Census of Law Professor Twitter Users -- Beta Version

How many law professors are on Twitter?  Here's a very, very beta version of a census of law prof Twitter users, similar to the law prof blogger census begun by Dan Solove over at Prawfs (see, e.g., here, here and here) and carried forward by Colin Miller at Evidence Prof Blog (see here). The list is meant to cover individual law professor tweeters only.  The list is not meant to be a comprehensive account of everyone (adjuncts, librarians, practitioners, students, group blogs) publishing law-related tweets.

I'm sure I've missed folks, included those who shouldn't be on the list, and made other errors.  All additions and corrections very welcome.  Feel free to use the comments or email me directly at [email protected]

For the enquiring mind, this beta version lists 93 195 Twitter users. 65 139 are male; 29 56 are female.

For those who wish to access the raw data, I've made my spreadsheet available here:  Download LawProfessorTwitterCensus [last updated 7/13/12]

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TWITTER NAME (PRECEDED BY @)	SCHOOL
Ann	Althouse	annalthouse	Wisconsin
Heidi	Anderson	HeidiRAnderson	Florida Coastal
David	Ardia	dsardia	UNC
Richard	Ashcroft	qmulbioethics	Queen Mary London
Jonathan	Askin	jaskin	Brooklyn
Ian	Ayres	iayres	Yale
Barbara	Babcock	bababcock	Stanford
Sam	Bagenstos	sbagen	Michigan
Stephen	Bainbridge	ProfBainbridge	UCLA
Jeffrey	Baker	JRBProf	Faulkner
Jack	Balkin	jackbalkin	Yale
Derek	Bambauer	dbambauer	Arizona
Jennifer	Bankier	jbankier	Dalhousie
Jennifer	Bard	profbard	Texas Tech
Ann	Bartow	profabartow	Pace
David	Batty	dlbatty	Charlotte
Jeff	Bellin	BellinJ	William & Mary
Adam	Benforado	Benforado	Drexel
Jason	Benth	Prof_Bent	Stetson
Gerry	Beyer	Gerry_Beyer	Texas Tech
Tamar	Birckhead	juvjusticeblog	UNC
John	Blevins	johnfblevins	Loyola New Orleans
Maxwell Gregg	Bloche	greggbloche	Georgetown
Jack	Bogdanski	Bojack54	Lewis & Clark
Craig	Boise	CMLAWDean	Cleveland-Marshall
James	Boyle	thepublicdomain	Duke
Barbara	Bressler	bbressle	DePaul
Kim	Brooks	SchulichLawDean	Dalhousie
Sam	Brunson	smbrunson	Loyola Chicago
Trevor	Buck	trevbuck	De Montfort U (UK)
Alafair	Burke	alafairburke	Hofstra
Beth	Burkstrand-Reid	beth_burkstrand	Nebraska
Gillian	Calder	gilliancalder	Victoria
Ryan	Calo	rcalo	Univ. Washington
Jennifer	Camero	jennifercamero	Southern Illinois
Paul	Caron	SoCalTaxProf	Cincinnati
Tim	Caulfield	CaulfieldTim	Alberta
Anupam	Chander	AnupamChander	UC Davis
Jim	Chen	chenx064	Louisville
Miriam	Cherry	Prof_MCherry	St. Louis University
Colleen	Chien	colleen_chien	Santa Clara
Luis	Chiesa	proflchiesa	Pace
Andrew	Chin	chinunc	UNC
Chester	Chuang	ChesterChuang	Golden Gate
Danielle	Citron	DANIELLECITRON	Maryland
Robert	Clinton	robertclinton	Arizona  State
Kim Diana	Connolly	kimdianaconnoll	Buffalo
Jorge	Contreras	contreraslegals	American
Nathan	Cortez	nathancortez	SMU
Brenda	Cossman	BrendaCossman	Toronto
Bridget	Crawford	profbcrawford	Pace
Susan	Crawford	scrawford	Cardozo
Dennis	Crouch	patentlyo	Missouri
César	Cuauhtémoc Garcia Hernandez	crimmigration	Capital
Steven M.	Davidoff	StevenDavidoff	Ohio State
Jeremy	de Beer	jdebeer	Ottawa
Stephen	Diamond	StephenFDiamond	Santa Clara
Amy	Dillard	adillard	Baltimore
Jim	Dimitri	profdimitri	Indiana
John	DiPippa	jmdipippa	Arkansas-Little Rock
Marc	Edeman	MarcEdelman	Barry
Joel	Eisen	joeleisen	Richmond
Ted	Eisenberg	TheEisenberg	Cornell
Jonathan	Ezor	ProfJonathan	Touro
Dave	Fagundes	Dave_Fagundes	Soutwestern
Joshua	Fairfield	JoshFairfield	Washington & Lee
Nita	Farahany	LawandBioDigest	Vanderbilt
Dan	Farber	dfarber	Berkeley
Gabe	Feldman	SportsLawGuy	Tulane
Dan	Filler	danielmfiller	Drexel
Eric	Fink	LuckyJimJD	Elon
Cynthia	Fountaine	clfountaine	Southern Illinois
Gary	Francione	garylfrancione	Rutgers-Newark
Michael	Froomkin	mfroomkin	Miami
Lance	Gable	professorgable	Wayne State
E. Townsend	Gard	ETownsendGard	Tulane
Leslie	Garfield	LawAcademics	Pace
Eric	Goldman	ericgoldman	Santa Clara
Jerry	Goldman	oyez	Chicago-Kent
Colleen	Graffy	Colleen_Graffy	Pepperdine
Kyle	Graham	kylefgraham	Santa Clara
Kent	Greenfield	Kentgreenfield1	Boston College
James	Grimmelman	grimmelm	NYLS
Jill	Gross	profgross	Pace
Hugh	Hanson	HughCHansen	Fordham
Woodrow	Hartzog	hartzog	Cumberland
Rick	Hasen	rickhasen	Irvine
Michael Avi	Helfand	MAHelfand	Pepperdine
Joan	Heminway	VolunteerTwit	Tennessee
William	Henderson	wihender	Indiana
David	Herzig	professortax	Valparaiso
Robert	Heverly	robheverly	Albany
Hugh	Hewitt	HHRadio	Chapman
Nancy	Hogshead-Makar	Hogshead3au	Florida Coastal
Danielle	Holley-Walker	danielleholley	South Carolina
Blake	Hudson	ForestLawProf	Louisiana State
Lolita Buckner	Inniss	AuntieFeminist	Cleveland-Marshall
Kendall	Isaac	workplaceadresq	Appalachian
Eric E.	Johnson	Eric_E_Johnson	North Dakota
Anil	Kalhan	kalhan	Drexel
Daniel Martin	Katz	computational	Michigan State
Ariel	Katz	relkatz	Toronto
Renee	Knake	reneeknake	Michigan State
Russell	Korobkin	russellkorobkin	UCLA
Kim	Krawiec	KimKrawiec	Duke
Greg	Lastowka	greglas	Rutgers-Camden
Richard	Leiter	rleiter	Nebraska
Mark	Lemley	marklemley	Stanford
Jack	Lerner	jacklerner	USC
Lawrence	Lessig	lessig	Harvard
Browne	Lewis	bayouwriter	Cleveland-Marshall
Michael	Lewyn	mlewyn	Touro
Lyrissa	Lidsky	LidskyLidsky	Florida
Lawrence	Lokken	Llokken	Florida
Brian	Love	BrianJLove	Santa Clara
Daithí	Mac Síthigh	macsithigh	East Anglia (UK)
Michael	Madison	profmadison	Pittsburgh
Phil	Malone	berkphil	Harvard
Irina	Manta	irina_manta	Hofstra
Dan	Markel	DannyMarkel	Florida State
Christopher	Marsden	ChrisTMarsden	Essex (UK)
Craig	Martin	craigxmartin	Washburn
Jonathan	Masur	jonathanmasur	Chicago
Kris	Mayes	krismayes	Arizona State
Michael	McCann	McCannSportsLaw	Vermont
Marcia	McCormick	marciamccormick	St. Louis University
Lisa	McElroy	ProfLisaMcElroy	Drexel
Tracy	McGaugh	millennialprof	Touro
William	McGeveran	BillMcGev	Minnesota
Paul	McGreal	PaulMcGreal	Dayton
Greg	McNeal	gregorymcneal	Pepperdine
Nancy	Millar	lpprof	Phoenix
James	Milles	jgmilles	SUNY Buffalo
Derek	Muller	derektmuller	Pepperdine
Haskell	Murray	HaskellMurray	Regent
Cynthia	Nance	Nancecy	Arkansas
Ira Steven	Nathenson	nathenson	St. Thomas
Anthony	Niedwiecki	LawProfAnt	John Marshall (Chicago)
Sean	Nolon	snolon	Vermont
Beth Simone	Noveck	bethnoveck	NYLS
Rory	O'Connell	rjjoconnell	Queens University Belfast
Paul	Ohm	paulohm	Colorado
David	Opderbeck	dopderbeck	Seton Hall
Jessica	Owley	JessicaOwley	Buffalo
Frank	Pasquale	FrankPasquale	Seton Hall
Scott	Peppet	speppet	Colorado
Lisa	Philipps	lphilipps	Osgoode Hall
Randal	Picker	randypicker	Chicago
Ellen	Podgor	whitecollarprof	Stetson
Thaddeus	Pope	thaddeuspope	Hamline
Brian JM	Quinn	bjmquinn	Boston College
Neil	Richards	neilmrichards	Wash U. St. Louis
Keith	Robinson	wkeithrobinson	SMU
Cassandra Burke	Robinson	AndraRobertson	Case Western
Tom	Russell	houseofrussell	Denver
Meghan	Ryan	MeghanJRyan	SMU
Matthew	Sag	matthewsag	Loyola Chicago
Steve	Sanders	SteveSSanders	Michigan
Susan	Scafidi	CounterfeitChic	Fordham
Jason	Schultz	LawGeek	Berkeley
Michael	Scott	PrivacyLaw	Southwestern
Christopher	Seaman	cbseaman	Washington & Lee
Paul	Secunda	psecundaWrkProf	Marquette
Eric	Segall	espinsegall	Georgia State
Lea	Shaver	leashaver	Hofstra
Ross	Silverman	phlu	Southern Illinois
Gordon	Smith	professor_smith	BYU
Dan	Solove	DanielSolove	George Washington
Larry	Solum	lsolum	Georgetown
Christopher	Sprigman	CJSprigman	Uva
Ruth	Stirton	RuthStirton	Sheffield (UK)
Lior	Strahilevitz	liorjs	Chicago
Kate	Sutherland	LawandLit	Osgoode Hall
Peter	Swire	peterpswire	Ohio State
Aaron N.	Taylor	TheEdLawProf	St. Louis University
Hollee	Temple	holleeinbalance	West Virginia
David	Thomson	dicthomson	Denver
Beth	Thornburg	btSMU	SMU
Jonathan	Turley	JonathanTurley	George Washington
Rebecca	Tushnet	rtushnet	Georgetown
Christopher	Tyson	chrisjtyson	Louisiana State
Barbara	van Schewick	vanschewick	Stanford
Steve	Vladeck	steve_vladeck	American
David	Wagner	david_m_wagner	Regent
Polk	Wagner	PolkWagner	Penn
Ari Ezra	Waldman	ariezrawaldman	Cal Western
Kimberlee	Weatherall	kim_weatherall	Sidney (Aus.)
Phil	Weiser	pweiser	Colorado
Adam	Winkler	adamwinkler	UCLA
Mary	Wong	marymagistra	UNH
Joshua	Wright	Josh_D_Wright	George Mason
Tim	Wu	superwuster	Columbia
Jane	Yakowitz	JaneYakowitz	Arizona
Jonathan	Zittrain	zittrain	Harvard
Christopher	Zorn	prisonrodeo	Penn State

Comments

[Alfred Brophy]

Bridget -- I think two of the people in the faculty lounge here tweet: Dan and Kim. Though perhaps they tweet only their posts and maybe you're looking for people who tweet something other than the introductions to their blog posts?

[Beth Thornburg]

Bridget -- I tweet about law and higher education issues as @btSMU.

[Ryan]

Ryan Calo @rcalo University of Washington

Thanks!

[Christopher Zorn]

Hi --

A few of the ELS Blog (http://www.elsblog.org/) gang tweet:

William Henderson (IU) at @wihender
Ted Eisenberg (Cornell) @TheEisenberg
(me at @prisonrodeo)

Also:

Jim Chen (Louisville) also tweets at chenx064
Rick Hasen (Loyola - LA) @rickhasen
Sam Bagenstos (UMich) @sbagen

[Dan Filler]

Also, Lisa McElroy.

[Ross D. Silverman]

Nice list. Missed me at @phlu (Ross Silverman, Southern Illinois University). - Ross Also: Thaddeus Pope @thaddeuspope, Lance Gable at @professorgable

[Alfred Brophy]

Bridget -- that's a lot of tweeting going on, it seems. As someone who doesn't tweet -- though I guess I am awakened every once in a while by tweeting going on outside my window -- I'm wondering when we'll have some discussion around the faculty lounge about why law faculty tweet. What's the attraction? What niche does this fill?

And -- Kim will appreciate this in particular, perhaps -- will you or she put up a post soon, "Why doesn't everyone tweet?"

[Kendall Isaac]

I tweet at @workplaceadresq - Appalachian School of Law

[Rick Hasen]

Thanks to Chris Zorn for mentioning that I tweet about election law at @Rickhasen, but I am now at UC Irvine. (Also tweeting about my upcoming book at @TheVotingWars

[Ellen S Podgor]

I tweet at @whitecollarprof
Stetson University College of Law

[Michelle Meyer]

Great list, and very useful, thanks! Some corrections and additions (not surprisingly, skewed heavily towards my own research interests):

Yochai Benkler now tweets @YBenkler; last tweet @YochaiBenkler was from 2008.

Additional law profs (NB: these vary widely in levels of (in)activity):

@jonathanmasur (Chicago)
@russellkorobkin (UCLA)
@greggbloche (GULC)
@LawandBioDigest (Nita Farahany, Vandy)
@aliciaouellette (Albany)
@qmulbioethics (Richard Ashcroft, School of Law at Queen Mary, U. of London)
@CaulfieldTim (U. Alberta Law)
@RuthStirton (U. Sheffield Law)

Law-trained faculty at non-law schools:

@StephenLatham (Director of Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale)
@jedperry (Josh Perry, prof. of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana B-School)

If law school fellows/VAPs count:

@rford (Roger Ford, Bigelow Fellow, Chicago)
@lawbioethics (Matt Lamkin, Fellow, SLS Center for Law & the Biosciences)
ahem, @MichelleNMeyer (Academic Fellow, HLS Petrie-Flom Center)

On that note, you might also consider adding the Twitter accounts of law school centers. General institutional accounts are probably not very exciting (no offense, e.g., @Harvard_Law), but the work of some profs is disseminated via the centers with which they're associated rather than through their own individual accounts, e.g.:

‏@yaleisp (Information Society Project at YLS)
@StanfordCLB (SLS Center for Law & the Biosciences)
@berkmancenter (now HU-wide, but retains HLS links)
@PetrieFlom (Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics at HLS)
@HeLEXOxford (Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies)
@PHLR_Temple (RWJ-funded center for public health law research at Temple Law)
@volokhcom (tweets alerts to new blog posts at Volokh Conspiracy)

@Al: YMMV, but for me, having a Twitter account serves two (sets of) purposes. First, my research interests are (a) highly interdisciplinary, and (b) involve fields where research is fast-moving (e.g., genetics). I use Twitter to connect with (primarily) non-law people in relevant fields (mostly scientists and science writers) with whom I might not otherwise interact, given academic silos, and who tend to first report their work or thoughts via Twitter (certainly faster than published work, and not everyone has a blog, even though it sometimes feels that way). Sometimes the Twitter musings of and conversations with these folks are useful. Other times, what I find useful is their links to various sources; it's a big Internet, and carefully curating one's Twitter feed can serve as a helpful link aggregator. In that respect, establishing a Twitter account in order to follow others isn't much different than regularly reading certain blogs or subscribing to their feeds.

That was my primary reason for establishing a Twitter account. But, second, once you do establish an account and begin following people, you'll find that people begin to follow you. (This may seem obvious, and probably should have been to me, but at the time I found it odd.) Some tweeps (I am not among them) feel an obligation to follow anyone who follows them, so you'll get followers that way, even if you never tweet yourself. But Twitter isn't like Facebook; relationships can be and often are unilateral rather than bilateral. So you'll also get followers whom you don't follow but who apparently think you have something interesting to say, whether because of your occasional tweet (or high-quality, carefully selected retweets), because of your institutional affiliation, or whatever. As someone without a blog, I now occasionally use Twitter as a "microblogging" platform myself. Microblogging has its advantages -- among them, my output can be low volume without alienating my followers (indeed, high-volume Tweeps tend to be more alienating unless their high-volume output is also very high-quality), whereas I'd feel pressure to regularly blog, and with (much) longer posts, in order to attract and retain followers. (Though I confess I sometimes spend an embarrassing amount of time trying to artfully squeeze a thought into 140 characters.) FWIW.

[Alfred Brophy]

Thanks for that explanation, Michelle--really interesting. I'm going to mull this some.

[Renee Newman Knake]

Bridget, Thanks for compiling this list, and for comparing the gender ratio--so interesting. Another tweeting law professor to add is my MSU Law colleague Daniel Martin Katz @computational

[Joan Heminway]

I tweet (rarely) @VolunteerTwit. Thnaks for maintaining a list.

[Bridget Crawford]

Thanks, everyone, for all of the additions and corrections to the list! Keep 'em coming. At this point, I'm not listing VAPs, fellows, group blogs or centers, but as Michelle Meyer points out above, there is much news of good work coming from those sources, too.

[Tamar Birckhead]

I tweet @juvjusticeblog. UNC Law.

[Eric Goldman]

A few other Santa Clara tweeters:

@StephenFDiamond
@BrianJLove

I compiled a list of Internet law/IP professor Twitter accounts at https://twitter.com/#!/ericgoldman/internet-ip-profs/members

[Terry Malloy]

Tweeting while the Law School model burns. Sigh.

[Bob]

Is this post for real? I know it's summer and all, but c'mon! This is pathetic.

May I recomend some summer reading for you all?:

http://insidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/

[Alfred Brophy]

Bob and Terry Malloy,

We talk about all manner of things here at the faculty lounge, including employment prospects for students. My colleague Bernie Burk put up an important post about this recently, which I think you both would find of much interest:

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2012/07/abas-class-of-2011-employment-outcomes-data-show-how-rough-it-is-out-there.html