Departments with which I have been associated:

Lebanon Valley College (didn't learn much economics, but it got me out of the first few periods of my senior year of high school)
Villanova University
University of Maryland at College Park
George Mason University
George Mason University School of Law (has law and economics focus, though as they improve in overall rankings, the economics focus is fading)

Economics Associations:

Public Choice Society
American Law and Economics Association
Southern Economics Association
Western Economics Association International

Good Listserves:
Law and Economics Listserve (all economic subjects discussed with a special emphasis on institutions; high quality participants)
The Armchair Economists' Listserve (mostly economic puzzles are discussed; skews libertarian)

My Favorite Economists Who Have Not (Yet) Won a Nobel Prize

Mancur Olson
Thomas Schelling
Andrei Shleifer
Wally Oates
Larry Iannaccone
Timur Kuran
Steve Levitt
Vernon Smith(awarded Nobel in 2002)
Gordon Tullock
Jean Tirole
Richard Posner
Sam Peltzman