Survey of Law School Faculty, Role of the Law School in Supporting Democracy

Survey of Law School Faculty, Role of the Law School in Supporting Democracy

Hostility was also greater to Republicans from respondents from top 20 law schools; no respondent from the top 20 blamed Democrats and 77.78% blamed Republicans. Faculty from larger law schools were also more likely than those from smaller law schools to blame Republicans; 77.78% of them did so. At the smallest law schools, with fewer than 400 students, 30% of respondents felt that both parties were more or less equally responsible, 10% blamed the Democratic Party and 10% felt that democracy was not deteriorating in the USA.

Respondents from law schools in the South were somewhat more likely than peers in other regions to blame Democrats; 13.64% of scholars working in southern institutions blamed the Democrats.

This study, based on data from 74 law school faculty from 44 law schools in the United States, measures law faculty sentiment on the state of democracy in the USA, the extent to which it is threatened, and the measures taken by law schools and faculty in response. The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: Do law school faculty think democracy is threatened in the USA? If so, to what extent? Who is responsible? Should law schools play a role in ameliorating this situation? If so, how? What has been done already? What actions should law school administration or legal profession professional bodies take in response to threats to democracy? Is it the role of the law school to support democracy in China? Iran? Latin America? Other countries and regions? If so, what has been done or might be done?