Tracey E. George

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Professor of Law

131 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

United States

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1.

Some Are More Equal Than Others: U.S. Supreme Court Clerkships

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2023-10, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2023-03, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 23-06
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Tracey E. George, Albert Yoon and Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 4,577 (4,630)

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Supreme Court, clerkships, merit, judiciary, status

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An Empirical Study of Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Top Law Schools

Indiana Law Journal, The Next Generation of Law School Rankings Symposium, 2005, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-20
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Tracey E. George
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 1,729 (22,039)
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empirical, law school, ranking

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The Labor Market for New Law Professors

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-27
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2013
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 1,199 (37,953)
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Labor Markets, Legal Profession, Legal Education, Law Schools, Law Professors, Faculty Appointments, Empirical

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Six Degrees of Cass Sunstein: Collaboration Networks in Legal Scholarship

Green Bag 2d, Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 19, 2007, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-23
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2007
Paul H. Edelman and Tracey E. George
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 1,028 (47,384)

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Legal Scholarship, Legal Education, Law Schools, Network Theory, Collaboration, Rankings

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What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: Introducing New Law Students to the Study of Law

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-34
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2016
Tracey E. George and Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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1L, case method, class preparation, law school pedagogy, law school success, law school, legal education, Socratic Method, study skills, teaching

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The SCOTUS Tournament: Winning Isn't Everything

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2025 – 09, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2025-03, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No.5110783
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2025
Tracey E. George, Albert Yoon and Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Litigators, Tournament, Supreme Court

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Who Will Manage Complex Civil Litigation?: The Decision to Transfer and Consolidate Multidistrict Litigation

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2010
Margaret S. Williams, Margaret S. Williams and Tracey E. George
Visiting ScholarFederal Judicial Center and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 404 (156,588)
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Federal Courts, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Multidistrict Litigation, Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation, District Judges, Text Analysis

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Gender, Credentials and M&A

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-10, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2022-18, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2025
Tracey E. George, Albert Yoon and Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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gender gap, discrimination, law firm, M&A, tournament

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The Power Five: The Making of Newsworthy Deal Teams

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2024-13, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2024-7, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2025
Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Virginia School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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law firms, gender gap, discrimination, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets

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Mr. Sunstein's Neighborhood: Won't You Be Our Co-Author?

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-28, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 08-48
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Oct 2008
Paul H. Edelman and Tracey E. George
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Legal Scholarship, Legal Education, Law Schools, Network Theory, Collaboration, Rankings

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Judicial Entrepreneurs on the U.S. Courts of Appeals: A Citation Analysis of Judicial Influence

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-24
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Aug 2005
Tracey E. George and Jeffrey A. Berger
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP - Chicago Office
Downloads 265 (246,537)

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Positive Political Theory, Judicial Hierarchy, Federal Courts

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The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-03
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Sep 2016
Tracey E. George and Taylor Weaver
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 235 (277,895)
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judicial decisionmaking, social background theory, empirical legal studies, judges, courts, judicial attributes, relevancy theory, institutional economics, behavioral jurisprudence, legal realism, new institutionalism

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The New Old Legal Realism

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-31
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2014
Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati and Ann McGinley
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Virginia School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Downloads 221 (294,889)
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courts, legal realism, Jesperson

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Between Cases and Classes: The Decision to Consolidate Multidistrict Litigation

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Aug 2009
Margaret S. Williams, Margaret S. Williams and Tracey E. George
Visiting ScholarFederal Judicial Center and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 218 (298,825)

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Multidistrict, Litigation

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The Futility of Appeal: Disciplinary Insights into the 'Affirmance Effect' on the United States Court of Appeals

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 357-185, Winter 2005, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-21, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-17
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jun 2005
Chris Guthrie and Tracey E. George
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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heuristics, biases, federal courts, attitudinal model, strategic model, judicial behavior

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Article I Judges in an Article III World: The Career Path of Magistrate Judges

Nevada Law Journal, 2016 Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-17
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 May 2016
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Judicial selection, federal courts, magistrate judges, district judges

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Chief Judges: The Limits of Attitudinal Theory and Possible Paradox of Managerial Judging

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-24
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Jul 2007
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 171 (373,502)
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Federal Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Federal Judges, Chief Judges, Judicial Politics, Judicial Decisionmaking

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Courts of Good and Ill Repute: Garoupa and Ginsburg's Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2016-33
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 May 2016
Tracey E. George and Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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judges, reputation, institutional analysis, courts

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Remaking the United States Supreme Court in the Courts' of Appeals Image

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 09-11, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-10
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Apr 2009
Chris Guthrie and Tracey E. George
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 140 (441,488)

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Justices, Supreme Court, Decision-making, Panels, Groups

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From Wall Street to Main Street: A Multidimensional Map of the Impact of Magistrate Judges on Federal Courts

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 18-57
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2018
Tracey E. George, Christina L. Boyd and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Washington University in St. Louis - Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Federal District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Judges, U.S. District Judges, Judicial Behavior, Empirical Legal Studies, Civil Procedure

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How is Constitutional Law Made?

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 100, 2002
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Oct 2010
Robert J. Pushaw and Tracey E. George
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Maxwell Stearns, Book Review, Constitutional Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Social Choice, Economics, Political Science

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The Judges of the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-25
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2013
Tracey E. George, Margaret S. Williams and Margaret S. Williams
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Visiting ScholarFederal Judicial Center
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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, MDL, Chief Justice, Judicial Conference

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The Visible Trial: Judicial Assessment as Adjudication

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-19
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 94 (594,667)
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Civil Litigation, Criminal Prosecutions, Trial, Procedural Justice, Economic Efficiency, Empirical Legal Studies, Judicial Decisionmaking

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To Preserve, Release, and Litigate: Dimensions of Executive Branch Transparency

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 23-13
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Gbemende Johnson and Tracey E. George
University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Transparency, Executive Authority, Judicial Decision-Making, U.S. Department of Justice