Based on data from the 2016 Sisk study, Emory Law’s Martha Fineman is the number one most cited family law faculty member in the country with 580 citations between 2010 and 2014.

Gregory Sisk and colleagues from the University of St. Thomas School of Law once again analyzed the mean and median citations to tenured faculty scholarship for the years 2010-2014 inclusive, using 2015-16 faculty rosters as the benchmark. Their study ranks the top third of ABA-accredited law schools.

Emory University ranked number 27 among 70 law faculties in overall scholarly impact, with the following professors among the most-cited tenured scholars:

• Robert Ahdieh
• Joanna Shepherd (J. Bailey prior to name change)
• Mary Dudziak
• Martha A. Fineman
• Timothy Holbrook
• Michael Kang
• Jonathan R. Nash
• Michael J. Perry
• Robert A. Schapiro
• John Witte Jr.
• Barbara Bennett Woodhouse