It’s a question I posed earlier this year and can answer before 2015 comes along.
One thing the latest 509 Information Reports do is consolidate “full-time” and “other full-time” faculty into just “full-time faculty.” This decision, which likely relates to the change in the accreditation standards that removed the student/faculty ratio requirement, has led to two results. One, we no longer know in detail what’s going on with legal writing instructors or clinicians, and two, the peak for full-time faculty (total and mean average) is now 2010 instead of 2011 as I reported last year. I’ve merged the categories retroactively to better illustrate the trends.
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Since last year, the number of fall full-time instructors at all law schools fell by 8 percent; the cumulative decline since 2010 has been 11 percent, so much of what’s going on happened just before this academic year.
Once again, here are your law schools ranked by net change in full-time faculty and smallest faculty size in 2010.
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| FULL-TIME FACULTY (FALL) | ||||||
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| RANK | SCHOOL | ’10 | ’13 | ’14 | ANNUAL CHANGE | NET CHANGE |
| 1. | WMU Cooley | 101 | 115 | 49 | -66 | -52 |
| 2. | George Washington | 106 | 93 | 72 | -21 | -34 |
| 3. | Florida Coastal | 69 | 51 | 36 | -15 | -33 |
| 4. | Vermont | 55 | 33 | 26 | -7 | -29 |
| 5. | Pacific, McGeorge | 63 | 43 | 36 | -7 | -27 |
| 6. | Texas | 103 | 80 | 80 | 0 | -23 |
| 7. | Seton Hall | 59 | 47 | 38 | -9 | -21 |
| 8. | Hamline | 34 | 24 | 14 | -10 | -20 |
| 8. | Albany | 46 | 36 | 26 | -10 | -20 |
| 8. | Villanova | 49 | 38 | 29 | -9 | -20 |
| 11. | Detroit Mercy | 42 | 29 | 23 | -6 | -19 |
| 11. | St. Louis | 65 | 50 | 46 | -4 | -19 |
| 11. | Seattle | 66 | 55 | 47 | -8 | -19 |
| 11. | Boston University | 67 | 48 | 48 | 0 | -19 |
| 11. | John Marshall (Chicago) | 75 | 64 | 56 | -8 | -19 |
| 16. | Capital | 35 | 25 | 17 | -8 | -18 |
| 16. | Widener | 50 | 39 | 32 | -7 | -18 |
| 16. | Catholic | 56 | 41 | 38 | -3 | -18 |
| 16. | Hofstra | 60 | 47 | 42 | -5 | -18 |
| 16. | California-Berkeley | 90 | 72 | 72 | 0 | -18 |
| 21. | Arizona Summit [Phoenix] | 32 | 34 | 15 | -19 | -17 |
| 21. | Golden Gate | 42 | 30 | 25 | -5 | -17 |
| 21. | DePaul | 56 | 50 | 39 | -11 | -17 |
| 24. | Florida A&M | 35 | 23 | 19 | -4 | -16 |
| 24. | Cleveland State | 39 | 31 | 23 | -8 | -16 |
| 24. | Fordham | 81 | 72 | 65 | -7 | -16 |
| 78. | Southern University | 35 | 36 | 20 | -16 | -15 |
| 27. | Southern Methodist | 46 | 42 | 31 | -11 | -15 |
| 27. | Stetson | 59 | 51 | 44 | -7 | -15 |
| 30. | Western New England | 36 | 24 | 22 | -2 | -14 |
| 30. | New England | 40 | 35 | 26 | -9 | -14 |
| 30. | Case Western Reserve | 47 | 47 | 33 | -14 | -14 |
| 30. | New York Law School | 71 | 65 | 57 | -8 | -14 |
| 30. | American | 104 | 113 | 90 | -23 | -14 |
| 35. | Quinnipiac | 32 | 28 | 19 | -9 | -13 |
| 35. | Touro | 42 | 36 | 29 | -7 | -13 |
| 35. | Pace | 47 | 41 | 34 | -7 | -13 |
| 38. | Wake Forest | 48 | 41 | 36 | -5 | -12 |
| 38. | St. John’s | 50 | 42 | 38 | -4 | -12 |
| 38. | Rutgers-Camden | 54 | 56 | 42 | -14 | -12 |
| 38. | Maryland | 63 | 63 | 51 | -12 | -12 |
| 38. | San Diego | 66 | 60 | 54 | -6 | -12 |
| 43. | La Verne | 19 | 11 | 8 | -3 | -11 |
| 43. | Regent | 25 | 17 | 14 | -3 | -11 |
| 43. | Nova Southeastern | 60 | 55 | 49 | -6 | -11 |
| 43. | Santa Clara | 65 | 60 | 54 | -6 | -11 |
| 47. | Roger Williams | 27 | 20 | 17 | -3 | -10 |
| 47. | Whittier | 31 | 25 | 21 | -4 | -10 |
| 47. | Oklahoma City | 34 | 28 | 24 | -4 | -10 |
| 47. | Hawaii | 35 | 28 | 25 | -3 | -10 |
| 47. | Pittsburgh | 47 | 39 | 37 | -2 | -10 |
| 47. | Chapman | 51 | 41 | 41 | 0 | -10 |
| 47. | Penn State (Dickinson) | 57 | 49 | 47 | -2 | -10 |
| 47. | Michigan | 92 | 88 | 82 | -6 | -10 |
| 55. | Ohio Northern | 22 | 21 | 13 | -8 | -9 |
| 55. | Dayton | 27 | 19 | 18 | -1 | -9 |
| 55. | Thomas Jefferson | 42 | 34 | 33 | -1 | -9 |
| 55. | Syracuse | 60 | 56 | 51 | -5 | -9 |
| 55. | Brooklyn | 68 | 62 | 59 | -3 | -9 |
| 60. | Appalachian | 16 | 17 | 8 | -9 | -8 |
| 60. | Faulkner | 23 | 15 | 15 | 0 | -8 |
| 60. | Gonzaga | 29 | 26 | 21 | -5 | -8 |
| 60. | Charleston | 31 | 30 | 23 | -7 | -8 |
| 60. | William Mitchell | 34 | 32 | 26 | -6 | -8 |
| 60. | Oregon | 35 | 31 | 27 | -4 | -8 |
| 60. | Arizona | 44 | 36 | 36 | 0 | -8 |
| 60. | California Western | 45 | 37 | 37 | 0 | -8 |
| 60. | Loyola (CA) | 66 | 63 | 58 | -5 | -8 |
| 69. | Montana | 19 | 15 | 12 | -3 | -7 |
| 69. | Widener (Harrisburg) | 25 | 22 | 18 | -4 | -7 |
| 69. | Howard | 26 | 24 | 19 | -5 | -7 |
| 69. | Arkansas (Little Rock) | 30 | 20 | 23 | 3 | -7 |
| 69. | George Mason | 38 | 34 | 31 | -3 | -7 |
| 69. | Alabama | 47 | 45 | 40 | -5 | -7 |
| 69. | Florida State | 47 | 42 | 40 | -2 | -7 |
| 69. | California-Hastings | 71 | 65 | 64 | -1 | -7 |
| 77. | Ave Maria | 26 | 20 | 20 | 0 | -6 |
| 77. | St. Thomas (MN) | 29 | 27 | 23 | -4 | -6 |
| 77. | New Hampshire | 33 | 25 | 27 | 2 | -6 |
| 77. | San Francisco | 37 | 32 | 31 | -1 | -6 |
| 77. | Louisiana State | 41 | 37 | 35 | -2 | -6 |
| 77. | Iowa | 46 | 46 | 40 | -6 | -6 |
| 77. | Connecticut | 52 | 46 | 46 | 0 | -6 |
| 77. | Lewis and Clark | 53 | 50 | 47 | -3 | -6 |
| 77. | SUNY Buffalo | 54 | 51 | 48 | -3 | -6 |
| 77. | Washington University | 68 | 65 | 62 | -3 | -6 |
| 77. | Houston | 76 | 68 | 70 | 2 | -6 |
| 88. | Northern Kentucky | 28 | 26 | 23 | -3 | -5 |
| 88. | Wayne State | 38 | 31 | 33 | 2 | -5 |
| 88. | Marquette | 39 | 37 | 34 | -3 | -5 |
| 88. | North Carolina Central | 42 | 33 | 37 | 4 | -5 |
| 88. | Illinois | 49 | 52 | 44 | -8 | -5 |
| 88. | Temple | 63 | 58 | 58 | 0 | -5 |
| 88. | Miami | 82 | 83 | 77 | -6 | -5 |
| 88. | Georgetown | 129 | 132 | 124 | -8 | -5 |
| 96. | Samford | 23 | 21 | 19 | -2 | -4 |
| 96. | Baylor | 27 | 23 | 23 | 0 | -4 |
| 96. | Tulsa | 28 | 25 | 24 | -1 | -4 |
| 96. | Texas A&M [Wesleyan] | 30 | 26 | 26 | 0 | -4 |
| 96. | Missouri (Kansas City) | 34 | 36 | 30 | -6 | -4 |
| 96. | Valparaiso | 35 | 31 | 31 | 0 | -4 |
| 96. | St. Mary’s | 36 | 41 | 32 | -9 | -4 |
| 96. | Loyola (LA) | 50 | 49 | 46 | -3 | -4 |
| 96. | Cornell | 51 | 50 | 47 | -3 | -4 |
| 96. | Indiana (Bloomington) | 59 | 52 | 55 | 3 | -4 |
| 96. | Loyola (IL) | 60 | 65 | 56 | -9 | -4 |
| 96. | Chicago | 71 | 59 | 67 | 8 | -4 |
| 96. | Pennsylvania | 75 | 69 | 71 | 2 | -4 |
| 109. | Maine | 16 | 22 | 13 | -9 | -3 |
| 109. | Mississippi College | 26 | 25 | 23 | -2 | -3 |
| 109. | Southern Illinois | 27 | 24 | 24 | 0 | -3 |
| 109. | Drake | 28 | 29 | 25 | -4 | -3 |
| 109. | Arkansas (Fayetteville) | 29 | 28 | 26 | -2 | -3 |
| 109. | Tennessee | 30 | 31 | 27 | -4 | -3 |
| 109. | Texas Southern | 30 | 33 | 27 | -6 | -3 |
| 109. | Washburn | 31 | 30 | 28 | -2 | -3 |
| 109. | Akron | 33 | 27 | 30 | 3 | -3 |
| 109. | Rutgers-Newark | 40 | 40 | 37 | -3 | -3 |
| 109. | Georgia | 51 | 49 | 48 | -1 | -3 |
| 109. | Tulane | 53 | 51 | 50 | -1 | -3 |
| 109. | Minnesota | 58 | 57 | 55 | -2 | -3 |
| 109. | Wisconsin | 65 | 65 | 62 | -3 | -3 |
| 123. | Louisville | 26 | 26 | 24 | -2 | -2 |
| 123. | Kansas | 35 | 35 | 33 | -2 | -2 |
| 123. | Vanderbilt | 36 | 39 | 34 | -5 | -2 |
| 123. | Indiana (Indianapolis) | 41 | 43 | 39 | -4 | -2 |
| 123. | Notre Dame | 46 | 46 | 44 | -2 | -2 |
| 123. | Arizona State | 53 | 54 | 51 | -3 | -2 |
| 123. | Georgia State | 57 | 59 | 55 | -4 | -2 |
| 123. | Chicago-Kent, IIT | 66 | 66 | 64 | -2 | -2 |
| 123. | Virginia | 79 | 78 | 77 | -1 | -2 |
| 123. | Suffolk | 80 | 74 | 78 | 4 | -2 |
| 123. | Harvard | 141 | 140 | 139 | -1 | -2 |
| 134. | South Dakota | 14 | 14 | 13 | -1 | -1 |
| 134. | District of Columbia | 21 | 18 | 20 | 2 | -1 |
| 134. | Campbell | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | -1 |
| 134. | Kentucky | 25 | 22 | 24 | 2 | -1 |
| 134. | Toledo | 26 | 23 | 25 | 2 | -1 |
| 134. | Duquesne | 26 | 28 | 25 | -3 | -1 |
| 134. | Willamette | 28 | 28 | 27 | -1 | -1 |
| 134. | Mississippi | 31 | 31 | 30 | -1 | -1 |
| 134. | Utah | 34 | 36 | 33 | -3 | -1 |
| 134. | Richmond | 36 | 39 | 35 | -4 | -1 |
| 134. | Southern California | 43 | 45 | 42 | -3 | -1 |
| 134. | Yale | 76 | 81 | 75 | -6 | -1 |
| 146. | Northern Illinois | 19 | 23 | 19 | -4 | 0 |
| 146. | Elon | 20 | 26 | 20 | -6 | 0 |
| 146. | Wyoming | 21 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 146. | Mercer | 27 | 29 | 27 | -2 | 0 |
| 146. | Drexel | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 146. | Cincinnati | 29 | 30 | 29 | -1 | 0 |
| 146. | Atlanta’s John Marshall | 35 | 41 | 35 | -6 | 0 |
| 146. | Southwestern | 57 | 59 | 57 | -2 | 0 |
| 146. | Cardozo, Yeshiva | 61 | 67 | 61 | -6 | 0 |
| 155. | Creighton | 23 | 25 | 24 | -1 | 1 |
| 155. | Washington and Lee | 35 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 155. | City University | 36 | 38 | 37 | -1 | 1 |
| 155. | Baltimore | 58 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| 159. | North Dakota | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 159. | Nevada | 26 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 2 |
| 159. | Barry | 33 | 33 | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| 159. | Texas Tech | 35 | 38 | 37 | -1 | 2 |
| 159. | South Carolina | 36 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 164. | Liberty | 19 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 164. | Nebraska | 26 | 31 | 29 | -2 | 3 |
| 164. | Missouri (Columbia) | 28 | 33 | 31 | -2 | 3 |
| 164. | Florida International | 32 | 37 | 35 | -2 | 3 |
| 164. | California-Davis | 43 | 48 | 46 | -2 | 3 |
| 164. | South Texas | 44 | 49 | 47 | -2 | 3 |
| 164. | Boston College | 51 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
| 164. | Florida | 56 | 63 | 59 | -4 | 3 |
| 164. | Emory | 58 | 65 | 61 | -4 | 3 |
| 164. | New York University | 151 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 3 |
| 174. | Western State | 16 | 22 | 20 | -2 | 4 |
| 174. | Memphis | 18 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| 174. | Idaho | 21 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| 174. | St. Thomas (FL) | 28 | 34 | 32 | -2 | 4 |
| 174. | Pepperdine | 35 | 40 | 39 | -1 | 4 |
| 174. | Northeastern | 36 | 42 | 40 | -2 | 4 |
| 174. | Duke | 70 | 75 | 74 | -1 | 4 |
| 174. | Northwestern | 99 | 102 | 103 | 1 | 4 |
| 182. | New Mexico | 28 | 34 | 33 | -1 | 5 |
| 182. | West Virginia | 33 | 40 | 38 | -2 | 5 |
| 182. | Oklahoma | 34 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 5 |
| 182. | Washington | 54 | 60 | 59 | -1 | 5 |
| 186. | Michigan State | 52 | 56 | 58 | 2 | 6 |
| 187. | Brigham Young | 19 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 187. | Colorado | 43 | 46 | 50 | 4 | 7 |
| 189. | William and Mary | 39 | 53 | 49 | -4 | 10 |
| 189. | North Carolina | 42 | 51 | 52 | 1 | 10 |
| 189. | Ohio State | 42 | 53 | 52 | -1 | 10 |
| 192. | Denver | 62 | 84 | 73 | -11 | 11 |
| 193. | California-Los Angeles | 86 | 99 | 98 | -1 | 12 |
| 194. | Belmont | 17 | 14 | -3 | 14 | |
| 195. | Massachusetts — Dartmouth | 15 | 17 | 2 | 17 | |
| 196. | Stanford | 68 | 81 | 90 | 9 | 22 |
| 197. | Charlotte | 35 | 66 | 64 | -2 | 29 |
| 198. | California-Irvine | 27 | 32 | 5 | 32 | |
| 199. | Columbia | 107 | 154 | 167 | 13 | 60 |
| 10TH PERCENTILE | 23 | 22 | 19 | -9 | -18 | |
| 25TH PERCENTILE | 30 | 28 | 25 | -6 | -10 | |
| MEDIAN | 42 | 39 | 35 | -3 | -4 | |
| 75TH PERCENTILE | 58 | 55 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| 90TH PERCENTILE | 75 | 72 | 70 | 2 | 4 | |
| MEAN | 46.4 | 44.4 | 40.8 | -3.5 | -4.8 | |
| GROSS GAIN | 88 | 343 | ||||
| GROSS LOSS | -786 | -1,308 | ||||
| CUMULATIVE | 9,093 | 8,826 | 8,128 | -698 | -965 | |
Editorial observations:
- The data look a lot more consistent than last year, e.g. the University of Chicago losing a dozen law professors last year.
- But I still have no idea how Columbia has added so many more teachers.
- Kudos to Campos for discovering the first ranked winner
- It occurs to me is that law schools might be buying out some full-time instructors but rehiring them as part-timers. There wouldn’t be a way to tell though.
- Two law schools, La Verne and Appalachian, now have fewer than 10 full-time instructors. Both are down more than 50 percent from 2010.
- I didn’t include them, but the number one decline by percentage is
Chapman at 61 percent.Hamline.andLa Verne follows.
That’s all for now.
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