named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy Workshops
Student-centered workshops fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on themes like democracy, power, and economic justice, hosted at academic institutions.
Law and Political Economy “Office Hours” Mentoring Sessions
Co-sponsored mentoring events connecting emerging scholars and students with senior faculty in law and political economy.
What is Capitalism? Discussion Group
Ongoing interdisciplinary discussion series examining capitalism’s legal, social, and political dimensions through scholarly presentations and dialogue.
activities · 3 groups
What they do
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Leadership & Policy Dialogue Forums 2 activities
- Advancing advocacy in law and economics policyOrganizes and participates in advocacy panels and events at major academic conferences, including the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, and collaborates with initiatives such as the Law and Money Initiative. Activities focus on reframing economic thinking through law and power, higher education finance, student debt, and cost-benefit analysis.
- Convening interdisciplinary forums on law and political economyOrganizes open academic seminars, workshops, and panel discussions that bring together scholars, students, and policy professionals to explore topics in law, political economy, and heterodox economics. Activities include scheduled seminars on social vulnerability, book talks, and interdisciplinary panels, some featuring lunch and informal gatherings, with events held both in person and online since 2015.
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Economic and Financial Research 1 activity
- Conducting and publishing research in law and political economyProduces and disseminates research that critiques neoclassical economics and advocates for revised legal and economic frameworks to address inequality, climate change, and financial instability. The organization advances interdisciplinary scholarship grounded in institutional political economy and legal realism.
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Research and Scholarly Fellowship Support 1 activity
- Supporting emerging scholars in law and political economyBuilds capacity in the field by establishing the APPEAL Emerging Scholar Steering Committee, co-funding and co-leading research streams at academic conferences, co-sponsoring mentoring sessions, and hosting informal online mentoring with senior scholars. These initiatives target graduate students, early-career researchers, and aspiring scholars in law and political economy.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$1K
Contributions & grants$1K100%
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expenses
Total expenses$27K
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Grants paid out$18K
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5 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue -34.5%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 3
- ERIC SCORSONE — Director
- JOHN HASKELL — Director
- ZACHARY HALE — Director
relationships · 33
Who they work with
- APPEAL Network — Member of a network advancing law and political economy through research, education, and policy.
- Association for the Promotion of Political Economy Partner — Collaborates to build connections between law and new economic thinking.
- Cornell Law School Partner — Frank Pasquale, Treasurer of APPEAL, is affiliated with Cornell Law School
- European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy Partner — Co-sponsor of the Summer Academy.
- European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy Partner — Collaborated on hosting the LPE Research Stream at its annual conference.
- Frank Pasquale Partner — Co-founder and former Board member of APPEAL who led a discussion on his article about the new antitrust framework.
- INET Young Scholars Initiative Partner — Co-funded and collaborated on the LPE Research Stream at the EAEPE conference.
- Institute for New Economic Thinking Partner — Collaborated with APPEAL on events including the 2017 Festival of New Economic Thinking.
- Institute for New Economic Thinking Young Scholars Initiative Partner — Co-sponsor of the Summer Academy through its Finance, Law and Economics Working Group.
- Jason Jackson Partner — Participated in a discussion on his book about capitalist legitimacy and foreign investment policy in India.
- John Jay College Economics Department Partner — Co-organizer of multiple workshops in the Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy series
- John Jay College Law and Political Economy Society Partner — Co-organizer of multiple workshops in the Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy series
- LPE Collective Network — APPEAL is a member of the LPE Collective, a collaboration of organizations advancing Law and Political Economy (LPE) scholarship and community building.
- LPE Project Partner — Co-sponsored multiple Law and Political Economy mentoring sessions and events.
- Law and Money Initiative (LaMI) Partner — Co-sponsored the LaMI Summer Academy at the University of Manchester in 2019.
- McGill Law School Partner — Host institution for the Junior Scholar Workshop on July 8, 2025
- New School for Social Research Partner — Co-organizer and host institution for workshops in the Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy series
- Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Partner — Co-organizer of the June 2018 workshop on connecting ideas and policies for change
- Roma Tre, Department of Economics Partner — Hosted the 2022 Summer Academy.
- Sarah Lawrence College Partner — James Moudud, Director of APPEAL, is affiliated with Sarah Lawrence College
- Sarah Lawrence College Social Science Group Partner — Co-sponsors academic events with APPEAL, including the Open Seminar on Social Vulnerability and Precariousness.
- Sarah Lawrence College Social Science Group Partner — Co-sponsors an open seminar on social vulnerability and precariousness.
- The Law and Political Economy Collective (APPEAL) Network — Co-sponsors an open seminar, indicating collaborative programming within a shared intellectual network.
- UMass Amherst LPE Partner — Co-sponsor of the October 2024 workshop at John Jay College
- University at Buffalo Law School Partner — Martha McCluskey, President of APPEAL, is affiliated with the University at Buffalo Law School
- University at Buffalo School of Law Partner — Host institution and co-organizer for multiple past workshops
- University of Manchester Partner — Host institution and coordinating partner for the Summer Academy.
- University of Manchester Partner — Hosted the Law and Money Initiative Summer Academy co-sponsored by APPEAL in 2019.
- University of Manchester Partner — John Haskell, Director of APPEAL, is affiliated with the University of Manchester
- University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law Partner — Host institution and co-organizer for past workshops
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strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Interdisciplinary Power Analysis for Structural Justicemethodology: interdisciplinary_power_analysisBy integrating legal, economic, and social analyses of race, gender, class, and empire, the organization generates scholarship that reveals how systems of power reproduce inequality, because structural injustice cannot be addressed without diagnosing its interconnected legal and economic roots.
- Law as Constitutive of the Economymethodology: law_as_constitutive_of_economyBy reframing economic systems as legally constructed through power relations, the organization produces policy analysis that challenges market fundamentalism and enables transformative legal interventions, because law is not a neutral backdrop but an active force shaping economic outcomes.
- Mentorship and Inclusive Collaboration to Democratize Scholarshipmethodology: inclusive_scholarly_collaborationBy creating pipelines for emerging scholars—especially from former colonial countries—and involving communities in shaping programming, the organization transforms who produces knowledge, because inclusive participation disrupts epistemic hierarchies and leads to more just and representative policy frameworks.