Faculty News
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“The Wit and Wisdom of Douglas Laycock”
A nice tribute by his (and my) former student, Christopher Lund, who has established himself as a major scholar in the law & religion field. (Laycock was a member of the legendary Class of 1973 from the University of Chicago Law School [which also included Frank Easterbrook, Douglas Ginsburg, and the late George Priest, among…
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Lateral hires in law with tenure or on tenure-track, 2025-26
These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2026 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.) Last year’s list is here. (Link fixed.) *Ted Afield (tax) from Georgia State University to Stetson University. *Yonathan Arbel (commercial law, consumer law, law & economics, AI & law) from the University of…
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Most cited legal philosophers by D-Index according to research.com (CORRECTED & UPDATED)
We’ve noted the “D-index” (an h-index for discipline-specific journals) calculated by research.com previously. (Their rankings of universities in law are pretty silly, since the faculty lists include deceasd faculty, retired faculty, and faculty who are not law professors.) They clearly don’t count law reviews for D-index, only faculty-edited journals, which is appropriate for legal philosophy.…
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The collapse of the lateral market in law schools during 2025-26
This year, the laterals list has about thirty moves, while last year there were more than 100! I assume this is an effect of the Trump war on universities, and the funding uncertainties it created, so that there was less money for hires. Professor Lawsky’s spreadsheet shows about 50 rookie hires as of now, but…
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University of Kentucky chooses federal district judge as its new Dean…
…despite the opposition of a “substantial majority” of the faculty. Oddly, a Kentucky spokesperson suggests that the judge’s opinions constitute his record of “scholarship.”
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Six law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
They are: William Baude (Chicago), Alison LaCroix (Chicago), Angela Riley (UCLA), Elizabeth Scott (Columbia, emerita), Patricia Williams (Northeastern), and Gideon Yaffe (Yale [elected in the “Philosophy” section]).
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Top 10 Corporate & Securities Articles of 2025…
…via Corporate Practice Commentator: Teachers in corporate and securities law were asked to select the best corporate and securities articles from a list of articles published in legal journals during 2025. More than 440 articles were on this year’s list. Because of the vagaries of publication and indexing, some articles on the 2025 list have…
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Four law professors win Guggenheim Fellowships
They are: Justin Driver (Yale), Dov Fox (San Diego), Rick Hasen (UCLA), and Gerard Magliocca (Indiana/Indianapolis).
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If you got a rookie tenure-track job in law this year…
…please submit your information to Professor Lawsky’s Entry-Level Hiring Report!
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Texas A&M Law “on the move”
I’m not talking about its much-improved USNews.com rank, which may help with student recruitment, but doesn’t mean anything. I’m talking about the faculty hiring bonanza that has seen the recruitment in recent years of William Sage (health law) from UT Austin, Neil Siegel (constitutional law) from Duke and, most recently, Larry Solum (constitutional law &…
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Most cited Anglophone scholarly monographs on corporate law (by law professors) since WWII (according to Google Scholar) (CORRECTED)
Results rounded to the nearest 100, as usual. Only books with at least 1,000 citations are listed. Treatises are not included. Please email me with omissions/corrections.
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Former Penn President and law professor Liz Magill named Dean at Georgetown Law
Good for Georgetown! Liz Magill is a “natural” for this role (she had been Dean at Stanford Law School, Provost at UVA, and President at Penn, until forced out by neanderthals).
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Law professors publishing in peer-reviewed finance journals
Here, courtesy of Mike Simkovic. These journals are important in the corporate law/finance world, less so elsewhere. It would be interesting to see similar studies involving law faculty who have published in elite peer-refereed philosophy, economics, and political science journals. If anyone compiles the information, let me know.
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Most cited books on American constitutional law since WWII (according to Google Scholar)
I’ve tried to list all scholarly monographs with at least 1,000 citations (rounded to the nearest 100). I excluded treatises. Please email me with corrections or omissions
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New Arkansas Law Dean has offer rescinded…
…after threats from state legislators to cut funding to the school in Fayetteville. Why? The candidate, Professor Emily Suski, had signed an amicus brief on behalf of transgender athletes. Not a good look for Arkansas, and it raises a serious question about who would want the job given this?
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…