Brian Leiter really pulls together some great data. “This study is based on the educational credentials of all tenure-track and tenured law faculty as of Spring 2008. . . . This excludes adjuncts, legal writing instructors, and other ‘faculty’ who are not in tenure-stream positions. But it still covers more than 7,000 faculty at AALS-member law schools.”
Ranking by “Per Capita” Number of Graduates in Law Teaching (“per capita” here really means the total number of graduates divided by the average size of a recent graduating class rounded to the nearest 25). The TOP 5
| Rank | School | “Per Capita” Rate | Total |
| 1 | Yale University | 3.56 | 712 |
| 2 | Harvard University | 1.99 | 993 |
| 3 | University of Chicago | 1.44 | 288 |
| 4 | Stanford University | 1.24 | 217 |
| 5 | Columbia University | 0.82 | 308 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 0.82 | 309 |
II. Ranking by Total Number of Graduates in Law Teaching THE TOP 5
| Rank | School | Total Number of Graduates | “Per Capita” Rate |
| 1 | Harvard University | 993 | 1.99 |
| 2 | Yale University | 712 | 3.56 |
| 3 | Columbia University | 308 | 0.82 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 309 | 0.82 | |
| 5 | University of Chicago | 288 | 1.44 |
