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30 Legal Educ. Rev. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/legedr30 and id is 1 raw text is: INBREEDING AND THE REPRODUCTION OF ELITISM: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF INBREEDING WITHIN AUSTRALIAN LEGAL ACADEMIA ANGELA MELVILLE*, AMY BARROW**, PATRICK MORGAN* I INTRODUCTION Academic inbreeding refers to the practice of universities hiring their own graduates. Academic inbreeding is not uncommon; in fact, it is so commonplace that it is considered standard practice in some countries and disciplines.1 For some universities and disciplines, a high level of academic inbreeding is a point of pride as it reflects the ability to retain the highest quality academic talent. 2 However, the few empirical studies that have focused on academic inbreeding show that it is highly problematic.3 Academic inbreeding stifles diversity, and by doing so, reduces innovation, lowers productivity,4 and in law schools, maintains and reproduces elitism which then flows into the profession.' Most studies on academic inbreeding have been conducted in the US, and only three have explicitly focused on inbreeding in law schools.6 This paper provides an empirical analysis of the extent, characteristics and effects of different types of inbreeding among 700 College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University Law School, Macquarie University Philip Altbach, Maria Yudkevich, and Laura Rumbley, 'Academic Inbreeding: Local Challenge, Global Problem' in Philip Altbach, Maria Yudkevich and Laura Rumbley (eds) Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) 1; Elizaveta Sivak and Maria Yudkevich, 'Academic Immobility and Inbreeding in Russian Universities' in Philip Altbach, Maria Yudkevich and Laura Rumbley (eds), Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) 130. 2 Altbach, Yudkevich and Rumbley, Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education (n 1) 1. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid; Xavier Bosch, 'Spain Reconsiders its University Reform Law' (2006) 314 (5801) Science 911; Altbach, Yudkevich and Rumbley, Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education (n 1) 130; Ding Yimin and Xiong Lei, 'An End to Business as Usual?' (2003) 302(5642) Science 43. 5 See, eg, Paul Campos, 'Legal Academia and the Blindness of the Elites' (2014) 37 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 179. 6 See, eg, Theodore Eisenberg and Martin Wells, 'Inbreeding in Law School Hiring: Assessing the Performance of Faculty Hired from Within' (2000) 29(1) The Journal of Legal Studies 369; Donna Fossum. 'Law Professors: A Profile of the Teaching Branch of the Legal Profession' (1980) 5(3) Law & Social Inquiry 501.

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