despite the best efforts of richard epstein, randy bird at, john mcginnis, richard epstein, richard epstein. they are outnumbered. it depends on which steady you look at. in some studies it is the ratio. another one found 28 at stanford. that must be exaggerated according to people he should know harvard went for 30 years without hiring a single republican. this is my favorite part. over much of that time harvard maintained a committee over its lack of diversity while it was not hiring any republicans. tom mcguinness of northwestern put it this way. even as the party or the anglican church in great britain has been described as the toy party at the pulpit so these law schools can be described as a democratic party. now, that has been changed. i mention detains at harvard. in the most schools that have any self-respect these days will house a libertarian or conservative outspoken law professor. they may hesitate to have more than one in fear that they will breed. but they do tend to have one these days. so things are changing. this is not new. this ideological flak goes back a good long way.

, randy barnett, john maginnis, richard epstein, richard epstein. [laughter] they are outnumbered and it depends on which study you look at. and some studies it's only six to one or eight to one ratio. another one found 28 to one at stanford, that must be exaggerated. 23 to one at columbia. those figures may be exaggerated, and yet harvard according to people who did should know to go for 30 years without hiring a single republican. elena kagan ended i believe. over much of that time harvard maintained a committee for diversity. while it wasn't hiring and republicans, john mcguinness of northwestern put it this way. even as the tory party, or rather, i'm sorry, the anglican church in great britain has been described as the tory party at the pulpit, so the legal in most good law schools can be described as a democratic party at the lectern. now, that has been changed and i mentioned it's been changed at harvard. and, indeed, most schools that have in respect these days whether libertarian or a conservative professor that they may hesitate to more tha

i mentioned richard epstein. he has to be used in six or eight different areas as the only recognizable person to the right of center and he's great at doing it. yes? >> my name is paul, and my question is i assume this isn't going to fall on its own weight. we like to think it would put in a commentary article which i read it it sounds like fox forces to perpetuate this are so, if it's not going to fall on its own weight, what can be done? can it be influenced, can graduates of law school try to use their economic weight to collaborate with others like minded alums to pressure their law school and if not, what is to be done? >> there's several different questions to disentangle. first, as the influence of the outside, we are at a moment of crisis for the economics of all schools causing a rethinking what they should do not necessarily on the logical, but it is in part rethinking of why is there such a gap perceived by law firms and others who hire the graduates between what the contract to do and what they will

despite the best efforts of richard epstein, randy burnett, john mcginnis, richard epstein, richard epstein. [laughter] they are outnumbered. it depends on which steady you look at. in some studies it is only six to one or eight to one ratio of democrats to republicans. another one down 28-1. that must be exaggerated. twenty-three to one in colombia. those figures may be exaggerated. yet, harvard, according to people who should know did go for 30 years without hiring a single republican. a leading taken into that, i believe. this is my favorite part. over much of that time they maintained a committee over its lack of diversity. while it was not hiring any republicans. john mcginnis of northwestern put it this way. even as the tory party -- i'm sorry, the anglican church in great britain has been described as the tory party at the pulpit. so, the legal professoriate in most good law schools can be described as the democratic party at the lectern. now, that has been changing. i'm interested that it has been changing at harvard. indeed, most schools that have any self-respect these days will h