tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post1719256711298138375..comments2023-10-23T18:40:13.347-04:00Comments on CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS LAW REVIEW: Different Worlds, Different Teaching Loads, What is Right? Jeffrey Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-68725225242977100392015-03-12T18:41:48.374-04:002015-03-12T18:41:48.374-04:00James, I'm the one who made the comment refere...James, I'm the one who made the comment referenced, and I agree with you, but how many schools out of the 200-plus law schools in the United States is that, really? I would say (again based only on my own observations and anecdotes from others) most of the "top 50," plus a few others outside that group that have more money to spend than most--perhaps a half dozen. The question arose for me because the article assumes a baseline teaching load of 12 credits, which is uniformly reduced across the board to 9 credits to account for scholarly production. This raises two issues:<br /><br />First, is the 12-credit baseline the correct one, if what is meant by it is the number of credits that a faculty member who does not do any scholarship would otherwise be teaching? <br /><br />Second, assuming that is the case, is it plausible that the three-credit (25%) reduction applies across the board? <br /><br />I find the paper's answer to the second question implausible. Giving due respect to what you and Jeffrey say, I would predict that, if we were to survey the nation's 200-plus schools for average teaching loads, the average would be closer to 12 credits than to 9. <br /><br />But that may not even matter if the answer to my first question above is "no." I think it probably is. My teaching load normally is 12, but if I did not have/get to do any scholarship, I could certainly handle at least 18 hours in the same space of time, and I think that counter-factual is the one the paper is actually trying to get at. Scott Bauriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-20071555914249426942015-03-12T17:20:27.516-04:002015-03-12T17:20:27.516-04:00It's not just elite schools that have a 9-hour...It's not just elite schools that have a 9-hour course load. It also includes schools that want to be elite, or that want to recruit faculty who might otherwise go to an elite school, or even a peer or aspirational peer school.James Milleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07368391001719650329noreply@blogger.com