Who We Are

Since 2014, APPEAL has organized scholarly activities and educational programs encouraging new (and renewed) approaches to interrelated problems of law, economy, and politics.

In December 2024, APPEAL merged with several other academic organizations to form the LPE Collective, an interdisciplinary and international community supporting workshops and other scholarly activities related to law and political economy.

Events:

ANNOUNCING: CALL FOR EMERGING SCHOLAR SUBMISSIONS

Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy:

Engaging With Democratic Socialism

Saturday November 14, 2026

9:00am–5:00pm ET

John Jay College

524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019

At our Fall 2026 workshop, we seek to feature multi-disciplinary and intersectional emerging scholarship reflecting on the relationships between politics, law, economics, and society. A year after the New York mayoral election, this workshop will include speakers reflecting critically on the theory and practice of democratic socialism. We will also feature a panel discussion of the methods of law and political economy.

In addition to invited speakers, we are seeking submissions on a range of topics from students and emerging scholars interested in presenting work with a law and political economy-informed analysis of class, gender, race, imperialism, and more.

Interested students and emerging scholars should submit a 100–300 word abstract with titles by October 16, 2026, via the linked form. In keeping with a commitment to methodological pluralism, research utilizing quantitative or qualitative methods, analytic or institutional approaches, and other techniques from a variety of disciplines, will all be considered. We are especially interested in soliciting abstracts that cut across disciplinary lines involving economics, law and institutionalism, politics, history, etc.

We encourage proposals and projects at every stage of their development; completed papers are not necessary at the time of the workshop. If you are unsure if your proposal fits the submission guidelines, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers by mailing to appeal@politicaleconomylaw.org. Please note that, while the workshop and conference are free of charge and will include lunch and refreshments, we are unfortunately unable to provide support for travel or lodging.

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What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group

All are welcome!

Next date to be announced soon.

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RESOURCES:

Martha T. McCluskey, "Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law (APPEAL): Transforming Law and Economy," Journal of Law and Political Economy, volume 4, issue 1 (2023)

This article reflects on the Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and Law (APPEAL), formed in 2012 as the first contemporary scholarly group named for the emerging field of Law and Political Economy (LPE).

APPEAL Emerging Scholar Steering Committee

We are also excited to announce our new committee of new and aspiring scholars! The group will provide opportunities for informal advice for building the law and political economy field, especially offering perspectives of students and recent graduates with interest in integrating heterodox and interdisciplinary approaches to economics with an understanding of law grounded in legal realist and critical theories.

Committee members:

Emily Pisano (John Jay Economics)

Alex Richwine (John Jay Economics)

Lily Ginsburg (Berkeley Law graduate)

Eleanor Morgan (Sarah Lawrence College graduate)

Zac Hale (John Jay Economics)

Oskar Dye-Furstenburg (John Jay Economics)

Lauren Johnson (New School Economics)

Leah Masci (New School Economics)