Faculty Research & Achievement
Northwestern Law students have access to the most interdisciplinary and highly-credentialed research faculty in the nation. No other law school can boast as high a number and percentage of PhD-trained faculty members.
The following charts show the comparative percentages of the top 14 law schools (as ranked by U.S. News and World Report) and the distribution of Northwestern Law's research faculty with PhDs by discipline. Northwestern Law has the highest number (27) and percentage (48%) of research faculty with social science PhDs in the nation. Northwestern Law's percentage exceeds all others by double-digits.
Percentage of Full-time Research Faculty with PhDs 
Northwestern Law Research Faculty PhDs by Discipline
| Business | 3 |
| Economics | 6 |
| Political Science | 7 |
| Anthropology | 1 |
| Psychology | 3 |
| Philosophy | 2 |
| History | 2 |
| Sociology | 2 |
| English | 1 |
Highly committed to teaching, all of our faculty members bring unique perspectives to scholarship and teaching through a variety of instructional techniques geared towards building teamwork and communication skills.
Empirical and interdisciplinary study of law and legal institutions sets our faculty apart. Additionally, our faculty actively influence the leading public policy issues of the day, whether in testifying before Congress on corporate financial irregularities or organizing a conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur and the Republic of Congo. And, because we have one of the lowest student-faculty ratios, our students enjoy an unusual amount of individual access to these scholars, even after graduation.
