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Law schools are more likely to hire liberal professors than conservatives, but openings at top law schools are not restricted to those left of center, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, National Law Journal reported. The study was based on analysis of 149 entry-level, tenure-track hires made during 2005, 2007 and 2009. Ideology was assigned based on political donations, Facebook profiles, work experience, publications and the political party of presidents who appointed judges for whom the professors clerked, the National Law Journal said. No ideological identity could be determined for 60 percent of the sample, but for those who could be pegged, 52 were liberal and 8 were conservative.
