Approximately 60.42% of law school faculty and staff are satisfied or very satisfied with the fairness and transparency of promotion and tenure decisions at their law schools, according to the Survey of Law School Faculty & Staff: Assessment of Law School Leadership.
The study presents findings from a survey of 96 faculty members and staff from 72 law schools in North America. The report presents highly detailed data on satisfaction levels with a broad range of law school efforts and characteristics including but not limited to: the law school marketing and student recruitment efforts, recent graduate job placement assistance, policies on sexual harassment and discrimination, cost control and budgeting, law school information technology, provision of help in attracting grants for faculty research, attracting quality students, maintenance of buildings and other physical infrastructure, the quality of legal education, the quality of law school publications, and the overall success of the school’s strategic vision and positioning.
In addition, in open ended questions, survey respondents point out which aspects of law school policy and management they most support and most dislike. Also, they choose particularly admirable law schools and law school policies.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
- 71.88% of respondents were satisfied or highly satisfied with their law school’s marketing to potential students.
- Faculty and staff from highly ranked law schools were much more likely to be satisfied with anti-discrimination measures than those from lower-ranking law schools. Men were much more likely than women to be satisfied.
- Nearly 27% of assistant and associate professors and lecturers are dissatisfied with the information technology available at the law school.
Data in the report is broken out by numerous useful benchmarking criteria such as law school ranking, enrolment size, for public and private institutions, and by personal variables such as academic title, gender, age, and even course load.
Table of Contents
1. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- What is your level of satisfaction with your law school management for each of
- the following factors?
- Marketing the law school to potential students
- Fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions
- Recent graduate job placement assistance
- Fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring
- Policies on sexual harassment
- Cost control and budgeting
- Provision of quality information technology
- Attracting grants and other research support
- Institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality
- Maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure
- Quality of the legal education offered
- Quality of law school publications
- Strategic vision and positioning
- What is the best thing your law school's management has done over the past few years?
- What is the worst mistake your law school management has made over the past five years?
- The law school management of which law school do you admire most and why?
List of Tables
Table 1 What is your level of satisfaction with your law school management for each of the following factors?
Table 1.1.1 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students?
Table 1.1.2 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.1.3 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.1.4 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.1.5 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.1.6 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.1.7 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.1.8 What is your level of satisfaction with marketing the law school to potential students? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.2.1 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions?
Table 1.2.2 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.2.3 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.2.4 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.2.5 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.2.6 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.2.7 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.2.8 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and transparency in the promotion and tenure decisions? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.3.1 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance?
Table 1.3.2 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.3.3 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.3.4 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.3.5 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.3.6 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.3.7 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.3.8 What is your level of satisfaction with recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.4.1 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring?
Table 1.4.2 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.4.3 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.4.4 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.4.5 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.4.6 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.4.7 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.4.8 What is your level of satisfaction with fairness and anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.5.1 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment?
Table 1.5.2 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.5.3 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.5.4 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.5.5 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.5.6 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.5.7 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.5.8 What is your level of satisfaction with the policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.6.1 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?
Table 1.6.2 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.6.3 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.6.4 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.6.5 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.6.6 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.6.7 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.6.8 What is your level of satisfaction with cost control and budgeting?Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.7.1 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology?
Table 1.7.2 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.7.3 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.7.4 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of qualityinformation technology? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.7.5 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.7.6 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.7.7 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.7.8 What is your level of satisfaction with the provision of quality information technology? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.8.1 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support?
Table 1.8.2 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.8.3 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.8.4 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.8.5 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.8.6 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.8.7 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.8.8 What is your level of satisfaction with the institutional effort to attract grants and other research support? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.9.1 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality?
Table 1.9.2 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.9.3 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.9.4 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.9.5 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.9.6 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.9.7 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.9.8 What is your level of satisfaction with institutional efforts to maintain or enhance student quality? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.10.1 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure?
Table 1.10.2 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.10.3 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.10.4 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.10.5 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.10.6 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.10.7 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law school buildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.10.8 What is your level of satisfaction with maintaining law schoolbuildings and physical infrastructure? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.11.1 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legal education offered?
Table 1.11.2 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legal education offered? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.11.3 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legal education offered? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.11.4 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legaleducation offered? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.11.5 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legaleducation offered? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.11.6 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legaleducation offered? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.11.7 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legal education offered? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.11.8 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of the legal education offered? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.12.1 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law school publications?
Table 1.12.2 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law schoolpublications? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.12.3 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law schoolpublications? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.12.4 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law school publications? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.12.5 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law schoolpublications? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.12.6 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law schoolpublications? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.12.7 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law school publications? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.12.8 What is your level of satisfaction with the quality of law school publications? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
Table 1.13.1 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision andpositioning of the law school?
Table 1.13.2 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision andpositioning of the law school? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.13.3 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision and positioning of the law school? Broken out by Academic Title
Table 1.13.4 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision and positioning of the law school? Broken out by age of survey participant
Table 1.13.5 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision andpositioning of the law school? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.13.6 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision and positioning of the law school? Broken out by law school total enrollment
Table 1.13.7 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision and positioning of the law school? Broken out for public and private law schools
Table 1.13.8 What is your level of satisfaction with the strategic vision andpositioning of the law school? Broken out by in the past semester how many courses did you teach?
What is the best thing your law school's management has done over the past? Broken out by law school ranking
What is the worst mistake your law school management has made over the past five years? Broken out by law school ranking
The law school management of which law school do you admire most and why? Broken out by law school ranking
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