Following on yesterday's post about academic fellowships for prospective law faculty, here's more fodder for aspiring law professors. Arizona State's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law is hosting its annual Aspiring Law Professors Conference on October 2, 2010. The flyer is here. You can register here. And I should acknowledge a bit of self-promotion: I'll be speaking at the event.
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