Joining Forces

Abstract

In the absence of empirical evidence and in the face of conflicting intuitions, there is no way to assess the relevance of collaborative work to the development of law and legal scholarship. In this essay we seek to fill this gap in our legal intellectual history by assessing the role collaboration has played in the past, speculating about the role it will play in the fmture, and making recommendations about the role that the legal academy can play-and we believe should play-in facilitating collaboration. This essay, then, is part description, part prediction, and part prescription.