This study identifies the law school alma mater (J.D. only) of tenure-stream academic faculty at 43 leading law faculties who graduated since 1995.  Faculty lists are current for 2010-11.    “Leading” law faculties were defined as those that are either in the top 35 in the academic reputation surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report and/or in the top 35 in the scholarly impact studies I have produced.   The study was limited to graduates since 1995 in order to try to capture a current picture of where leading law faculties are looking for their new talent.  (A broader picture, both temporally and in terms of the range of schools considered, is given here.)  The study was limited to the “leading” law faculties on the theory that these schools were (1) likely to be the best judges of scholarly talent, and (2) likely to be able to hire the best scholarly talent.

The law faculties included in the study were:

Yale University	University of California, Irvine
Harvard University	University of California, Hastings
University of Chicago	Boston University
Stanford University	University of California, Davis
Columbia University	University of Arizona
New York University	Boston College
University of California, Berkeley	University of Notre Dame
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Virginia	University of Iowa
University of Pennsylvania	University of North carolina
Duke University	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Georgetown University	College of William & Mary
Northwestern University	George Mason University
University of Texas, Austin	Ohio State University
Cornell University	Indiana University, Bloomington
University of California, Los Angeles	Washington & Lee University
Vanderbilt University	Florida State University
University of Southern California	Fordham University
Emory University	University of San Diego
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Washington University in St. Louis
George Washington University

The ranking, below, includes all schools with at least three graduates on the faculties at these 43 schools.  The “per capita” [sic] rate is really the total number of graduates in law teaching at these schools divided by average recent class size (rounded to the nearest 25); it is thus not a true per capita measure, but a useful tool for comparing the success rate of different school graduates.  It, of course, confirms what one would have expected:  Yale graduates have roughly three times the rate of success as graduates of Harvard, Stanford, and Chicago; while graduates of those latter three schools have at least three times the rate of success of graduates of Berkeley, Columbia, Michigan et al.  The groupings are meant to reflect roughly ‘peer’ schools in terms of placement success; students thinking of law teaching careers should choose among “peer” schools in terms of their special strengths in the student’s areas of interest.

Top Producers of Law Teachers at 43 Leading Law Faculties

Rank	Law School	“Per Capita” Placement Rate	Total Number
	Group 1 (1)
1	Yale University	.65	130
	Group 2 (2-4)
2	Harvard University	.21	115
3	Stanford University	.19	33
4	University of Chicago	.18	35
	Group 3 (5-10)
5	University of California, Berkeley	.06	15
6	Columbia University	.05	19
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	.05	18
8	University of Virginia	.04	14
9	Duke University	.03	7
	New York University	.03	15
	Runners-Up
	Georgetown University	.01	7
	Northwestern University	.02	5
	University of California, Los Angeles	.02	4
	University of Pennsylvania	.01	3
	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	.02	5

A ranking based on just the 18 leading law faculties–Yale, Harvard, Chicago, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia, Penn, Duke, Georgetown, Texas, Cornell, Northwestern, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Southern California—yields similar results; this ranking is confined to schools with at least two graduates on the faculties of these 18 schools. Note that five of UVA’s seven alumni at these schools are teaching at UVA itself. Schools hiring their own graduates accounted for a smaller portion of the numbers at other schools, but still was non-trivial: 3 of Stanford’s 16 are at Stanford; 3 of Chicago’s 15 are at Chicago; 2 of Columbia’s 7 are at Columbia; 2 of NYU’s 5 are at NYU; 1 of Michigan’s 4 is at Michigan.

Top Producers of Law Teachers at 18 Leading Law Faculties.

Rank	Law School	“Per Capita” Placement Rate	Total Number
	Group 1 (1)
1	Yale University	.43	85
	Group 2 (2-4)
2	Harvard University	.10	54
3	Stanford University	.09	16
4	University of Chicago	.08	15
	Group 3 (5-10)
5	Columbia University	.02	7
	University of California, Berkeley	.02	5
	University of Virginia	.02	7
8	New York University	.01	6
	Northwestern University	.01	2
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	.01	4

Yale Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Yale (6), Harvard (6), Chicago (2), Stanford (4), Columbia (7), NYU (7), Michigan (5), Virginia (7), Penn (7), Berkeley (7), Northwestern (3), Duke (2), Georgetown (5), UCLA (5), Texas (3), Cornell (4), USC (3), Minnesota (4), George Washington (3), Illinois (4), Emory (3), Wisconsin (2), Wash U/St. Louis (1), BU (2), Notre Dame (3), William & Mary (1), Fordham (2), Hastings (3), George Mason (1), UC Irvine (2), UC Davis (4), Indiana (1), North Carolina (2), Boston College (2), Cardozo (4), Arizona (1).

Harvard Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Yale (1), Harvard (8), Chicago (5), Stanford (1), Columbia (4), NYU (2), Michigan (5), Virginia (1), Penn (3), Berkeley (4), Northwestern (1), Duke (2), Georgetown (2), UCLA (7), Texas (5), Cornell (1), Vanderbilt (2), Minnesota (2), George Washington (7), Illinois (1), Emory (4), Iowa (2), Wash U/St. Louis (3), BU (1), Notre Dame (3), Florida State (3), Fordham (5), William & Mary (4), Hastings (3), George Mason (2), UC Irvine (1), UC Davis (2), San Diego (1), Washington & Lee (2), Indiana (2), Ohio State (3), Boston College (2), Colorado (7), Cardozo (1), Arizona (1).

Stanford Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Stanford (3), Columbia (3), Michigan (1), Penn (1), Northwestern (2), Duke (1), Georgetown (3), Texas (1), Cornell (1), Wisconsin (1), BU (1), William & Mary (1), Hastings (2), George Mason (1), UC Irvine (1), UC Davis (2), San Diego (2), North Carolina (1), Boston College (1), Colorado (3).

University of Chicago Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Yale (1), Harvard (1), Chicago (3), Columbia (1), NYU (1), Michigan (1), Virginia (3), Northwestern (2), Texas (2), Illinois (2), Emory (1), BU (1), Wash U/St. Louis (1), Fordham (2), Florida State (2), George Mason (6), Washington & Lee (1), Indiana (1), North Carolina (1), Boston College (1), Colorado (1).

University of California, Berkeley Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Chicago (1), Virginia (1), Berkeley (1), Duke (1), Vanderbilt (1), Minnesota (1), Wisconsin (2), Wash U/St. Louis (1), William & Mary (1), Florida State (2), UC Irvine (1), UC Davis (2), Cardozo (1).

Columbia Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Chicago (1), Columbia (2), Virginia (1), Berkeley (1), Georgetown (1), Cornell (1), Wisconsin (1), Wash U/St. Louis (1), William & Mary (1), Fordham (1), Hastings (1), George Mason (1), UC Davis (1), North Carolina (1), Colorado (3), Cardozo (1).

University of Michigan Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Harvard (1), Chicago (1), Michigan (1), Vanderbilt (1), George Washington (1), Emory (1), Iowa (1), Wash U/St. Louis (1), BU (1), George Mason (1), Washington & Lee (1), Indiana (3), Ohio State (1), Cardozo (1), Arizona (2).

University of Virginia School of Law graduates since 1995 are teaching at Harvard (1), NYU (1), Virginia (5), Illinois (1), Wash U/St. Louis (1), Notre Dame (2), William & Mary (2), Washington & Lee (1).

New York University School of Law graduates since 1995 are teaching at NYU (2), Michigan (2), Virginia (1), Vanderbilt (1), Minnesota (1), BU (1), Notre Dame (1), UC Davis (2), North Carolina (1), Cardozo (2), Arizona (1).

Northwestern University School of Law graduates since 1995 are teaching at Stanford (1), Penn (1), Minnesota (1), Colorado (1), North Carolina (1).

Duke University School of Law graduates since 1995 are teaching at Vanderbilt (1), Minnesota (1), Wisconsin (1), William & Mary (1), Fordham (1), George Mason (1), North Carolina (1).

Georgetown University Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Illinois (1), Wisconsin (1), Wash U/St. Louis (1), Notre Dame (1), Fordham (2), Ohio State (1).

University of Pennsylvania Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Penn (1), Florida State (1), Indiana (1).

Cornell Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Northwestern (1), Wisconsin (1).

University of California, Los Angeles School of Law graduates since 1995 are teaching at George Mason (1), San Diego (1), Ohio State (1), Colorado (1).

University of Minnesota Law School graduates since 1995 are teaching at Washington & Lee (2), Indiana (1), North Carolina (1), Colorado (1).