Inbreeding in Law School Hiring: Assessing the Performance of Faculty Hired from Within

Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T Wells

The Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, vol. 29, issue 1, 369-88

Abstract: This study compares the scholarly impact of inbred entry-level law school faculty members with the scholarly impact of noninbred entry-level law school faculty members. The sample includes 32 law schools and approximately 700 entry-level faculty members. By our measure of performance, scholarly impact as measured by citation frequency, inbred entry-level law school faculty members do not perform as well as noninbred entry-level faculty members. Copyright 2000 by the University of Chicago.

Date: 2000
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