UPDATE (5/5) with corrections
By popular demand, here is a listing of the top law schools by the number of non-retired faculty elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; see the caveats about what this means here.
1. Yale University (19) (B. Ackerman, L. Brilmayer, G. Calabresi [part-time], S. Carter, *M. Damaska, D. Days, R. Ellickson, W. Eskridge, O. Fiss, M. Graetz, H. Koh, A. Kronman, J. Langbein, J. Mashaw, R. Post, J. Resnik, R. Romano, C. Rose, A. Schwartz, R. Winter [part-time])
2. Columbia University (15.5) (*Barb. Black, V. Blasi [part-time], L. Bollinger, J. Coffee, R. Ferguson, G. Fletcher, *R. Gardner, R. Gilson [part-time], *J. Greenberg, K. Greenawalt, S. Issacharoff, L. Liebman, T. Merrill, *H. Monaghan, J. Raz [part-time], *M. Sovern, J. Waldron)
3. Harvard University (13) (L. Bebchuk, R. Clark, M. Glendon, M. Horwitz, R. Kennedy, L. Kaplow, D. Meltzer, F. Michelman, M. Minow, R. Mnookin, S. Shavell, L. Tribe, R. Unger)
3. University of California, Berkeley (13) (*R. Buxbaum, J. Choper, R. Cooter, *M. Eisenberg, D. Farber, P. Frickey, J. Gordley, H.H. Kay, D. Rubinfeld, S. Scheffler, H. Scheiber, *O. Williamson, F. Zimring)
5. University of Chicago (11.5) (D. Baird, D. Currie, *K. Dam, F. Easterbrook [part-time], R. Epstein, R. Helmholz, S. Levmore, M. Nussbaum, R. Posner [part-time], G. Stone, D. Strauss, C. Sunstein, D. Wood [part-time])
6. New York University (9.0) (A. Amsterdam, *J. Cohen, *N. Dorsen, *R. Dworkin [part-time], J. Ferejohn [part-time], T. Nagel, B. Neuborne, *J. Reid, R. Stewart, J. Weiler)
7. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (6.5) (P. Ellsworth, B. Frier, R. Lempert, D. Regan, *B. Simpson [part-time], J. Vining, J.B. White)
8. Stanford University (4.5) (G. Casper, *L. Friedman, R. Gilson [part-time], T. Grey, K. Sullivan)
9. University of Texas, Austin (4.0) (P. Bobbitt, D. Laycock, S. Levinson, M. Yudof)
10. University of Virginia (2.5) (V. Blasi [part-time], R. Scott, G.E. White)
11. Georgetown University (2.0) (*R. Drinan, M. Tushnet)
12. Duke University (1.5) (W. Dellinger [part-time], D. Horowitz)
13. College of William & Mary (*W. van Alstyne)
13. Emory University (*H. Berman)
13. George Washington University (*L. Sohn)
13. University of California, Los Angeles (*J. Handler)
13. University of Colorado, Boulder (R. Nagel)
13. University of Pennsylvania (*G. Hazard)
13. University of San Diego (*C. Auerbach [part-time], *Y. Kamisar [part-time])
13. University of Wisconsin, Madison (*S. Macaulay)
Among leading law schools, the following have no full-time non-emeritus members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Cornell University; Northwestern University; University of Illinois; University of Iowa; University of Southern California; Vanderbilt University. I would expect Herbert Hovenkamp (Iowa), Matthew Spitzer (USC) and Thomas Ulen (Illinois) to be elected before long.
Addendum: approximate faculty sizes for the top 12 schools above: Yale (50), Harvard (80), Berkeley (50), Columbia (60), Chicago (40), NYU (80), Michigan (50), Stanford (40), Texas (60), Virginia (60), Georgetown (80), Duke (40).
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