Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 2000-2007

Summary

Brian Leiter’s Law School Rankings listed Stanford Law School as second among the top fifteen law schools in the country with 33% of its faculty in the top 10 or top 20 of their specialties. Here is a list of the professors:

  • Bankman – Tax Law
  • Cohen – Law & Philosophy (runner up)
  • Friedman – Legal History
  • Gilson – Business Law
  • Goldstein – Intellectual Property/Cyberlaw
  • Hensler – Civil Procedure
  • Karlan – Civil Procedure (other highly cited scholars)
  • Kelman – Criminal Law and Procedure; Critical Theories (including Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Feminist Legal Theory) (other highly cited scholars)
  • Kramer – Constitutional and Public Law
  • Lemley – Intellectual Property/Cyberlaw
  • Lessig – Constitutional and Public Law (other highly cited scholars)
  • Polinsky – Law & Economics
  • Rabin – Torts & Products Liability
  • Rhode – Legal Ethics/Legal Profession; Critical Theories (including Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Feminist Legal Theory) (other highly cited scholars)
  • Strnad – Tax Law
  • Sullivan – Constitutional and Public Law
  • Sykes – International Law
  • Thompson – Environmental Law; Business Law (runner up)
  • Weisberg – Criminal Law & Procedure
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