This "survey" has been making the rounds, despite being obviously meaningless: it is based on a survey of 96 "faculty and staff" in the U.S. and Canada. Only 96! There are some 8,000 law faculty in the United States alone, and I would guess that the 16 law schools in Canada have another 800-1,000 academic staff as well.



I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…