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 ¶  Top 70 Law Faculties In Scholarly Impact, 2007-2011
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TOP 70 LAW FACULTIES IN SCHOLARLY IMPACT, 2007-2011
July 2012

            Professor Gregory Sisk and his colleagues in the law library at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) have used the methodology of my prior scholarly impact studies to produced an updated study of the 70 law faculties with the highest scholarly impact, based on both average and median impact as measured by citations.   Professor Sisk and his colleagues give a detailed explanation of the project here; I also encourage those utilizing this information to note the caveats I have highlighted previously.

            The ranking below weights the mean score for twice as much as the median; the final column on the right lists the ten most-cited faculty.  I have more comments on how to interpret the results here.

Scholarly Impact Ranking of Law Faculties, 2012

Ranking

Law School

Weighted Score

Mean

Median

Most Cited Scholars

(* indicates 70 or older in 2012)

1

Yale University

1629

597

435

B. Ackerman, A. Amar, I. Ayres, J. Balkin, W. Eskridge, D. Kahan, J. Macey, R. Post, J. Resnik, R. Siegel

2

Harvard University

1326

481

364

L. Bebchuk, R. Fallon, J. Goldsmith, L. Kaplow, L. Lessig, M. Minow, S. Shavell,  *L. Tribe, M. Tushnet, A. Vermeule

3

University of Chicago

1215

440

335

D. Baird, T. Ginsburg, B. Leiter, S. Levmore, R. McAdams, M. Nussbaum, E. Posner, G. Stone, D. Strauss, D. Weisbach

4

Stanford University

1176

439

298

*L. Friedman, R. Gilson (part-time), P. Goldstein, *R. Gordon, P. Karlan, L. Kramer (part-time), M. Lemley, M. McConnell, D. Rhode, K. Sullivan (part-time)

5

New York University

1141

402

337

R. Dreyfuss, *R. Dworkin (part-time), R. Epstein, B. Friedman, S. Issacharoff, *A. Miller, G. Miller, R. Pildes, *R. Stewart, J. Waldron (part-time)

6

Columbia University

962

345

272

J. Coffee, *G. Fletcher, R. Gilson (part-time), J. Ginsburg, * K. Greenawalt, T. Merrill, *H. Monaghan, *J. Raz (part-time), R. Scott, W. Simon

7

University of California, Irvine

922

352

218

D. Burk, E. Chemerinsky, C. Fisk, B. Garth, R. Hasen, C. Leslie, E. Loftus, C. Menkel-Meadow, R. Reese, C. Tomlins

8

Vanderbilt University

891

307

277

M. Blair, L. Bressman, C. Guthrie, N. King, E. Rubin, J.B. Ruhl, S. Sherry, C. Slobogin, R. Thomas, W. Viscusi

9

Cornell University

793

283

227

G. Alexander, K. Clermont, M. Dorf, T. Eisenberg, V. Hans, M. Heise, R. Hillman, J. Rachlinski, S. Schwab, L. Stout

10

University of California, Berkeley

788

299

190

*J. Choper, R. Cooter, *M. Eisenberg, D. Farber, A. Guzman, P. Menell, R. Merges, P. Samuelson, J. Yoo, *F. Zimring

11

Duke University

744

263

218

J. Boyle, C. Bradley, *P. Carrington, J. Cox, M. Gulati, L. Helfer, A. Rai, J. Salzman, S. Schwarcz, E. Young

 

University of Pennsylvania

752

273

206

S. Bibas, W. Bratton, S. Burbank, J. Fisch, G. Parchomovsky (part-time), D. Roberts, P. Robinson, E. Rock, D. Skeel, C. Yoo

13

Northwestern University

705

259

187

R. Allen, B. Black, S. Calabresi, *A. D’Amato, D. Dana, S. Diamond, A. Koppelman, J. McGinnis, J. Pfander, M. Redish

14

University of California, Los Angeles

679

251

177

S. Bainbridge, D. Carbado, K. Crenshaw (part-time), J. Kang, R. Korobkin, L. Lopucki, H. Motomura, N. Netanel, K. Raustiala, E. Volokh

15

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

673

240

193

S. Bagenstos, S. Croley, R. Eisenberg, S. Gross, *J. Krier, J. Litman, C. MacKinnon, A. Pritchard, *M. Radin, *J. White

16

George Washington University

599

216

167

N. Cahn, L. Cunningham, O. Kerr, W. Kovacic, S. Murphy, R. Pierce, J. Rosen, M. Selmi, D. Shelton, D. Solove

 

University of Virginia

607

226

155

J. Duffy, B. Garrett, J. Jeffries, *E. Kitch, D. Laycock, C. Nelson, S. Prakash, J. Ryan, F. Schauer, *G.E. White

18

Georgetown University

565

216

133

T. Aleinikoff, R. Barnett, J. Cohen, D. Cole, L. Gostin, N. Katyal, D. Langevoort, D. Luban, L. Solum, R. Thompson

19

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul

556

190

176

T. Cotter, R. Duff (part-time), K. Hickman, C. Hill, B. Karkkainen, H. Kritzer, B. McDonnell, F. Parisi, M. Tonry, D. Weissbrodt

 

University of Texas, Austin

550

198

154

M. Berman, R. Bone, R. Chesney, F. Cross, D. Jinks, *S. Levinson, T. McGarity, *L. Sager, W. Wagner, J. Westbrook

21

Boston University

501

173

155

G. Annas, J. Beermann, S. Dogan, *T. Frankel, W. Gordon, K. Hylton, G. Lawson, T. Maclin, L. McClain, M. Meurer

 

George Mason University

499

177

145

D. Bernstein, H. Butler, E. Claeys, M. Greve, B. Kobayashi, N. Lund, A. Mossoff, T. Muris, I. Somin, T. Zywicki

23

University of California, Davis

469

172

125

V. Amar, A. Brownstein, A. Chander, J. Chin, A. Harris, E. Imwinkelried, K. Johnson, A. Lin, M. Sunder, D. Ventry

24

University of Southern California

455

167

121

L. Epstein, S. Estrich, E. Garrett, G. Hadfield, E. Kamar, E. McCaffery, M. Mccubbins, R. Rasmussen, N. Staudt, *C. Stone

 

Yeshiva University, Cardozo Law School

454

161

132

B. Frischmann, M. Gilles, M. Hamilton, J. Hughes, M. Rosenfeld, B. Scheck, A. Sebok, A. Stein, S. Sterk, E. Zelinsky

26

Emory University

443

159

125

R. Ahdieh, W. Buzbee, *W. Carney, M. Dudziak, M. Fineman, J. Nash, M. Perry, R. Schapiro, J. Witte, B. Woodhouse

 

Washington U University, St. Louis

436

148

140

S. Appleton, K. Brickey, P. Joy, P. Kim, *D. Mandelker, N. Richards, L. Sadat, H. Sale, K. Syverud, B. Tamanaha

28

University of Colorado, Boulder

418

142

134

V. Fleischer, M. Hart, P. Huang, S. Moss, C. Mueller, P. Ohm, P. Schlag, A. Schmitz, P. Weiser, *C. Wilkinson

 

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

429

146

137

M. Finkin, E. Freyfogle, P. Heald, D. Hyman, J. Kesan, R. Lawless, M. Moore, C. Tabb, S. Thomas, C. Williams

30

Ohio State University

414

150

114

D. Berman, G. Caldeira, M. Chamallas, R. Colker, S. Davidoff, J. Dressler, C. Fairman, D. Merritt, P. Shane, P. Swire

 

University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)

411

151

109

T. Berg, T. Collett, R. Delahunty, N. Hamilton, L. Johnson (part-time), M. Paulsen, G. Sisk, S. Stabile, R. Vischer

 

Washington & Lee University

403

140

123

N. Demleitner, M. Drumbl, J. Fairfield, S. Franck, L. Johnson (part-time), T. Jost, E. Luna, D. Millon, A. Spencer, R. Wilson

33

Florida State University

385

136

113

F. Abbott, R. Atkinson, *J. Dodge, A. Hirsch, S. Hsu, M. Kapp, W. Logan, D. Markel, D. Markell, M. Seidenfeld

 

Hofstra University

399

142

115

A. Burke, R. Bush, J. Dolgin, E. Freedman, *M. Freedman, J. Grossman, J. Ku, R. Neumann, A. Resnick, A. Schepard

 

Indiana University, Bloomington

394

129

136

C. Bradley, F. Cate, K. Dau-Schmidt, D. Fidler, C. Geyh, M. Grossberg, W. Henderson, M. Janis, D. Johnsen, L. Lederman

 

University of Arizona

397

154

89

J. Anaya, J. Braucher, K. Engel, *D. Gantz, R. Glennon, T. Massaro, M. Miller, *C. Rose, W. Sjostrom, R. Williams

 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

392

144

104

A. Brophy, J. Conley, V. Flatt, M. Gerhardt, T. Hazen, M. Jacoby, W. Marshall, R. Mosteller, G. Nichol, G. Polsky, J. Wegner

38

Case Western Reserve University

370

132

106

J. Adler, G. Dent, J. Entin, P. Giannelli, S. Hoffman, R. Ku, K. McMunigal, L. Mitchell, C. Nard, M. Scharf

 

University of California, Hastings

376

143

90

W. Dodge, S. Dodson, D. Faigman, *G. Hazard, J. Leshy, R. Marcus, U. Mattei (part-time), N. Roht-Arriaza, D. Weisberg, J. Williams

 

University of Notre Dame

375

133

109

R. Alford, M. Brinig, *J. Finnis (part-time), N. Garnett, R. Garnett, M. McKenna, J. Nagle, N. Newton, M. O’Connell, J. Tidmarsh

41

Brooklyn Law School

352

122

108

A. Bernstein, J. Fanto, M. Garrison, E. Janger, *R. Karmel, E. Schneider, C. Serkin, L. Solan, N. Tebbe, *A. Twerski

 

College of William & Mary

351

120

111

J. Barnard, N. Devins, A. Gershowitz, M. Green, L. Heymann, C. Koch, P. Marcus, M. Stein, *W. Van Alstyne, T. Zick

43

Fordham University

348

128

92

J. Brudney, D. Capra, M. Flaherty, S. Foster, J. Gordon, B. Green, S. Griffith, S. Katyal, E. Lieb., J. Reidenberg, B. Zipursky

 

University of Maryland, Baltimore

337

125

87

T. Banks, D. Citron, M. Ertman, D. Gifford, M. Graber, R. Percival, W. Reynolds, J. Singer, M. Stearns, R. Steinzor

45

University of Houston

327

114

99

D. Crump, L. Hoffman, *P. Janicke, C. Joyce, J. Lipton, G. Moohr, R. Nimmer, M. Olivas, J. Paust, J. Sanders

 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

325

117

91

L. Berger, L. Edwards, R. Garcia, S. Lazos, T. Main, A. McGinley, N. Rapoport, J. Stempel, J. Sternlight, D. Tanenhaus

47

American University

309

113

83

K. Anderson, J. Baker, A. Davis, D. Hunter, P. Jaszi, J. May, D. Orentlicher, N. Polikoff, A. Taslitz, S. Vladeck

 

University of Alabama

307

107

93

A. Durham, S. Hamill, P. Horwitz, R. Krotoszynski, J. Leonard, A. Morriss, M. Pardo, P. Pierson, K. Randall, S. Randall

 

University of Iowa

303

115

73

R. Bezanson, C. Bohannan, S. Burton, A. Estin, H. Hovenkamp, S. Kurtz, A. Onwuachi-Willig, M. Osiel, T. Pettys, A. Wing

 

University of Pittsburgh

305

111

83

D. Brake, R. Brand, D. Branson, M. Crossley, L. Frolik, D. Harris, *A. Hellman, J. Lobel, M. Madison, R. Wasserman

 

University of Utah

310

110

90

R. Adler, A. Anghie, P. Cassell, R. Craig, L. Francis, A. Guiora, R. Keiter, L. Kessler, C. Peterson, *A. Reitze

52

Arizona State

293

111

71

K. Abbott, D. Bodansky, R. Clinton, I. Ellman, A. Fellmeth, C. Hessick, J. Hodge, *J. Murphy, M. Saks, R. Tsosie

 

Boston College

287

100

87

M. Brodin, *G. Brown, R. Cassidy, D. Coquillette, H. Greenfield, R. Jones, D. Kanstroom, J. Liu, Z. Plater, A. Yen

 

Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law

295

105

85

L. Andrews, E. Brody, H. Krent, E. Lee, M. Malin, N. Marder, H. Perritt, M. Rosen, *A. Tarlock, R. Wright

 

University of Hawaii

299

126

47

D. Antolini, H. Beh, D. Callies, L. Krieger, C. Lawrence, J. Levinson, M. Matsuda, J. Ramsfield, A. Soifer, E. Yamamoto

 

University of San Diego

298

119

60

L. Alexander, A. Bell (part-time), R. Brooks, D. Dripps, O. Lobel, D. McGowan, F. Partnoy, M. Ramsey, M. Rappaport, S. Smith

57

Brigham Young University

280

103

74

W. Durham, J. Fee, *J. Fleming, F. Gedicks, D. Moore, J. Rasband, B. Scharffs, D. Smith, L. Wardle

 

New York Law School

281

99

83

E. Chambliss, S. Ellmann, D. Hunter, R. Jonakait, B. Noveck, M. Perlin, *E. Purcell, *D. Schoenbrod, N. Strossen, R. Teitel

 

Temple University

273

102

69

J. Baron, S. Burris, J. Dunoff, D. Hoffman, D. Kairys, J. Lipson, G. Mandel, D. Post, A. Sinden, P. Spiro

 

Tulane University

277

104

69

A. Feibelman, *R. Force, J. Gordley, S. Griffin, *O. Houck, M. Kornhauser, G. Lunney, D. Meyer, *V. Palmer, *E. Sherman

 

University of Florida, Gainesville

274

101

72

N. Dowd, M. Fenster, J. Harrison, B. Hernandez-Truyol, L. Lidsky, M. McMahon, L. Noah, W. Page, L. Riskin, M. Wolf

 

University of Georgia

277

101

75

D. Amann, E. Burch, D. Coenen, *W. Hellerstein, E. Leonard, J. Miller, P. Rutledge, J. Smith, *A. Watson, M. Wells

 

University of Missouri, Columbia

274

100

74

D. Abrams, F. Bowman, D. Crouch, C. Esbeck, R. Gely, J. Lande, P. Peters, R. Reuben, R. Uphoff, C. Wells

64

Chapman University

260

103

54

M. Bazyler, T. Bell, J. Eastman, K. Eggert, D. Kochan, H. Noyes, R. Redding, L. Rosenthal, R. Rotunda, *V. Smith

 

Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law

263

93

77

T. Carbonneau, L. Cata Backer, E. Dannin, D. Kaye, J. Lopatka, C. Rogers, V. Romero, S. Ross, L. Terry, N. Welsh

 

Rutgers University, Camden

262

101

60

L. Bosniak, M. Carrier, J. Feinman, K. Ferzan, E. Goodman, F. Lastowka, E. Maltz, D. Patterson (part-time), B. Stephens, R. Williams

 

Seattle University

268

102

64

S. Bender, R. Chang, M. Chon, R. Delgado, *D. Engdahl, J. Mitchell, M. Niles, A. Siegel, D. Skover, J. Stefancic

 

Seton Hall University

265

91

83

M. Denbeaux, E. Hartnett, S. Lubben, S. Maldonado, F. Pasquale, M. Poirier, D. Risinger, A. Ristroph, A. Steinman, C. Sullivan

 

University of Cincinnati

253

94

65

T. Armstrong, L. Bilionis, B. Black, A. Bryant, P. Caron, J. Cogan, M. Godsey, E. Houh, B. Mank, M. Solimine, J. Tomain

 

University of Wisconsin, Madison

259

90

79

A. Althouse, *P. Carstensen, R. Charo, H. Erlanger, S. Ghosh, H. Klug, E. Mertz, M. Raymond, J. Rogers, D. Schwartz

 

Wake Forest University

268

105

58

J. Collins, *M. Curtis, M. Green, M. Hall, J. Knox, A. Palmiter, W. Parker, S. Shapiro, M. Taylor, R. Wright


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