The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Dataset:
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The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Dataset: Visualizations, Informetrics and the History of a Discipline Peter A. Hook, J.D., M.S.L.I.S. Electronic Services Librarian, Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington Doctoral Student, School of Library and Info. Science http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~pahook Oct. 6, 2007, SLIS Doctoral Forum SLIS LSAC Grant • “The Production, Content and Consumption of Legal Scholarship: A Longitudinal Analysis” • $160,000 • Law School Admissions Council • Linking Author Affiliation with Publications • Correlation (if any) between rank of author’s institution and rank of journal in which published. • Mobility Studies • ILP Bibliographic Data (Index to Legal Periodicals) • Growth Studies 1928 – Present • Subject Studies – advent of • AALS Directories 1922 Present new subjects and changes in prominence over time. 1 LSAC Grant Team Mark Newton Student Workers: Co-PI’s • Bill Henderson – IU School of Law • Funmi Arewa – Northwestern School of Law • Ken Dau-Schmidt – IU School of Law • Peter Hook – IU School of Law • Andy Morriss – U. of Illinois College of Law • Mark Newton – ImplemenTech, Inc. (Database Consultant) Back: Ken Dau-Schmidt, Daniel Pierz (SLIS), Kabara Korth, Peter Hook Middle: Amy Price (SLIS), Amy Ihnen (SLIS), Vaughn Ganiyu Front: Caitlin Watt, Jeong Lee (SLIS), Bill Henderson American Association of Law Schools (AALS) • The main learned society for law school professors in the United States. • At times includes Canadian law schools and those of U.S. Territories. • Founded in 1900. • Directories begin for year 1922 (Published 1923). 2 Available Information (Record) • Law Teachers by School • 1922 to present. • Universe of U.S. law professors through time. • Mainstay of the harvesting of AALS directory information. Available Information (Record) • Law Teachers by School 1922 • 1922 to present. • Universe of U.S. law professors through time. • Mainstay of the Harvesting of AALS directory information. 3 Available Information (Record) Cont. • Biographical Entries • 1922 to present. Available Information (Record) Cont. 1922 • Biographical Entries • 1922 to present. • Used to disambiguate names. [ • Birth Date • Degrees ] • Past Employment • Subjects (uncontrolled) • Publications (skeletal) 4 Available Information (Record) Cont. • Teachers by Subject • 1931 to present Available Information (Record) Cont. 1931 • Teachers by Subject • 1931 to present • Controlled Subjects • Some Syndetic Structure • Bins as to Length of teaching • 59 in 1931 (including one ‘see’ reference) • 96 in 2006-07 5 All Information About One Individual 1931 1931 Bowman Harold M. Constitutional Law Over 10 Years Bowman Harold M. Future Interests Over 10 Years Bowman Harold M. Jurisprudence One to 5 Years Bowman Harold M. Legal History One to 5 Years Bowman Harold M. Personal Property Over 10 Years Bowman Harold M. Real Property Over 10 Years Bowman Bowman Harold Harold M. M. Boston University Boston University 1922 1923 Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Harold Harold Harold Harold Harold M. M. M. M. M. Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Harold Harold Harold Harold Harold M. M. M. M. M. Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Harold Harold Harold Harold Harold M. M. M. M. M. Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Bowman Harold Harold Harold Harold Harold M. M. M. M. M. Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston University 1939 1940 1941 1942 1946 Bowman Bowman Bowman Harold Harold Harold M. M. M. Boston University Boston University Boston University 1947 1948 1949 1931 All Information About One Individual – Subjects 1931 Controlled – (From the list of Teachers by Subject) 1931 Bowman Harold M. Constitutional Law Over 10 Years Bowman Harold M. Future Interests Over 10 Years Bowman Harold M. Jurisprudence One to 5 Years Bowman Harold M. Legal History One to 5 Years Bowman Harold M. Personal Property Over 10 Years Bowman Harold M. Real Property Over 10 Years Uncontrolled – (From the Biographical Information) Subjects: Constitutional Law, Property I, II, and III, Jurisprudence and Legal History, Wills, Mortgages. 6 All Information About One Individual Hand Capture / Electronic • Hand Capture 1922 to 1989. • Negotiating with the AALS for 1990 to the present data. (They have this electronically). • Currently capturing year 1978. 7 10 Foot Spreadsheet Necessary to Understand Subject Relationships – What Became What When Subjects that Have Existed Throughout (1931 to 2006-2007)(Possibly with Gaps) Start Year End Year Topic Category 1931 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Current Administrative Law Admiralty Aviation and Space Law Payment Systems 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Comparative Law Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law Contracts Corporate Finance Criminal Justice Criminal Law 1931 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Current Criminal Procedure Family Law Equity Estates and Trusts 1931 1931 Current Current Evidence Federal Courts Permutations Air Law Bills and Notes Negotiable Instruments Commercial Paper Corporation Finance Criminal Law Administration Criminal Law and Procedure Criminal Justice Criminal Law and Procedure Domestic Relations Wills and Administration Wills Decedants' Estates Estates Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure Federal Jurisdiction 8 Subjects that Have Existed Throughout (1931 to 2006-2007)(Possibly with Gaps) Con’t. Start Year End Year Topic Category Permutations 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Current Current Current Insurance Law International Law Jurisprudence Labor Law Legal History Professional Responsibility Insurance 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Legislation Local Government Natural Resources 1931 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Current Real Estate Transactions Law Office Management Oil and Gas Intellectual Property 1931 1931 1931 Current Current Current Torts Trade Regulation Water Rights Legal Ethics Legal Profession Municipal Corporations Mining Law Mining and Water Rights Mortgages Office Practice Patent Law Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks Subjects Present Initially & Then Discontinued Start End Topic Category Permutations Notes 1931 1931 1931 2003 1965 1949-1950 Agency and Partnership Bankruptcy Code Pleading Agency In 2004, became part of Business Associations. 1966 Becomes Part of Creditors' Rights. Probably becomes Pleading. 1931 1949-1950 Common Law Pleading 1931 1975 Business Organizations Business Organization 1931 2003 Corporations Private Corporations 1931 1975 Credit Transactions 1931 1975 Damages Gap in 1964 and 1965. For these years, most of this content is probably included in Mortgages. In 1976, included with Remedies. 1931 1931 1949-1950 1991 Equity Pleading & Practice Trusts Became part of Equity. Became part of Estates and Trusts. 1931 1931 1931 1931 1975 1932 2003 1975 Future Interests Industrial Relations Introduction to Law Legal Bibliography Became part of Estates and Trusts. Became part of Labor Law and Trade Regulations 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1965 1985 1975 1985 1975 1965 Partnership Personal Property Pleading Practice and Procedure Practice Court Public Utilities 1931 1975 Restitution 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1985 1975 1975 1965 1965 Real Property Roman Law Sales Suretyship Taxation Probably becomes Pleading. Legal Bibliography and Research In 1976, became part of Agency and Partnership and in turn became Business Associations in 2004. In 2004, became part of Business Associations. Became part of Legal Research and Writing. Ultimately part of Business Associations. Became part of Property. Quasi-Contracts Became part of Trial Advocacy. Became part of Trade Regulation and Regulated Industries. Became part of Remedies. Quasi-Contracts and Restitution Became part of Property. Became part of Commercial Law. Became part of Credit Transactions. Became part of ‘Taxation, Federal’ and ‘Taxation, Income.’ 9 Subjects Present Initially & Then Discontinued Start End Topic Category Permutations Notes 1931 1931 1931 2003 1965 1949-1950 Agency and Partnership Bankruptcy Code Pleading Agency In 2004, became part of Business Associations. 1966 Becomes Part of Creditors' Rights. Probably becomes Pleading. 1931 1949-1950 Common Law Pleading 1931 1975 Business Organizations Business Organization 1931 2003 Corporations Private Corporations 1931 1975 Credit Transactions 1931 1975 Damages Gap in 1964 and 1965. For these years, most of this content is probably included in Mortgages. In 1976, included with Remedies. 1931 1931 1949-1950 1991 Trusts Became part of Equity. Became part of Estates and Trusts. 1931 1931 1931 1931 1975 1932 2003 1975 Future Interests Industrial Relations Introduction to Law Legal Bibliography 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1965 1985 1975 1985 1975 1965 1931 1975 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1975 1975 1965 1965 Probably becomes Pleading. How Do I Know? Equity Pleading & Practice • Because of the ‘Includes.’ In 1976, became part of Agency and Partnership and in turn became Business Associations in 2004. In 2004, became part of Business Associations. Became part of Estates and Trusts. Became part of Labor Law and Trade Regulations Legal Bibliography and Research Became part of Legal Research and Writing. • 1975 – “Business Organizations (Includes Cooperatives, Partnerships Partnership Ultimately part of Business Associations. and Unincorporated Associations)” Personal Property Became part of Property. Pleading • 1975Practice – “Agency” and Procedure Practice Court Became part of Trial Advocacy. • 1976Public – “Agency and Partnership” (Topic ends in part 2003) Utilities Became of Trade Regulation and Regulated Industries. Quasi-Contracts Became part of Remedies. • 2004Restitution – “Business Associations (Includes Agency and Partnership; Quasi-Contracts and Restitution 1985 Corporations, Real Property Became part of Property. Business Planning)” Roman Law Sales Suretyship Taxation Became part of Commercial Law. Became part of Credit Transactions. Became part of ‘Taxation, Federal’ and ‘Taxation, Income.’ Subjects that Came into Being at a Later Date Start Year End Year Topic Category 1932 1932 1932 1934 1938-1939 1938-1939 1939-1940 1940-1941 1932 Current Current 1965 1965 2003 1985 Current Business Law Civil Procedure Creditors' and Debtors' Rights Security Conveyances Judicial Administration Librarian Law and Accounting 1940-1941 Current Trial Advocay 1941-1942 1947-1948 1947-1948 1947-1948 1947-1948 1947-1948 Current 1963 Current 2003 Current Current Military Law Business Regulation Community Property Legal Method Legal Research and Writing Taxation, Federal 1947-1948 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1964 Current 1975 Current Current 2003 1975 Titles Antitrust Atomic Energy Commercial Law Estate and Gift Tax Estate Planning Fiduciary Administration Permutation Creditors' Rights Securities Law Librarians Legal Accounting Accounting Trial Practice Trial and Appellate Practice Trial and Appellate Advocacy Legal Writing Federal Taxation Taxation, Income Atomic Energy Regulation Taxation, Estate and Gift 10 Subjects that Came into Being at a Later Date 1962 Current Land Use Planning 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 Current Current 1975 1975 Current Law and Medicine Law and Social Science Legal Clinics Legal Process Remedies 1962 1962 1962 1962 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1965 1965 1967 1967 Current 2003 Current 1975 Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Securities Regulation Social Legislation Taxation, State and Local Trusts and Estates Government Contracts International Business Transactions International Organizations Property Worker's Compensation Alternative Dispute Resolution Law and Science Regulated Industries Welfare Law 1968 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1974 1974 1974 1976 Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Computers and the Law Environmental Law Clinical Teaching Education Law Women and the Law Civil Rights Consumer Law Juvenile Law Law and Psychiatry Agricultural Law 1976 Current Native American Law Land Use Law and Society Legal Aid Clinics International Transactions Workmen's Compensation Arbitration Law and Poverty Poverty Law Law and Computers Education, Legal Problems of American Indian Law Subjects that Came into Being at a Later Date 1976 1986 1986 1986 1987 1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1988 1995 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 Current 2003 Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Products Liability Business Planning Employment Discrimination Immigration Law Communications Law Financial Institutions Health Care Law Law and Economics Employee Benefit Plans Entertainment Law Sports Law Elder Law Appellate Practice Bioethics Business Associations Employment Law Mass Communications Law Banking Aging and the Law Critical Legal Studies Critical Race Theory Feminist Legal Theory Human Rights Law and Literature Law and Religion Legal Drafting Ocean Resources Tax Policy Taxation, Corporate Energy Law Forensic Medicine 11 MDS (Multidimensional Scaling) 1931 Subjects (Controlled) International Law Taxation Public Utilities Administrative Law Trade Regulation Labor Law Introduction to Law Constitutional Law 10 Admiralty Mortgages Conflict of Laws Municipal Corporations Legislation Torts Bills and Notes Contracts Personal Property EquityPrivate Corporations Sales Suretyship Pleading Jurisprudence Oil and Gas Quasi-Contract Bankruptcy 0 Industrial Relations Patent Law Air Law AgencyTrusts Roman Law Insurance Real Property Damages Future Legal Bibliography andInterests Research Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure Criminal Law and Procedure Wills and Administration Legal History -10 Business Organization Evidence Equity Pleading & Practice Mining Law Criminal Law Administration Legal Ethics Practice Code Pleading Pleading Practice CourtCommon Law -20 mds$points[, 1:2][,2] Credit Transactions Domestic Relations Partnership Corporation Finance Comparative Law Water Rights -20 Office Practice -10 0 10 mds$points[, 1:2][,1] Subjects with no co-occurrence are 11 more units distant than subjects with 1 cooccurrence. Distance Range = 1 to 67 12 PCA (Principal Components Analysis) 1931 Subjects (Controlled) 1.0 Labor Law International Law Trade Regulation Introduction to Law Legislation Comparative Law Taxation 0.5 Admiralty Constitutional LawUtilities Law Administrative Public Corporation Finance Municipal Corporations Jurisprudence Pleading Conflict of Laws Relations Credit Transactions Domestic Contracts 0.0 Legal History Torts Equity Sales Private Corporations Bills andSuretyship Notes Personal Property Damages Quasi-Contract Agency Mortgages Trusts Real PropertyPartnership Criminal Law and Procedure Insurance Future Interests Oil and Gas Roman Law Patent Law Legal Bibliography and Resear Air Law Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure Bankruptcy Wills and Administration -0.5 Evidence Business Organization Criminal Law Administration Mining Law Common Law Pleading Practice Code Pleading Legal Ethics Equity Pleading & Practice Water Rights -1.0 Dimension 2 Industrial Relations Office Practice Practice Court 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Dimension 1 13 PUBLIC LAND LAW MARITIME LAW WATER LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SECURITIES REGULATION CONSUMER PROTECTION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BANKING LAW TAXATION OIL AND GAS LAW PRODUCTS LIABIL LAND USE LAW WORKERS' COMPENSATION TORTS LABOR LAW ANTITRUST LAW PROPERTY LAW NATIVE PEOPLES LAW ENTERTAINMENT LAW CONTRACTS COMMUNICATIONS LAW HEALTH LAW CREDITORS AND DEBTORS' RIGHTS SECURED TRANSACTIONS INSURANCE LAW BUSINSS ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW MILITARY LAW INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS COMMERCIAL LAW ELECTION LAW CIVIL RIGHTS LAW FAMILY LAW NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WILLS AND TRUSTS IMMIGRATION LAW JUVENILE JUSTICE ESTATE PLANNING EDUCATION LAW CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PUBLIC LAND LAW MARITIME LAW Family Law Professors: WATER LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SECURITIES REGULATION CONSUMER PROTECTION BANKING LAW TAXATION OIL AND GAS LAW LAND USE LAW PROPERTY LAW Professor Stephen A. Conrad B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; J.D., Yale University. Attorney, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Massachusetts. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Before becoming a lawyer, Professor Conrad became an historian. He still publishes as much in history journals as in law reviews. At Harvard, his history dissertation was PRODUCTS LIABIL about a school of eighteenth-century philosophy that greatly influenced the American Founding, especially the framing of our federal Constitution and early Supreme Court WORKERS' COMPENSATION jurisprudence. As a student at the Yale Law School, Conrad pursued the connections TORTS LABOR LAW ANTITRUST LAW between his history background and legal scholarship. NATIVE PEOPLES LAW ENTERTAINMENT LAW Professor Julia Lamber COMMUNICATIONS LAW HEALTH LAW CONTRACTS LAW BA 1969, DePauw University; JD 1972, Indiana University. Note Editor, IndianaINSURANCE Law BUSINSS ASSOCIATIONS CREDITORS AND DEBTORS' RIGHTS Journal. Attorney, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972-75. SECURED TRANSACTIONS Faculty and Assistant Dean, University of Nebraska College of Law, 1977-79. INTERNATIONAL LAW Member, Order of the Coif. The former IU dean for women's affairs and a leading EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW scholar in employment discrimination law, Professor Lamber brings a wealth of administrative experience and scholarship to the classroom. She has taught MILITARY LAW INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS COMMERCIAL LAW Administrative Law, Civil Rights Statutes, Employment Discrimination, Family Law, ELECTION LAW FAMILY LAW Women and the Law, and the Federal Courts Clinic. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WILLS AND TRUSTS IMMIGRATION LAW JUVENILE JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW ESTATE PLANNING EDUCATION LAW CRIMINAL LAW Professor Aviva A. Orenstein AB 1981, Cornell University; JD 1986, Cornell Law School. Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1987-88. Faculty, Rutgers Law School, 1989-92. Member, Order of the Coif. Professor Orenstein writes and teaches in the area of evidence. Her current work examines special evidence rules that allow prosecutors to introduce evidence of a CRIMINAL PROCEDURE defendant's prior sexual offenses in rape and child molestation cases. Professor Orenstein also teaches Civil Procedure, Legal Profession, and Children and the Law. In 2000-2001, she directed the Child AdvocacyADMINISTRATIVE Clinic, supervising law students who LAW serve as guardians ad litem for children in contested custody cases. She has also served as a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 14 ASIS&T Thesaurus – First Three Levels (no rigor in spatial layout) 15 The End 16
