Advice for Academic Job Seekers
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Fellowships for Aspiring Law Teachers, 24-25 edition
The Blog Emperor has updated his invaluable list.
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Professor Lawsky’s new “Law School Hiring Information” website
Here. Useful for both hiring schools and job seekers.
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Hiring committees for 2024-25…
…can announce themselves and their hiring priorities here.
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The zombie SEALS hiring conference is back, unbelievably
It emerged just before the pandemic, and it was a terrible idea then, and it's still a terrible idea. Fortunately, it got almost no uptake, and I'm sure that will continue. All job seekers should ignore it, and focus their energy on the real hiring process through the AALS.
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Lawsky’s entry-level hiring report for 2024
If you've recently accepted a tenure-track job in law teaching, submit your information to Professor Lawsky here.
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Fellowships/VAPs for aspiring law professors
The Blog Emperor has updated his valuable listing.
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Fellowships for aspiring law teachers, 2023-24
The Blog Emperor has updated his invaluable list.
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Bigelow Fellowship at Chicago now accepting applications
Those interested in law teaching with strong qualifications can apply here. Bigelow Fellows are fully immersed into the intellectual culture of the Law School and receive excellent mentoring. The Bigelow is the most powerful credential on the law teaching market, and Bigelows are in demand every year. Every Bigelow in the last twenty years has…
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Job seekers in the first FAR jump from last year’s low: 272 to 348
That's actually the highest level since 2018, but well below the levels prior to that. I suspect it will still be a good year for job seekers, given the number of schools that are in the market. Good luck to all job seekers and hiring schools!
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Professor Lawsky’s spread sheet of hiring schools and hiring plans: now searchable!
Professor Lawksy (Northwestern) writes: I keep a spreadsheet each year of law school hiring committees and hiring plans [Noted here–BL]. It's available through PrawfsBlawg and here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TC_5Vr_pi_28-V0JLCvO7ArIDkopzW2gpXXaU-epFEY/edit#gid=0 I've now written a tool that allows people to filter this spreadsheet by subject areas, locations, and entry level vs. lateral and download customized spreadsheets with just their…
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Heads up: some schools with automated application systems are asking for letters of reference *now*
In the past, most recommendations were over the phone or via email, and were less formal than a letter of reference, which usually came later in the process, when a school was serious about a particular candidate. That started to change a bit a few years ago, but now some schools, which require candidates to…
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Law schools hiring in 2023-24 can announce their committees and hiring priorities…
…at the annual Prawfs thread hosted by Professor Lawsky.
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Professor Lawsky’s “Entry-Level Hiring Report” for the 2022-23 season…
MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 8–PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION! …is now open and collecting information. When you accept an entry-level position this year, submit your information to Professor Lawsky please.
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Levit & Rostron’s guide to submitting to law reviews…
…has been updated.
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Leading student-edited law reviews issue statement on new requirements for data and code transparency in empirical legal scholarship
Here. (Thanks to Andrew Granato for the pointer.)
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that