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How to Become a Law Professor

By Robert J. Ambrogi

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Being a law professor always struck me as a good gig. Sure, it doesn't always pay as well as the private sector. But you get summers off and all the torts you can eat. Best of all, the rat race of the billable hour is replaced with the slower pace of study and scholarship. So how do you get one of these jobs? Probably the easiest way is to graduate in the top of your class at a top-tier law school and then clerk for a Supreme Court justice. Of course, first you'll want to work a couple years at a big firm, if only to score one of those clerkship bonuses. For those among us who might want an alternative route to legal academia, Paul L. Caron of TaxProf Blog has a suggestion: serve a fellowship. "For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks," he explains, "many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the 'meat market') with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt." On his blog, Caron provides a list of the...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).