Pepperdine Caruso Law Included Among Law School Faculties with Highest Scholarly Impact

Pepperdine Caruso Law has been included in the study "Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2021," which is a list of the most-cited law school faculties that rank in the top third of ABA-accredited law schools. The "Scholarly Impact Score" for a law faculty is calculated from the mean and the median of total law journal citations over the past five years to the work of tenured faculty members.

Caruso Law is very pleased to be included on the list, which is the result of every tenured faculty member having made important scholarly contributions. The study specifically names the faculty members with the highest scholarly impact from each law school. The faculty named from Caruso Law are Robert Anderson; Harry Caldwell; Paul Caron; Donald (Trey) Childress; David Han; Michael Helfand; Barry McDonald; Gregory McNeal; Robert Pushaw; Thomas Stipanowich; and Maureen Weston.

Dean Paul Caron comments, "I am pleased that Pepperdine Caruso Law is included among the most-cited law school faculties. It reflects our faculty's growing scholarly influence and is consistent with the strides our faculty is making across all measures of research productivity."

The complete study may be found at Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2021 (SSRN)

Additional coverage and the list of "Most Cited Scholars" may be found at TaxProf Blog