Breaking into Legal Academia with a Non-Top-5 J.D.
posted by Kaimipono D. Wenger
I get a variation of this e-mail at least once a year, from friends or acquaintances in law practice. It always starts out the same way. Basically, “I didn’t go to law school at Yale or Columbia, and I’m wondering whether that means I can never become a law professor.”
The short answer is “No, your non-Yale J.D. does not absolutely doom you. It does lengthen your odds, and it increases the importance of other factors, but it absolutely does not shut you out of the process.”
Really? Yes. Let’s go over it. Read the rest of this post »
May 13, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Tags: academia, hiring
Posted in: Law School (Hiring & Laterals)
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