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Evolution of American Legal Topics

Peter A. Hook, J.D., M.S.L.I.S.

Electronic Services LibrarianIndiana University School of Law—Bloomington

Doctoral StudentSchool of Library and Information ScienceIndiana University—Bloomingtonhttp://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~pahook

Metrics, Visualizations, and the History of a Discipline—the AALS Data

March 18, 2008 – Legal Education Lunch, IU School of Law

http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~pahook

Archeology of the AALS ‘Canon’

LSAC Grant

• “The Production, Content and Consumption of Legal Scholarship: A Longitudinal Analysis”

• $160,000

• ILP Bibliographic Data (Index to Legal Periodicals) 1928 – Present

• AALS Directories 1922 - Present

• Linking Author Affiliation with Publications

• Correlation (if any) between rank of author’s institution and rank of journal in which published.

• Mobility Studies

• Growth Studies

• Subject Studies – advent of new subjects and changes in prominence over time.

LSAC Grant Team

Mark Newton

Co-PI’s• Bill Henderson – IU School of Law

• Funmi Arewa – Northwestern School of Law

• Ken Dau-Schmidt – IU School of Law

• Peter Hook – IU School of Law

• Andy Morriss – U. of Illinois College of Law

• Mark Newton – ImplemenTech, Inc. (Database Consultant) Back: Ken Dau-Schmidt, Daniel Pierz (SLIS),

Kabara Korth, Peter Hook Middle: Amy Price (SLIS), Amy Ihnen (SLIS),

Vaughn GaniyuFront: Caitlin Watt, Jeong Lee (SLIS),

Bill Henderson

Student Workers:(Summer 2007)

Available Information (Record)• Law Teachers by School

• 1922 to present.

• Universe of U.S. law professors through time.

• Mainstay of the harvesting of AALS directory information.

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Available Information (Record) Cont.

• Biographical Entries

• 1922 to present.

• Used to disambiguate names.

• Birth Date

• Degrees

• Past Employment

• Subjects (uncontrolled)

• Publications (skeletal)

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Available Information (Record) Cont.

• Teachers by Subject

• 1931 to present

• Controlled Subjects

• Some Syndetic Structure

• Bins as to Length of teaching

1931

All Information About One Individual

Bowman Harold M. Constitutional Law Over 10 Years

Bowman Harold M. Future Interests Over 10 Years

Bowman Harold M. Jurisprudence One to 5 Years

Bowman Harold M. Legal History One to 5 Years

Bowman Harold M. Personal Property Over 10 Years

Bowman Harold M. Real Property Over 10 Years

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Bowman Harold M. Boston University 1922

























All Information About One Individual – Subjects

Bowman Harold M. Constitutional Law Over 10 Years

Bowman Harold M. Future Interests Over 10 Years

Bowman Harold M. Jurisprudence One to 5 Years

Bowman Harold M. Legal History One to 5 Years

Bowman Harold M. Personal Property Over 10 Years

Bowman Harold M. Real Property Over 10 Years

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1931

Subjects: Constitutional Law, Property I, II, and III, Jurisprudence and Legal History, Wills, Mortgages.

Controlled – (From the list of Teachers by Subject)

Uncontrolled – (From the Biographical Information)

All Information About One Individual

Hand Capture / Electronic

• Hand Capture 1922 to 1989.

• Negotiating with the AALS for 1990 to the present data. (They have this electronically).

• Currently capturing year 1983-84.

Entries in AALS Directory

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Full Time = 7,431

Entries in the AALS Directory

Indiana University Law Teachers in AALS Directory

IUB

IU Indy


IUB

IU Indy

1967-1968 (© 1968) First year the schools are listed separately in the ‘Teachers by School’ tables.

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IU Indy

1973 – First year Indy has more faculty members than IUB.

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10 Foot Spreadsheet Necessary to Understand Subject Relationships – What Became What When

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96Amount of ‘Controlled’ Subjects Over Time

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During these years, AALS Directories were published but did not include ‘Law Teacher by Subject’ tables.

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Amount of ‘Controlled’ Subjects Over Time

Office Practice 11Legislation 11

Pleading 12Roman Law 13

Legal History 13Trade Regulation 15

Admiralty 19

Credit Transactions 17Jurisprudence 19

Equity Plead. & Pract. 20

Practice Court 29Fed. Jur. & Proc. 30

OTHER 93

Legal Ethics 31Int'l Law 32Taxation 36

Admin. Law 42Quasi-Contract 43

Damages 43

Legal Bib. & Res. 45Future Interests 46

Code Pleading 48

Bankruptcy 48

Municipal Corp. 52Suretyship 54Mortgages 56

Insurance 58

Common Law Pleading 60

Partnership 63Wills & Admin. 75

Dom. Relations 75

Agency 75Public Utilities 77

Personal Property 82

Sales 86

Practice 86

Conflict of Laws 87

Evidence 88

Trusts 89

Const. Law 89

Private Corp. 92

Bills & Notes 92

Torts 99

Contracts 99

Crim. Law & Proc. 103

Equity 104

Real Property 117

1931 AALS Teachers by Subject (58 Total Subjects)




Admiralty 19




OTHER 93



Damages 43


Code Pleading 48

Bankruptcy 48


Insurance 58



Dom. Relations 75



Sales 86

Practice 86

Conflict of Laws 87

Evidence 88

Trusts 89

Const. Law 89

Private Corp. 92

Bills & Notes 92

Torts 99

Contracts 99


Equity 104

Real Property 117

Bus. Organization 10

Comparative Law 10

Corporation Finance 9

Intro. to Law 9

Labor Law 9

Crim. Law Admin. 8

Patent Law 8

Mining Law 7

Oil & Gas 7

Water Rights 7

Ind. Relations 6

Air Law 3

OTHERS:


Real Property

Equity

Crim. Law & Proc.

Contracts

Torts

Bills & Notes

Private Corps.

Const. Law

Trusts

Evidence Conflict of Laws

Practice Sales

Personal Property

Public Utilities

Agency

Dom. Relations

Wills & Admin.

Partner-ship

Comm. Law

Pleading

Insurance

Mortgages

Suretyship

Munic. Corps.

Bankruptcy

Code Pleading

Future Interests

Leg. Bib. & Res.

Damages

Quasi-Contract

Admin. Law

Taxation

Int’l Law

Legal Ethics

Fed. Jur. & Proc.

Practice Court

Admiralty


The Top 34 Subjects by Number of Teachers

According to the most recent ABA statistics:

Full Time + Part Time = 17,564

Full Time = 7,431

Caveat 1: Figures are over-reported because of the duplication in listing people teaching classes as a seminar:

Caveat 2: In any given year, only a fraction of the teachers listed are actually teaching the subject. (*)

2007-08 Labor Law:

i.e. Labor Law is 7% over-reported.

52% of listed teachers self-reported as currently teaching the subject.

Shieber, Benjamin M., L.S.U.*(S)Shieber, Benjamin M., L.S.U.*

2007-08 AALS Teachers by Subject (96 Total Subjects)

The Top 34 Subjects by Number of Teachers

According to the most recent ABA statistics (2008):Full Time + Part Time = 17,564

Full Time = 7,431

The ‘Others’ (62 / 96)

Legislation 351

Corporate Finance 346

Antitrust 343

Creditors' & Debtors' Rights 334

Health Care Law 301

Land & Use Planning 295

Women & the Law 291

Law & Social Science 289

Law & Medicine 288

Law & Economics 273

Juvenile Law 268

Payment Systems 263

Real Estate Transactions 246

Computers & the Law 222

Local Government 221

Natural Resources 206

Regulated Industries 206

Welfare Law 205

Human Rights 200

Immigration Law 195

International Organizations 179

Estate & Gift Tax 178

Products Liability 176

Education Law 174

Taxation, Corporate 165

Insurance Law 160

Law & Science 143

Native American Law 143

Consumer Law 134

Appellate Practice 125

Communications Law 125

Law & Literature 124

Law & Psychiatry 119

Law Office Management 119

Sports Law 107

Legal Drafting 106

Tax Policy 97

Law & Accounting 91

Admiralty 90

Water Rights 90

Community Property 85

Financial Institutions 82

Bioethics 81

Entertainment Law 78

Military Law 78

Law & Religion 76

Elder Law 72

Employee Benefit Plans 70

Taxation, State & Local 68

Equity 63

Trade Regulation 47

Critical Race Theory 45

Oil & Gas 45

Workers' Compensation 38

Feminist Legal Theory 34

Government Contracts 31

Agricultural Law 25

Aviation & Space Law 22

Energy Law 14

Critical Legal Studies 9

Ocean Resources 9

Forensic Medicine 2

Property

Const. Law

Legal Res. & Writing

Clinical Teaching

Civil Pro.

Contracts

Torts

Bus. Assoc.

Prof. Resp.

Crim. Law

Int’l Law

Crim. Pro.

Evidence Trial Advoc.

Juris-prudence

Fed. Courts

Int’l Bus. Trans.

Commercial Law

Comparative Law

Family Law

Tax., Federal

ADR

Admin. Law

Estates & Trusts

Intel. Prop.

Civil Rights

Environ. Law

Legal Hist.

Crim. Justice

Employ. Discrim.

Conflict of Laws

Remedies

Sec. Reg.

Labor Law

Legis-lation.

Corp. Finance

Antitrust




Admiralty 19




OTHER 93



Damages 43


Code Pleading 48

Bankruptcy 48


Insurance 58



Dom. Relations 75



Sales 86

Practice 86

Conflict of Laws 87

Evidence 88

Trusts 89

Const. Law 89

Private Corp. 92

Bills & Notes 92

Torts 99

Contracts 99


Equity 104

Real Property 117


Crim. Justice, 8

Intro. To Law, 9

Labor Law, 15Jurisprudence, 19

Admiralty, 19Intell. Property, 8

Nat. Resources, 7

Oil & Gas, 7

Legal Hist., 13Trade Regulation, 15

Corp. Finance, 9

Law Off. Mgmt., 11

Aviation & Space Law, 3

Water Rights, 7

Legis., 11

Trial Advocacy, 29

Comparative Law, 23

Federal Courts, 30Appellate Practice, 29

Prof. Responsibility, 31

Int'l Law, 32

Taxation, State and Local, 36

Business Associations, 240

Estates and Trusts, 210

Civil Procedure, 206

Property, 199

Commercial Law, 140

Equity, 124

Criminal Law, 103

Criminal Procedure, 103

Contracts, 99

Torts, 99Payment Systems, 92Constitutional Law, 89Evidence, 88Conflict of Laws, 87

Remedies, 86

Reg. Industries, 77

Family Law, 75

Creds.' & Debtors' Rights, 65

Insurance Law, 58

Real Estate Transactions, 56

Local Government, 52

Legal Res. & Writing, 45

Admin. Law, 42

Taxation, Federal, 36

1931 Teachers Cast by 2007-08 Subjects (46 Total)

Bus. Assoc.

Estates &

Trusts

Civ. Pro.

Property

Commercial Law

Equity

Crim. Law

Crim. Pro.

Const. Law

Evidence

Conflict of Laws

Remedies

Contracts Torts Payment Systems

Reg. Industries

Family Law

Creds.’ & Debtors’ Rights

Insurance Law

Legal Res. & Writing

Admin. Law

Tax. Federal

Real Estate Trans.

Local Govn’t

Tax, State & Local

Fed. Courts

App. Practice

Trial Ad.

Int’l Law

Admiralty

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•Bus. Organization

•Partnership

•Private Corp.

•Future Interests

•Trusts

•Wills & Admin.

•Code Pleading

•Common Law Pleading

•Pleading

•Practice

•Real Prop.

•Personal Prop.

•Sales

•Suretyship

•Equity

•Equity Plead. & Practice

• Damages

• Quasi-Contract

(Bills & Notes)

• Bankruptcy

• Credit Transactions

•Comp. Law

•Roman Law

Comparative Area Studies

Bus. Assoc. Bus.

Assoc.

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Const. Law

Const. Law

Criminal Subjects

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1940-41:

• Criminal Law & Procedure are separated into different topics.

• Crim. Law Admin. is merged with Criminal Law.

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1965:

• “Criminal Law (Includes

Crim. Law Administration)” • But see the transition from

1939-40 to 1940-41: Of the Crim. Law Admin. teachers in 1939-1940 (30 total), 14 appear in both of the new categories, 10 do not appear in either, 5 appear in just Crim. Proc. and 1 appears in Just Crim. Law.

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1968:

• “Criminal Law (Includes Criminal Law Administration, Problems in Policing and Police Internship)”

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1969:

• “Criminal Law (Includes Criminal Law Administration, Problems of Policing and Police Internship)”

1973:

• “Criminal Law (Includes Corrections and Prisons, Criminal Law Administration, Narcotics, Problems of Policing and Police Internship)”

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

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• “Criminal Law (Includes Corrections and Prisons, Criminal Law Administration)”

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1986-87:

• Criminal Law renamed Criminal Justice

• (Includes Corrections, Criminal Law Administration and Sentencing)”

• Teachers are by and large the same.

2004-05:

• Split off: Crim. Justice from Crim. Law.

• “Criminal Justice (Includes Corrections, Criminal Law Administration, and Sentencing)”

• “Criminal Law [No Includes]

Criminal Law

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1964:

• “Criminal Procedure (Includes Juveniles)”

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1967:

• “Criminal Procedure (Includes Juveniles and Police Administration)”

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1968:

• “Criminal Procedure (Includes Juveniles)”

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1969:

• “Criminal Procedure (Includes Juvenile Delinquency and Juveniles)”

1976:

• Criminal Procedure [No Includes]

• New Topic in 1974: Juvenile Law (Includes Juvenile Delinquency (See also Domestic Relations))”

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1976:

• Criminal Procedure [No Includes]

• New Topic in 1974: Juvenile Law (Includes Juvenile Delinquency (See also Domestic Relations))”

Criminal Procedure

Crim. Law Con’t.

Crim. Pro. Con’t.

Crim. Law Con’t.

1974

Juvenile Law

Juvenile LawJuvenile Law Con’t

Estates & Trusts (5 Topics Filtered Into 1)

Estates Con’t

Trusts Con’t

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• Law and Medicine

• Law and Society

• Legal Aid Clinics

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• Regulated Industries

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• Women and the Law

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• Law and Psychiatry

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• American Indian Law

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• Real Estate Transactions

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• Business Planning

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• Appellate Practice

• Bioethics

• Critical Legal Studies

• Critical Race Theory

• Feminist Legal Theory

• Human Rights

• Law and Literature

• Law and Religion

• Legal Drafting

• Ocean Resources

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• Energy Law

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EDUCATION LAW

ELECTION LAW

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW

ENTERTAINMENT LAW

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

ESTATE PLANNING

FAMILY LAW

HEALTH LAW

IMMIGRATION LAW

INSURANCE LAW

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

INTERNATIONAL LAW

JUVENILE JUSTICE

LABOR LAW

LAND USE LAW

MARITIME LAW

MILITARY LAW

NATIVE PEOPLES LAW

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

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Professor Stephen A. ConradB.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; J.D., Yale University. Attorney, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Massachusetts.Before becoming a lawyer, Professor Conrad became an historian. He still publishes as much in history journals as in law reviews. At Harvard, his history dissertation was about a school of eighteenth-century philosophy that greatly influenced the American Founding, especially the framing of our federal Constitution and early Supreme Court jurisprudence. As a student at the Yale Law School, Conrad pursued the connections between his history background and legal scholarship.

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Professor Aviva A. OrensteinAB 1981, Cornell University; JD 1986, Cornell Law School. Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1987-88. Faculty, Rutgers Law School, 1989-92. Member, Order of the Coif.Professor Orenstein writes and teaches in the area of evidence. Her current work examines special evidence rules that allow prosecutors to introduce evidence of a defendant's prior sexual offenses in rape and child molestation cases. Professor Orenstein also teaches Civil Procedure, Legal Profession, and Children and the Law. In 2000-2001, she directed the Child Advocacy Clinic, supervising law students who serve as guardians ad litem for children in contested custody cases. She has also served as a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children.

Professor Julia LamberBA 1969, DePauw University; JD 1972, Indiana University. Note Editor, Indiana Law Journal. Attorney, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972-75. Faculty and Assistant Dean, University of Nebraska College of Law, 1977-79. Member, Order of the Coif. The former IU dean for women's affairs and a leading scholar in employment discrimination law, Professor Lamber brings a wealth of administrative experience and scholarship to the classroom. She has taught Administrative Law, Civil Rights Statutes, Employment Discrimination, Family Law, Women and the Law, and the Federal Courts Clinic.

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