Below the fold are the results of the 2021-2022 Law Professor Twitter Census. You can also download the raw data here. The list includes areas of academic interest, for faculty who self-identified with that information. The list is arranged by school, instead of individual users' last names.
Here are responses to some anticipated questions from inquiring minds who want to know:
- How was the census developed?
The list is based on previous censuses, conducted in 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020. It was amended and updated by contributions from blog readers in response to this post. I added additional or deleted very few names myself, based on law prof accounts that I have happened to encounter (typically because they follow me on Twitter or I follow them) or if I knew someone had changed schools, left the academy, etc. I made no concerted effort to update the list myself.
- How accurate is the census?
Not at all. If there are corrections, additions, etc., please feel free to email me directly at bcrawford at law dot pace dot edu. I'll republish from time to time based on new data I receive, but likely not until next year.
- Why isn't my information listed in the census? Why isn't my colleague's information listed?
The census relies almost exclusively on self-identification. To be included in the list, you had to actively add yourself to it (as indicated here).
- How does this year's data compare to the numbers from prior years?
For an historical comparison, here's the data from prior years:
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2021-2022 Version (10/17/21) |
2020-2021 Version (9/17/20) |
2019-2020 Version (9/13/19) |
2018-2019 Version (8/15/2018) |
2015 Version (1/23/2015) |
2012 Version (7/26/2012) |
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Total Number Users |
1477 |
1368 |
1310 |
1105 |
553 |
204 |
More law prof Twitter users joined in the most recent academic year than in the academic year immediately prior, but I do not expect the number of law prof Twitter users to grow substantially. My sense is that those who are interested in the medium have adopted it.
- Who is included in the census?
The list is meant to cover only individual tweeters who are full-time faculty members at law schools. The list is not meant to be a comprehensive account of everyone (adjuncts, librarians, practitioners, programs, institutes, students, group blogs) publishing law-related tweets. Consistent with past practice, emeritus faculty are included in the census.
- What good is this information?
Either not at all or not much. It might be a handy reference for quickly finding someone's Twitter handle, but I don't put any stock in the completeness or "meaning" of the info.
7. But we must know: Which school has the most faculty members on Twitter?
This census is useless as a metric of anything meaningful. But schools with 10 or more law profs on this list include: Boston College, Boston University, University of British Columbia, Cardozo, Colorado, Emory, Fordham, George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia, Harvard, Houston, Indiana Maurer, Indiana McKinney, Miami, Nebraska, University of New South Wales (Australia), Northwestern, NYU, Ohio State, Ottawa, Pace, Penn State, Rutgers, SMU, St. Louis University, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toronto, Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, UNC, University College Dublin, UNLV, Utah, Virginia, Wake Forest, and Yale.