Are you interested in a career in the legal academia? If so, join the Women of Color Task Force for this program about paths to teaching law. During the session, legal academics discuss careers in teaching law and explain what it takes to become (and remain) a law professor. Clinical, doctrinal, and legal research and writing teaching pathways will be explored.
Attendees will learn about:
- Different types of full-time positions in legal academia
- Types of qualifications that are generally expected of entry-level law professors
- The role of legal scholarship in a legal academic's career including the research support available
- The typical hiring process for entry-level positions in legal academia
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Despite the risks, academic teaching can be a wonderful job. That may explain why the competition for law professor posts has grown so much.
