This report looks closely at support for law school faculty research funding. While this funding is far less important than in the hard sciences, it is still a significant factor in law school research and in the attractiveness of particular themes and law schools for legal scholars.
The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: how much financial are legal scholars getting from the government, foundation and higher education sources to support their research? How many grants are they applying for? What are the leading fund providers? What is the outlook for grant support in the near future? How helpful is the law school or general university grant and research support office? Which services offered by the law school or university have been the most helpful and effective? How much time do legal scholars spend attracting grant support?
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
- Respondents under the age of 44 spend a mean of 3.75% of their total work time seeking funding.
- 7.53% of law school research grant funding came from the US Federal Government.
- Artificial intelligence and related info technology are drivers of research funding.
Data in the report is based on responses from 109 law school faculty from 55 law schools in the United States. Data is broken down by work title, gender, and age of the respondent, as well as by ranking, enrollment size and other variables related to the law schools with which respondents are affiliated.
Table of Contents
1. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
2. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
- Characteristics of the Sample
3. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- Percentage of time spent seeking funds
- Legal related research funding in the past five years
- Rating the office of research and grants and own law school/university office on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars
- Rating the office of research and grants and own law school/university office on knowledge of grants/proposal writing
- Rating the office of research and grants and own law school/university office on knowledge of available fellowships
- Rating the office of research and grants and own law school/university office on resources to search for grant sources
- Rating the office of research and grants and own law school/university office on lobbying ability
- Rating of grant support for legal research funding
- Rating of expected grant support for legal research funding over the next two years
- Percentage of research funding coming from the U.S. Federal Government and its agencies in the past five years
- Percentage of research funding coming from own university/law school in the past five years
- Percentage of research funding coming from the private sector, non-profits or companies in the past five years
- Percentage of research funding coming from other companies in the past five years
- Expected funding changes broken out by law school ranking
- Number of grant applications in the past 12 months
- Best sources of support for legal research funding broken out by law school ranking
List of Tables
Table 1.1 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources?
Table 1.2 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.3 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by the title of respondent
Table 1.4 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.5 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by gender of the respondent
Table 1.6 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 1.7 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by public or private status
Table 1.8 What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources? Broken out by the number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 2.1 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years?
Table 2.2 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 2.3 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by the title of respondent
Table 2.4 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.5 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by gender of the respondent
Table 2.6 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 2.7 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by public or private status
Table 2.8 What is the value of all grants (in US $) for legal and related research that you have received within the past five years? Broken out by the number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services?
Table 3.1.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars?
Table 3.1.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 3.1.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 3.1.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.1.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.1.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 3.1.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by public or private status
Table 3.1.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of sources of grants for legal scholars? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 3.2.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing?
Table 3.2.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 3.2.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 3.2.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.2.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.2.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 3.2.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by public or private status
Table 3.2.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of grant/proposal writing? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 3.3.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships?
Table 3.3.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 3.3.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 3.3.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.3.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.3.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 3.3.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by public or private status
Table 3.3.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on knowledge of available fellowships? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 3.4.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources?
Table 3.4.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 3.4.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 3.4.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.4.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.4.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 3.4.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by public or private status
Table 3.4.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on databases and other resources to search for grant sources? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 3.5.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives?
Table 3.5.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 3.5.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 3.5.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.5.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.5.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 3.5.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by public or private status
Table 3.5.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your law school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on ability to lobby for the law school in university funding initiatives? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 4.1 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding?
Table 4.2 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 4.3 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 4.4 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 4.5 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 4.6 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 4.7 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by public or private status
Table 4.8 How do you rate the current environment for grant support for legal research funding? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 5.1 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years?
Table 5.2 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 5.3 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 5.4 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 5.5 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 5.6 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 5.7 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by public or private status
Table 5.8 How do you rate what you expect will be the future environment for grant support for legal research funding over the next two years? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 6 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from each of the following sources?
Table 6.1.1 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments?
Table 6.1.2 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 6.1.3 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 6.1.4 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.1.5 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.1.6 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 6.1.7 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by public or private status
Table 6.1.8 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from U.S. Federal Government and its agencies and departments? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 6.2.1 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school?
Table 6.2.2 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 6.2.3 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 6.2.4 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.2.5 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.2.6 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 6.2.7 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by public or private status
Table 6.2.8 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from your university or law school? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 6.3.1 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies?
Table 6.3.2 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 6.3.3 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 6.3.4 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.3.5 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.3.6 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 6.3.7 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by public or private status
Table 6.3.8 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from private sector foundations, non-profits or companies? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 6.4.1 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies?
Table 6.4.2 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 6.4.3 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 6.4.4 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.4.5 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.4.6 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 6.4.7 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by public or private status
Table 6.4.8 What percentage of your research funding over the past five years has come from all other companies? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
In which subject areas and from which institutional sources do you feel that funding is likely to increase and in which areas is it likely to decline? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 7.1 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months?
Table 7.2 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 7.3 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 7.4 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 7.5 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 7.6 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 7.7 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by public or private status
Table 7.8 How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
What are some of the best or emerging sources of support for legal research funding? Broken out by law school ranking
Samples
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Companies Mentioned
- American University Law School
- BGR
- Blewett School of Law, University of Montana
- Boston College Law School
- Boston University International Human Rights Clinic
- Boston University School of Law
- BU Law School
- BYU Law School
- Case Western Reserve University
- Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Columbia Law School
- CWRU School of Law
- Delaware Law School
- Duke School of Law
- Florida International University College of Law
- George Mason University School of Law (Antonin Scalia Law School)
- Georgetown University
- IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Liberty University School of Law
- LMU Loyola Law School Los Angeles
- Mercer Law
- Mississippi College School of Law
- Northern California Innocence Project
- Notre Dame Law School
- NYU Law School
- Pepperdine University Cardozo School of Law
- Rutgers University Law School
- Santa Clara University
- Seton Hall Law School
- The University of Alabama School of Law
- UC Davis School of Law
- University of Akron
- University of Connecticut School of Law
- University of Florida
- University of Florida Legal Information Center
- University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- University of Miami
- University of Minnesota Law School
- University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
- University of North Dakota School of Law
- University of Oklahoma College of Law
- University of Oregon School of Law
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- University of San Diego School of Law
- USC Gould School of Law
- UT School of Law
- Villanova School of Law
- Washington and Lee Univ. School of Law
- Widener Commonwealth Law School
- Widener University Delaware Law School
- William S. Boyd School of Law at University of Nevada
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