The Association for Law and Political Economy (ALPE) is an organization dedicated to the production of scholarly knowledge by academics, researchers, organizers, practitioners, and others committed to centering issues of political economy in the study of law. We seek to facilitate scholarship (which we define capaciously to include writing, teaching, advocacy)  that deepens our understanding of law’s relationship to questions of economic and democratic equality through various theoretical lenses and methods, with particular attention to issues of inequality, power, subordination, and intersectionality. The Association is committed to developing LPE as a field furthering scholarly conversations and interdisciplinarity, and promoting LPE scholarship. The Association also seeks to develop scholarly work that is part of a larger project of imagining and working towards a more democratic, fair, egalitarian, inclusive, and sustainable future.

To achieve these ends, the Association will serve as an membership organization that offers a broad annual conference and gathering, along with other gatherings and forms of programming. The Association will also work to cultivate emerging scholars and engage with students and student groups. It will aim to foster an engaged community, and to shape broader public understanding, to develop policy-relevant knowledge and contribute to reform efforts. 

Members of the Law & Political Economy Association Planning Committee

         Zohra Ahmed, Boston University School of Law

         Matthew Dimick, University at Buffalo School of Law 

         Veena Dubal, UC Irvine School of Law

         Luke Herrine, University of Alabama School of Law 

         Tarek Ismail, CUNY School of Law

         Jason Jackson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

         Amy Kapczynski, Yale Law School

         Luke Norris, University of Richmond School of Law

         Ngozi Okidegbe, Boston University School of Law

         Marissa Jackson Sow, University of Richmond School of Law

         Allison Tait, University of Richmond School of Law

         Karen Tani, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

         Lisa Washington, University of Wisconsin Law School  

         Noah Zatz, UCLA School of Law