"How to Become a Full time Law Professor"--A Workshop for Aspirants at the 4th National People of Color Scholarship Conference

The 4th National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference takes place this weekend in a beautiful setting, at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., 21-24 March 2019. For more information see HERE. Great thanks to American's Dean Camille Nelson for the vision to realize this important gathering.

Among the most important work of the People of Color Scholarship Conferences is their mentoring for people seeking entry into the legal academy, and then mentoring young scholars to enhance the prospects of career success. I was delighted to contribute in some way to that work at a Workshop for Law Teaching Aspirants--"How to Become a Full Time Law Professor"--at the 4th National People of Color Scholarship Conference.  To those ends I joined an impressive group of colleagues--Craig Konnoth (Colorado), Melinda Molina (Capital), Anita Sinha (American), and moderated by the great Alfreda Robinson (George Washington).  

The PowerPoints of the workshop follow along with the Panel description.

Panel Description Expert panelists representing a range of full-time academic paths will discuss how to most effectively prepare to be a candidate for full-time law teaching - especially as a person of color, how to acquire and leverage pre-appointment teaching and scholarship, how and when to apply to full-time positions, success in the AALS "meet/meat market," the types of full-time law teaching positions (traditional tenure-track, clinical, term/practitioner, legal research and writing, etc.) and how the day-to-day responsibilities and expectations vary, how to evaluate and select among various offers, and the prospects for lateral moves. There will be an opportunity to ask questions of the panelists following their presentations.
 

Introduction of Panelist: Alfreda
LARRY: Description of Traditional Gateway To Full-Time Law Teaching and " how to most effectively prepare to be a candidate for full-time law teaching - especially as a person of color, and "how and when to apply to full-time positions, success in the AALS "meet/meat market."
CRAIG: Description of the Fellows Pathway and "how to acquire and leverage pre-appointment teaching and scholarship" and "how to evaluate and select among various offers"
MELINDA: Description of Law Firm Pathway and "" the types of full-time law teaching positions (traditional tenure-track, clinical, term/practitioner, legal research and writing, etc.) and how the day-to-day responsibilities and expectations vary,"
ANITA: Description of the Practioner-In-Residence Pathway and "the Clinical Faculty" Pathway
ALFREDA: Description of the Adm