How to Enter the Legal Academy: Pipeline Program
THINKING ABOUT BECOMING A LAW PROFESSOR?
The Pipeline Program at the National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference is an opportunity to learn the inside information necessary to join the legal academic community!
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(Note: Attendees will receive access/login information via email)
All interested parties were invited to attend an intensive four-hour program featuring panel discussions about entering law school teaching as a person of color.
Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010. Time: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Topics covered included:
- How to Gain a Position: Self-marketing, CVs, Callbacks, Job Talks
- Placement: The “Meet Market,” FAR forms and Interviewing Advice
- Entrée Strategies: Fellowships, Clerkships, Visiting Assistant Professorships
- Writing for the Academy: Turning law school papers into articles, research agendas
- Advice for Late Bloomers: Entering the academic market later in your career
Questions? Contact Professor André Douglas Pond Cummings: andre-cummings@uiowa.edu
The Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference does not discriminate on the basis of any identity status or scholarly perspective. We are strongly dedicated to the pursuit of excellence by including and integrating individuals who represent different groups, including those based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic background, age, disability, immigration or veteran status, or any other status.