W&M has 22nd most-cited law faculty in nation in ranking by median citation scores
William & Mary Law School comes in as the 22nd most-cited law faculty in the nation according to a post by Professor Brian Leiter that ranked schools by their median citation scores. Read the post.
A high median citation score indicates that a school’s performance was not due to only a handful of highly-cited faculty, but instead a consistent performance by many faculty.
Professor Leiter’s post is a follow-up on the latest Scholarly Impact Ranking released in August. In that study, which ranked schools by a weighted citation score, William & Mary came in at number 28. Read more about the study here.
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Thomas Jefferson founded William & Mary Law School in 1779 to train leaders for the new nation. Now in its third century, America's oldest law school continues its historic mission of educating citizen lawyers who are prepared both to lead and to serve.