Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

Lateral hires in law with tenure or on tenure-track, 2024-25

These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2025 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.)  Last year's list is here.

 

*Amna Akbar (criminal law & procedure, social movements) from Ohio State University to the University of Minnesota.

 

*Devon Carbado (criminal procedure, constitutional law, Critical Race Theory) from the University of California, Los Angeles to New York University (effective January 2025).

 

*Grant Christensen (Federal Indian law, civil procedure) from Stetson University to the University of Alabama (untenured lateral).

 

*Orin Kerr (criminal procedure, computer crime law) from the University of California, Berkeley to Stanford University (effective January 2025).

 

*Anne Maria Lofaso (labor & employment law) from West Virginia University to the University of Cincinnati (effective January 2025).

 

*Saule Omarova (financial regulation, banking law, corporate finance) from Cornell University to the University of Pennsylvania (effective January 2025).

 

*Mary-Rose Papandrea (First Amendment, media law) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to George Washington University.

 

*Karen Sandrik (commercial law, intellectual property) from Willamette University to Marquette University.

 

*Gregory Shill (corporate, securities regulation, transportation law & policy) from the University of Iowa to Arizona State University.

 

*Neil Siegel (constitutional law) from Duke University to Texas A&M University.

 

*Charles Tyler (federal courts, constitutional law, civil procedure) from George Washington University to the University of California, Irvine (effective January 2025).

 

*Rebecca Wexler (evidence, law & technology, criminal law & procedure) from the University of California, Berkeley to Columbia University.

 

*Richard Winchester (tax, corporate) from Seton Hall University to Brooklyn Law School (effective January 2025).

What's going on at St. Thomas in Miami?

This account comes from a lawyer for the plaintiff, but the allegations recounted are rather concerning!  (Earlier coverage.)

(Thanks to Paul Caron for calling this to my attention.)

10 most-cited Health Law faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023 (CORRECTED)

Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited health law faculty in the U.S. for the period 2019-2023 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2024, and that the pre-2024 database did expand a bit since then).  Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten.    Faculty for whom roughly 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample) are in this area are listed; others with less than 75% of their citations in this field (but still a plurality) are listed in the category of "other highly cited scholars who work partly in this area." 

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Jones v. Vladeck

Apparently things got a little heated at a panel on judicial independence at the Federalist Society national meeting last week.  Judge Edith Jones of the 5th Circuit took exception to Professor Steve Vladeck's criticisms of judge-shopping, especially vis-a-vis "the Supreme Court of Amarillo," as it's known on Twitter/X in lawprof circles.  Judge Jones did not cover herself in glory in my opinion.  Professor Vladeck comments here (which also includes a link to a video of the panel), although I disagree with the idea that non-conservatives should not participate in Federalist Society events.  This one was instructive, and not in the way Judge Jones intended it to be.

 

I'm moving from Twitter/X to Bluesky

If you use X or similar social media to follow the blog, please follow me there.  Thank you.

ADDENDUM:  Here's why you should move too:   Musk is manipulating the algorithms on his platform in service of Trump and the Republicans.

ANOTHER:  Join the exodus to Bluesky:

The platform formerly regarded [by ignoramuses-ed.] as a utopian market square for exchanging information has suffered its largest exodus to date.

Bluesky, emerging as X’s newest rival, has amassed 16 million users, including 1 million in the course of 24 hours last week. Hundreds of thousands of people have quit the former Twitter since Donald Trump’s election victory on 6 November.

The catalyst is X’s owner, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who transformed the social media site and used it as a megaphone to blast Trump into the White House.

 

15 most cited Law & Economics faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023 (CORRECTED)

Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the fifteen most-cited law faculty in law & economics (including behavioral law & economics) in the U.S. for the period 2019-2023 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2024, and that the pre-2024 database did expand a bit since then).  Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten.    Faculty for whom roughly 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample) are in this area are listed; others with less than 75% of their citations in this field (but still a plurality) are listed in the category of "other highly cited scholars who work partly in this area." 

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10 most-cited Election Law faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023 (CORRECTED)

Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited election law faculty in the U.S. for the period 2019-2023 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2024, and that the pre-2024 database did expand a bit since then).  Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten.    Faculty for whom roughly 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample) are in this area are listed; others with less than 75% of their citations in this field (but still a plurality) are listed in the category of "other highly cited scholars who work partly in this area." 

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The study of philosophy in law schools, and JD/PhDs in philosophy, 2024 edition

For those who might be interested.

AALS Faculty Study

Coming soon.  I'll be participating in an online webinar on November 20 with BU Dean Onwuachi-Willig, AALS President and Dean Melanie Wilson, and LSAC CEO Kellye Testy about the report.  Research Katie Kempner will also present an overview of the study findings.

 

$45 million estate bequest to University of Washington's law school

A substantial gift, although fairly narrowly targetted in its purpose.

(Thanks to Rob Grant for the pointer.)

UC San Francisco (formerly Hastings) sees huge increase in applications...

...thanks, it appears, to its most famous alumna.  Now I wonder whether Trump had a similar effect on Wharton applications?