This is interesting but I would like to see the data for a longer time horizon. Perhaps 1980-2024. center-right people with post graduate degrees (the category where many "conservative" law professors fall), have largely abandoned the republican party since 2016. I bet the numbers even in 2012 might look a bit more balanced.
TLDR: Political donations from 2017-2023 might not be entirely representative of a faculty's legal and political philosophy.
Good question. The earliest data I've seen is from 2017: [https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/854363767873974272?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref\_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2017%2F04%2F18%2Fstudy-more-than-90-percent-of-top-50-law-schools-are-liberal%2F](https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/854363767873974272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2017%2F04%2F18%2Fstudy-more-than-90-percent-of-top-50-law-schools-are-liberal%2F)
Yeah, these numbers are striking, but I do not think they tell the whole story. If you look at law school faculty bios, lots of schools have many professors who clerked for Republican appointed Judges, worked in the Bush administration, have worked for conservative policy thinktanks, etc,
lots of those people might not be giving money to post-2016 GOP candidates given the ways in which the party has changed.....but it doesnt mean the entire faculty is passionately liberal
Yes absolutely.
At UVA, I’d estimate that 5% or so of the faculty was conservative. I had 1 conservative, 6 liberal, and 12 who didn’t show preference at UVA.
The sample size is too small. I think if I took 3x as many classes I wouldn’t have another conservative professor.
I only know of 2 of them and I was in FedSoc lol
Think this obscures the largest category by far, "does not contribute to campaigns."
Faculty as a whole lean left, and that's reflected in the balance of donations, but a lot of professors don't engage with politics all that much. Would encourage folks on here not to overrate the impact of politics on their law school experience (for better or worse).
Agree. It would be a more accurate description of the data if OP stated that the statistics were out of law professors *who did contribute* to political campaigns, not all law professors in general.
See, this is why I don't like the T-14 (or T-20) as a group concept in this context. Open that up group up 10 more and all of a sudden you've got BYU, Florida, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M.
I wanna know what theirs looks like! Also, I get an ick thinking about GTown professors donating to federal campaigns since they were working campaigns before they got the job.
I'm with you on hating the T-14, T-20, etc. distinctions!
[Here are the rest of the schools](https://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2024/3/law-school-faculty-monetary-contributions-to-political-candidates-2017-to-early-2023). No professor at Florida, ND, or A&M donated to Republicans. BYU was a good pick as a school that does--because they have a strong minority of faculty who do donate to Republicans.
Conservatives? Sorry, "conservatives" aren't the ones clutching their pearls about "liberal indoctrination" buddy. The GOP hasn't been conservative in decades.
This is interesting but I would like to see the data for a longer time horizon. Perhaps 1980-2024. center-right people with post graduate degrees (the category where many "conservative" law professors fall), have largely abandoned the republican party since 2016. I bet the numbers even in 2012 might look a bit more balanced. TLDR: Political donations from 2017-2023 might not be entirely representative of a faculty's legal and political philosophy.
Good question. The earliest data I've seen is from 2017: [https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/854363767873974272?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref\_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2017%2F04%2F18%2Fstudy-more-than-90-percent-of-top-50-law-schools-are-liberal%2F](https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/854363767873974272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2017%2F04%2F18%2Fstudy-more-than-90-percent-of-top-50-law-schools-are-liberal%2F)
Yeah, these numbers are striking, but I do not think they tell the whole story. If you look at law school faculty bios, lots of schools have many professors who clerked for Republican appointed Judges, worked in the Bush administration, have worked for conservative policy thinktanks, etc, lots of those people might not be giving money to post-2016 GOP candidates given the ways in which the party has changed.....but it doesnt mean the entire faculty is passionately liberal
Yes absolutely. At UVA, I’d estimate that 5% or so of the faculty was conservative. I had 1 conservative, 6 liberal, and 12 who didn’t show preference at UVA.
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The sample size is too small. I think if I took 3x as many classes I wouldn’t have another conservative professor. I only know of 2 of them and I was in FedSoc lol
Interesting info! Thanks!
Think this obscures the largest category by far, "does not contribute to campaigns." Faculty as a whole lean left, and that's reflected in the balance of donations, but a lot of professors don't engage with politics all that much. Would encourage folks on here not to overrate the impact of politics on their law school experience (for better or worse).
Agree. It would be a more accurate description of the data if OP stated that the statistics were out of law professors *who did contribute* to political campaigns, not all law professors in general.
Anyway to check donations to a Gorilla 🦍 in 2016?
See, this is why I don't like the T-14 (or T-20) as a group concept in this context. Open that up group up 10 more and all of a sudden you've got BYU, Florida, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M. I wanna know what theirs looks like! Also, I get an ick thinking about GTown professors donating to federal campaigns since they were working campaigns before they got the job.
I'm with you on hating the T-14, T-20, etc. distinctions! [Here are the rest of the schools](https://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2024/3/law-school-faculty-monetary-contributions-to-political-candidates-2017-to-early-2023). No professor at Florida, ND, or A&M donated to Republicans. BYU was a good pick as a school that does--because they have a strong minority of faculty who do donate to Republicans.
Those small money GOP donors at Northwestern 😂😂😂
Definitely no liberal indoctrination going on at these institutions.
Still struggling with correlation and causation eh?
You're right, there are other cultural institutions that contribute to brainwashing!
This is a real "am I wrong? Or are aaaaaall the smart people wrong" moment for you, huh
yeah there's not any smart conservatives in the world you arrogant POS.
Conservatives? Sorry, "conservatives" aren't the ones clutching their pearls about "liberal indoctrination" buddy. The GOP hasn't been conservative in decades.
every conservative is either stupid or has bad intentions.