University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School's seven faculty members were listed in a top 100 ranking of legal scholars.
Credit: Abhiram JuvvadiSeven University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School faculty members were ranked in a list of the top 100 legal scholars of 2024 curated by researchers at George Mason University.
The list chose last year's most influential legal scholars based on citations in law review articles published between 2018 and 2020 with a focus on active impact. Penn Carey Law faculty were listed more than any other law school in the country.
From Penn, Carey Law professors Herbert Hovenkamp, Jill Fisch, and Sandra Mayson placed within the top 20, and other recognized scholars included Dorothy Roberts, Elizabeth Pollman, David Hoffman, and Cary Coglianese.
Penn Carey Law Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law Sophia Lee, who was appointed in 2023, emphasized the significance of the recognition, highlighting the school’s “interdisciplinary approach, collaborative research culture, and commitment to innovation.”
The study accounts for co-authorship to provide a more accurate ranking. In addition to individual recognition, the study indicates broader trends in legal scholarship, including the rising presence of women among top-cited scholars and the expanding influence of generative AI on research methods.
The recognition follows Penn Carey Law’s rise to No. 4 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Last year, U.S. News placed Penn Carey Law in a tie for fourth place with Duke University School of Law, Harvard Law School, and the University of Virginia School of Law.
To generate the 2024 list, U.S. News surveyed nearly 200 accredited law schools in the fall of 2023 and early 2024. The rankings also used data that law schools are required by the American Bar Association to publicly disclose. Schools that did not respond to the U.S. News survey are noted as such at the top of their profile in the rankings.
The list marks two years since Penn Carey Law first announced that it would no longer participate in the U.S. News rankings, expressing concerns with its methodology. This decision followed similar announcements from Yale Law School and Harvard Law School.
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