Yale Law School is the country’s leading institution for producing legal academics.  Our Law Teaching Program provides JD students, graduate students and post-graduate fellows with training and information about careers in academia. 

The Law Teaching Series, held throughout the academic year, includes information sessions ranging from “Developing a Research Agenda” to panels on clinical law teaching.  These sessions alternate with workshops, which give student authors a chance to present their work to the Law School community with commentary by professors.

Students interested in academia benefit from our lively intellectual community, unmatched faculty-student ratio, and countless opportunities for independent research and writing.  All students enjoy opportunities to work closely with faculty members, starting in the first semester of law school.  This pattern continues throughout law school, as each student produces at least two major pieces of scholarship – often of publishable quality – under the supervision of a faculty member.  Many students also collaborate with professors as research assistants or workshop participants.

Yale Law School supports alumni interested in teaching as well.  For those seeking to transition into academia, we offer a number of post-graduate academic fellowships.  Alumni who are on the teaching job market can get information, advice and counsel at each stage, including assistance in the AALS Faculty Recruitment process .

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