Georgetown Law Library

Teaching Resources Guide

This guide provides sources for teaching and for careers in academia.

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Becoming a Law Professor by Anayat Durrani
- Part 1
- Part 2
The Big Rock Candy Mountain:How to Get a Job in Law Teaching by Brad Wendel
Faculty Fellowship Programs That Lead To Law Teaching Patricia A. Cain and Faith Pincus
Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law by Brian Leiter
JURIST Forum Commentary
Law School and Beyond:The IHS Guide to Careers in Legal Academia Institute for Humane Studies
PrawfsBlawg: Entry Level Hiring
Legal Theory Blog: Hiring Trends at 18 "Top" American Law Schools Lawrence Solum
The Meat Market Mike Madison
So You Want to be a Law Professor Gordon Smith
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- Part V
Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference

Journal Articles

Ann Enquist, Paula Lustbader & John Mitchell, From Both Sides Now: The Job Talk’s Role in Matching Candidates with Law Schools (SSRN 2010)
David W. Case, The Pedagogical Don Quixote de la Mississippi, 33 U. Mem. L. Rev. 529 (2002-2003).
James Gordley, Mere Brilliance: The Recruitment of Law Professors in the United States, 41 Am. J. Comp. L. 367 (1993).
Richard E. Redding,Where did You go to Law School - Gatekeeping for the Professoriate and Its Implications for Legal Education, 53 J. Legal Educ. 594 (2003).