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Law Teaching

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About Law Teaching

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Law Teaching

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

Law Teaching Program

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Preparing for a Career

There is no precise combination of factors that guarantees success on the law teaching market. Explore pathways to teaching careers.

Preparing for a Career in Law Teaching

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Current Candidates

Detailed information for Yale Law School students currently pursuing a career in Law Teaching.

Current Candidates

Today is a wonderful time to be blessed with legal training and to be able to go out and take on the enormous challenges of a difficult world — with an aspiration to lead tempered by humility at the complexity, difficulty, discipline, and self-sacrifice inherent in the task.

Ben W. Heineman, Jr. | Class of 1971