Neoliberalism’s Promises and Pitfalls
- Gary Becker and the Law & Economics of Crime
2024 Workshops
- Big Ideas Greatest Hits: The Work of Armen Alchian and Ben Klein
- Utility Regulation through the Lens of Energy Regulation
- The Economics of Institutions: From Acemoglu to Before and Beyond
2023 Workshops
- Relational Contracting and the Work of Ben Klein
- The Invisible Hand and Potential Competition: Contemporary Relevance of Adam Smith to Competition Law
- Should you know what you don’t know about Information Economics?
- Merging Firms and the New Institutional Economics
2022 Workshops
- Posner v. Calabresi
- Coase to Coase: From Firm Behavior to Transaction Costs
- Evolution of the Understanding of the Theory of the Firm
2021 Workshops
- Relational Contracting and the Work of Ben Klein
- The Work of Armen Alchian
Annual Academic Affiliates Retreat
Every summer, ICLE’s annual retreat for its academic affiliates brings together a cohort of affiliates on a cyclical basis. The retreat includes some formal programming, including talks and research presentations, but our main goal is to create an opportunity for friends of law & economics to reconnect and catch up after a long few years.
Third Annual ICLE Academic Affiliates Retreat, 2025
We hosted our third annual Affiliates Retreat from June 22-25, 2025 at the Lodge at St. Edward Park in the Seattle area. Attendees discussed the state of the law & economics field, as well as opportunities to move the field in promising new directions.
Second Annual ICLE Academic Affiliates Retreat, 2024
We hosted our second annual Affiliates Retreat the last week of July, 2024 in beautiful Seattle, WA.
First ICLE Academic Affiliates Retreat, 2023
ICLE hosted 35 affiliates in Skamania, WA in July, 2023 for our first annual affiliates retreat. The retreat was an opportunity to discuss law & economics as a field, ongoing research, and to connect in person with friends old and new.
