Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2025 Edition)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in most cases teaching experience) under your belt. Below is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs. Please contact me with any corrections or additions.

General Programs:

	Program Name
Boston College	Drinan Scholars Program
BYU	Visiting Fellowship Program
Cardozo	Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Chicago	Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Chicago-Kent	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Stuart F. Smith Teaching Fellowship
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Research Fellowship in Law (Full-Time)
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Clinical Fellowship in Law (Full-Times)
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Research Fellowship (Part-Time)
Florida	Visiting Assistant Professor
Florida State	Visiting Assistant Professor
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Harvard	Rappaport Fellowship
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Indiana-McKinney	Future Faculty Visiting Assistant Fellowship
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Loyola-New Orleans	Westerfield Fellows Program
Maryland	Murray Fellows
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
Mississippi	Visiting Assistant Professor
Northwestern	Marti Family Fellowship Visiting Assistant Professor
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
NYU	Acting Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania	The George Sharswood Fellowship
Pepperdine	Ken Starr Faculty Fellowship
South Texas	Visiting Assistant Professor
Stetson	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor
Texas	Texas Law Academic Fellowships
Tulane	Forrester Fellowships
UC-Hastings	Visiting Foreign Scholars Program
Villanova	Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program

Subject Specific Programs:

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NYU Seeks to Hire A Tax VAP

New York University Graduate Tax Program, Visiting Assistant Professor of Tax Law Position Commencing Fall 2025:

For over 50 years, the Visiting Assistant Professor of Tax Law program has launched the careers of dozens of tax academics.

Visiting Assistant Professors of Tax Law (VAPs) show promise as legal scholars and have a strong interest in teaching. They serve on a full-time, non-tenure track basis at the Law School for two academic years. At the start of their second year, they are expected to seek a tenure-track position on the law school academic job market.

While in residence at the Law School, Tax VAPs devote a substantial amount of time to their scholarship and begin to develop their research agendas. Tax VAPs teach one course in the Graduate Tax Program each semester. Each Tax VAP also generally serves an Assistant Editor of the Tax Law Review, the nation’s top tax policy journal.

The NYU Law tax faculty mentors the Tax VAPs, evaluating and assisting in their teaching and providing feedback on their scholarly work. In addition, the faculty provides substantial support in preparing the Tax VAPs for entering the academic job market. Tax VAPs are also encouraged to attend faculty workshops and conferences, especially the Tax Policy Colloquium, which meets weekly in the spring semester.

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Florida Seeks to Hire A Tax VAP

University of Florida Levin College of Law, Visiting Assistant Professor:

University of Florida Levin College of Law seeks to hire a visiting assistant professor in tax as part of the College’s pursuit of excellence in legal education and scholarship.  The University of Florida, located in Gainesville, FL, currently has the #3 tax law program in the nation and is the flagship university of the third largest state.

We welcome applications from holders of JD, LLM, and SJD degrees as well as from Ph.D. recipients or candidates in a related field. Successful candidates will have strong scholarly potential, commitment to excellence in teaching, and enthusiasm for creating a welcoming environment for all students. 

VAPs will spend one or two years in residence at the Levin College of Law and will teach one class per semester in the JD tax or LLM tax curriculum. VAPs will have the opportunity to participate fully in the law school’s vibrant scholarly community and will benefit from the mentorship of our renowned tax and other faculty. The program’s goal is to prepare VAPs for a future career in legal academia.

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Florida State Seeks To Hire A Tax VAP

Florida State University College of Law, Visiting Assistant Professor:

Florida State University College of Law seeks at least one Visiting Assistant Professor, to begin in the 2025-2026 academic year. ...

The College is seeking scholar-teachers interested in future appointment as tenure-track members of a law faculty. This VAP is an opportunity for individuals coming from clerkships, fellowships, or legal practice to enhance their CV with close faculty mentorship in preparation for entering the academic market.

Subject areas of particular interest include, law & technology, business law (especially tax law), family law, criminal law, environmental law, gender & the law, and race & the law, but individuals with any area of scholarly and teaching interest will be considered.

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in most cases teaching experience) under your belt. Below is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs. Please contact me with any corrections or additions.

General Programs:

	Program Name
Boston College	Drinan Scholars Program
BYU	Visiting Fellowship Program
Cardozo	Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Chicago	Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Chicago-Kent	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Stuart F. Smith Teaching Fellowship
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Research Fellowship in Law (Full-Time)
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Clinical Fellowship in Law (Full-Times)
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Research Fellowship (Part-Time)
Florida	Visiting Assistant Professor
Florida State	Visiting Assistant Professor
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Harvard	Rappaport Fellowship
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Indiana-McKinney	Future Faculty Visiting Assistant Fellowship
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Loyola-New Orleans	Westerfield Fellows Program
Maryland	Murray Fellows
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
Mississippi	Visiting Assistant Professor
Northwestern	Marti Family Fellowship Visiting Assistant Professor
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
NYU	Acting Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania	The George Sharswood Fellowship
Pepperdine	Ken Starr Faculty Fellowship
South Texas	Visiting Assistant Professor
Stetson	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor
Texas	Texas Law Academic Fellowships
Tulane	Forrester Fellowships
UC-Hastings	Visiting Foreign Scholars Program
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program

Subject Specific Programs:

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Drexel Seeks To Hire A Tax VAP

Drexel University Kline School of Law, Visiting Assistant Professor: 

The Drexel University Kline School of Law invites applications for two full-time teaching professor or Visiting Assistant Professor positions in our JD program, plus one full-time teaching professor in our unique BA in Law program, all to begin in the summer or fall of 2024.  We seek candidates who hold a JD and/or a PhD (or appropriate equivalent) and have a demonstrated commitment to excellent teaching. The JD program has needs in the areas of legal methods (research, writing, and analysis), tax law, evidence, and criminal procedure, among other areas. The BA program seeks candidates with a focus on the intersection of law and the social sciences. The law school is open to candidates with an interest in teaching across the JD and BA programs. ...

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Florida Seeks To Hire Two Tax VAPs

University of Florida Levin College of Law, Visiting Assistant Professor: 

University of Florida Levin College of Law seeks to hire two visiting assistant professors in tax as part of the College’s pursuit of excellence in legal education and scholarship. The University of Florida, located in Gainesville, FL, currently has the #2 tax law program in the nation and is the flagship university of the third largest state. 

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2024-25 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) (Aug. 21, 2024)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in most cases teaching experience) under your belt. Below is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs. Please contact me with any corrections or additions.

General Programs:

	Program Name
Boston College	Drinan Scholars Program
BYU	Visiting Fellowship Program
Cardozo	Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Chicago	Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Chicago-Kent	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Stuart F. Smith Teaching Fellowship
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Drexel	Visiting Assistant Professor
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Research Fellowship in Law (Full-Time)
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Clinical Fellowship in Law (Full-Times)
Federalist Society	Faculty Division Research Fellowship (Part-Time)
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Harvard	Rappaport Fellowship
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Indiana-McKinney	Future Faculty Visiting Assistant Fellowship
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Kansas	Visiting Associate Professor
Loyola-New Orleans	Westerfield Fellows Program
Maryland	Murray Fellows
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
Mississippi	Visiting Assistant Professor
Northwestern	Marti Family Fellowship Visiting Assistant Professor
NYU	Acting Assistant Professors
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
Pennsylvania	The George Sharswood Fellowship
Penn State - Univ. Park	Visiting Assistant Professor
Pepperdine	Ken Starr Faculty Fellowship
Stetson	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor
Tulane	Forrester Fellowships
UC-Hastings	Visiting Foreign Scholars Program
Villanova	Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program

Subject Specific Programs:

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2023-24 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) (Aug. 21, 2024)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in most cases teaching experience) under your belt. Below is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs. Please contact me with any corrections or additions.

General Programs:

Law School	Program Name
Boston College	Drinan Scholars Program
BYU	Visiting Fellowship Program
Cardozo	Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Chicago	Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Chicago-Kent	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Indiana-McKinney	Future Faculty Visiting Assistant Fellowship
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Loyola-New Orleans	Westerfield Fellows Program
Maryland	Murray Fellows
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
NYU	Acting Assistant Professors
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
Pennsylvania	The George Sharswood Fellowship
Pepperdine	Pepperdine Caruso Law Fellowship
Tulane	Forrester Fellowships
UC-Hastings	Visiting Foreign Scholars Program
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program

Subject Specific Programs:

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Oxford Seeks To Hire Two Business Tax Research Fellows

Oxford Centre For Business Taxation seeks to hire two business tax research fellows:

The Centre for Business Taxation at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, is seeking outstanding researchers: one in in law, and one in economics or a related field, such as accounting or finance. The Research Fellows will be expected to undertake and lead independent, high quality academic research into business taxation under the guidance of the Centre’s Director and other senior staff; to contribute to generating research income; to teach at graduate level on the MSc Taxation; and to engage in policy debate with government, business representatives and the media. Research output should primarily be aimed at leading peer-reviewed academic journals; however, all researchers in the Centre should also be prepared to contribute to policy-related output.

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2022-23 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) (Aug. 21, 2024)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in most cases teaching experience) under your belt. Below is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs (thanks to AALS President Judith Areen for allowing me to include in this listing positions in the AALS' new directory). Please contact me with any corrections or additions.

General Programs:

Law School	Program Name
Arizona State	Visiting Fellows Program
Boston College	Drinan Scholars Program
Cardozo	Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Chicago	Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Chicago-Kent	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Indiana-McKinney	Future Faculty Visiting Assistant Fellowship
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
NYU	Acting Assistant Professors
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
Pepperdine	Pepperdine Caruso Law Fellowship
Stetson	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Syracuse	Faculty Fellow
Tulane	Forrester Fellowships
UC-Hastings	Visiting Foreign Scholars Program
Wake Forest	Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program

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Assaf Harpaz Joins Drexel As A Tax VAP

Assaf Harpaz has joined Drexel Kline School of Law as a Visiting Assistant Professor:

His principal areas of interest include tax policy and international taxation. His prior publications include Tax Policy and COVID-19: An Argument for Targeted Crisis Relief, forthcoming in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, and Taxation of the Digital Economy: Adapting a Twentieth Century Tax System to a Twenty-First-Century Economy, published in the Yale Journal of International Law in 2021.

Professor Harpaz earned his LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law. He earned his LLM in International Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, and his SJD from Duke University School of Law. He was also a Nathan J. Perilman Fellow at the Duke Center for Jewish Studies. Before coming to the U.S., Professor Harpaz practiced commercial law in Israel.

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ABA Tax Section Is Accepting Applications For The Inaugural Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship

The ABA Tax Section is accepting applications for the inaugural Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship, due on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022. 

The Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship seeks to identify, engage, and infuse historically underrepresented individuals into the Tax Section, create a more accessible, equitable, and inclusive pathway into Tax Section leadership, support the expansion, diversification, and inclusiveness of the tax profession, and create a sense of belonging for members looking to become involved with the Section.

The Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship is a three-year program open to any individual with a diverse background and/or a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tax bar. The Tax Section aspires to award up to five (5) three-year Fellowships each fiscal year. The Fellowships provide the following benefits:

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2019-20 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) (Aug. 21, 2024)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") and the new SEALS Faculty Recruitment Conference with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt. Here is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs (thanks to AALS President Judith Areen for allowing me to include in this listing positions in the AALS' new directory):

General Programs:

Law School	Program Name
Arizona State	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Boston University	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Chicago	Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship
Columbia	Associates in Law Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Georgetown	Graduate Teaching Fellowships
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Georgetown	Visiting Researcher Program
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Harvard	Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Loyola-New Orleans	Westerfield Fellows Program
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
New England | Boston	Law Teaching Fellow
NYU	Acting Assistant Professors
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
Northwestern	Visiting Scholars Program
Pennsylvania	The George Sharswood Fellowship
Stetson	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Tulane	Forrester Fellowships
Villanova	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Wake Forest	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program
Yale	Fellowship Home Page (for Yale grads)

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2019-20 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) (Aug. 21, 2024)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") and the new SEALS Faculty Recruitment Conference with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt. Here is an updated list of the law schools with fellowship and VAP programs (thanks to AALS President Judith Areen for allowing me to include in this listing positions in the AALS' new directory):

General Programs:

Law School	Program Name
Arizona State	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Boston University	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Chicago	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
Columbia	Associates in Law Program
Columbia	Academic Fellows Program
Connecticut	Visiting Scholars Program
Cornell	Visiting Assistant Professorships
Duke	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Georgetown	Graduate Teaching Fellowships
Georgetown	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship
Georgetown	Visiting Researcher Program
Harvard	Climenko Fellowship
Harvard	Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
Illinois	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program
Iowa	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship
Loyola-New Orleans	Westerfield Fellows Program
Michigan	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)
Michigan	Michigan Society of Fellows Program
NYU	Acting Assistant Professors
NYU	Furman Academic Fellowship Program
Northwestern	Visiting Scholars Program
Pennsylvania	The George Sharswood Fellowship
Stetson	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Wake Forest	Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Washington	Visiting Scholars Program
Wisconsin	The Hastie Fellowship Program
Yale	Fellowship Home Page (for Yale grads)

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2011-12 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2024-25 Edition)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt (spreadsheet here). Here are the schools with public information about their VAP programs:

• Alabama:  Hugo Black Fellowship Program (for Supreme Court clerks)
• Arizona State:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Boston University:
  • General VAP Program
  • Health Law Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Brooklyn:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• California Western:  Legal Scholars Teaching Fellowship Program
• Chicago:
  • Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Law and Philosophy
  • John M. Olin Fellows in Law
• Chicago-Kent: Visiting Assistant Professor Program and IP Fellowship Program
• Columbia:
  • Academic Fellows Program
  • Associates in Law Program (J.S.D., LL.M., and Non-degree)
  • Center for Reproductive Rights Fellowship 
  • James Milligan Law Review Fellowships (for Columbia Law Review alumni)
  • Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts
• Connecticut:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (email)
• Cornell:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Denver:  Faculty Fellows Program
• Duke: Visiting Assistant Professor Program and Center for Public Genomics (CpG) Fellowship
• Federalist Society:  Olin/Searle/Smith Fellows in Law Program
• Florida:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
• George Washington:
  • Visiting Associate Professor Program
  • Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow in the Intellectual Property Law Program
• Georgetown:
  • Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships
  • Global Health Law Fellowships
  • Georgetown Law Research Fellowship Program
  • Graduate Fellowships in State and Local Taxation
  • Graduate Tax Scholars
  • Institute of International Economic Law Fellowships
• Harvard:
  • Byse Fellowships
  • Climenko Fellowship
  • Kauffman Legal Fellowship (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
  • Petrie-Flom Fellowships in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in International Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Program on Negotiation Research Fellowships
  • Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Houston:  Energy Law Scholar Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Illinois:  Academic Fellowship Program
• Loyola-Chicago:  Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies Research Fellowship
• Loyola-L.A.:  Visiting Assistant Professor (Tax)
• Loyola-New Orleans:  Westerfield Fellows Program
• LSU:  Future Law Teachers Fellowship Program
• Memphis:  Tennessee Board of Regents Access and Diversity Assistant Professorship
• New York University:
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Program
  • Acting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
  • Furman Academic Fellowship Program (for NYU grads)
  • Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Research Fellowship (contact Vicki Been)
  • Golieb Fellowships in Legal History
  • Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business
• Northwestern:
  • General VAP
  • Tax VAP
• Pennsylvania:
  • Law Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Sharswood Fellowship
• Penn State:  Shughart Fellowship Program
• Princeton:  Law and Public Affairs Fellowship
• Seattle:
  • Korematsu Teaching Fellowship Program
• Stanford:
  • Center for Ethics in Society
  • Center for Internet & Society Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Center for Internet & Society and Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Center on the Legal Profession
  • Clinical Teaching Fellowship Program
  • CodeX: Center for Computers and Law
  • Constitutional Law Center
  • Criminal Justice Center
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Program
  • Legal Research & Writing Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Stetson:  Jacobs Fellows Program
• Temple:  Abraham L. Freedman Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program
• Texas:  Emerging Scholars Program
• Thomas Jefferson:  Legal Research & Writing Teaching Fellowship
• Tulane:
  • Forrester Fellow Program
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• UC-Berkeley:  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Microsoft Research Fellowship
• UCLA:
  • Binder Clinical Teaching Fellowship
  • Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Fellowship
  • Law and Philosophy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellowships -- Sexual Orientation Law
• Wake Forest:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• University of Washington:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Washington University:  Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• University of Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Wisconsin:
  • William H. Hastie Fellowship Program
  • Law & Society Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Yale:  Fellowship Home Page (for Yale grads)
  • Robert L. Bernstein Fellowships in International Human Rights
  • Robert M. Cover Fellowship
  • Robert M. Cover-Allard K. Lowenstein Fellowship in International Human Rights Law
  • Heyman Federal Public Service Fellowship Program
  • Howard M. Holtzmann Fellowships in International Dispute Resolution
  • Information Society Project (law and technology)
  • International Court of Justice Internship/Clerkship
  • Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship
  • Mary A. McCarthy Fellowships in Public Interest Law
  • Irving S. Ribicoff Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen South Asia Fellowship Program
  • San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project Fellowship
  • YLS Fellowship at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague)

For more information on becoming a law professor, including a discussion of the advantages of these fellowship programs, see:

• Jack Chin (Arizona) & Denise Morgan (New York Law School),Breaking Into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race & Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors, 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 457 (2002)
• Glenn Cohen (Harvard):
  • Why Not/Do a Fellowship
  • So You Are a Fellow, What Exactly Does That Mean?
  • Job Market Timetable
  • Recommenders and the Entry-Level Job Market
  • The Meat Market Is Like ... The Meat Market
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part 1: Before the Offer
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part II: About the Offer
• James D. Gordon III (BYU), An Insider's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 43 J. Legal Educ. 301 (1993)
• Eric Goldman (Santa Clara), Careers in Law Teaching
• Law Crossing, Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 and Part 2
• Brian Leiter (Texas), Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law
• Kevin Maillard (Syracuse), Visiting Assistant Professor List (VAP) 2009-2010 
• Dan Markel (Florida State), Why The Rule Against VAPs?
• National Law Journal, New Law School Programs Give Attorneys a Shot at Visiting Assistant Professorships
• Rick Swedloff (Temple VAP), The Fellowship of the (Hi)Ring
• Brad Wendel (Cornell), The Big Rock Candy Mountain: How to Get a Job in Law Teaching
• David Zaring (Washington & Lee), Whether a Fellow or a Visitor Be
• Don Zillman (Maine), Marina Angel (Temple), Jan Laitos (Denver), George Pring (Denver) & Joseph Tomain (Cincinnati), Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 39 J. Legal Educ. 345 (1988)

Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2011 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2024-25 Edition)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt (spreadsheet here):

• Alabama: Hugo Black Fellowship Program (for Supreme Court clerks)
• Arizona State:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Boston University:
  • General VAP Program
  • Health Law Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Brooklyn:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• California Western:  Legal Scholars Teaching Fellowship Program
• Chicago:
  • Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Law and Philosophy
  • John M. Olin Fellows in Law
• Chicago-Kent: Visiting Assistant Professor Program and IP Fellowship Program
• Columbia:
  • Academic Fellows Program
  • Associates in Law Program (J.S.D., LL.M., and Non-degree)
  • Center for Reproductive Rights Fellowship 
  • James Milligan Law Review Fellowships (for Columbia Law Review alumni)
  • Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts Fellowships
• Connecticut:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (contact Peter Lindseth)
• Cornell:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Duke: Visiting Assistant Professor Program and Center for Public Genomics (CpG) Fellowship
• Federalist Society:  Olin/Searle/Smith Fellows in Law Program
• Florida:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
• George Washington:  Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow in the Intellectual Property Law Program
• Georgetown:
  • Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships
  • Global Health Law Fellowships
  • Georgetown Law Research Fellowship Program
  • Graduate Fellowships in State and Local Taxation
  • Graduate Tax Scholars
  • Institute of International Economic Law Fellowships
• Harvard:
  • Byse Fellowships
  • Climenko Fellowship
  • Kauffman Legal Fellowship (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
  • Petrie-Flom Fellowships in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in International Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Program on Negotiation Research Fellowships
  • Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Illinois:  Academic Fellowship Program
• Loyola-Chicago:  Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies Research Fellowship
• Loyola-L.A.:  Visiting Assistant Professor (Tax)
• Loyola-New Orleans:  Westerfield Fellows Program
• LSU:  Future Law Teachers Fellowship Program
• Memphis:  Tennessee Board of Regents Access and Diversity Assistant Professorship
• New York University:
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Program
  • Acting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
  • Furman Academic Fellowship Program (for NYU grads)
  • Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Research Fellowship (contact Vicki Been)
  • Golieb Fellowships in Legal History
  • Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business
• Northwestern:
  • General VAP
  • Tax VAP
• Pennsylvania:
  • Law Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Sharswood Fellowship
• Penn State:  Shughart Fellowship Program
• Princeton:  Law and Public Affairs Fellowship
• Seattle:
  • Korematsu Teaching Fellowship Program
• Stanford:
  • Center for Ethics in Society
  • Center for Internet & Society Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Center for Internet & Society and Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Center on the Legal Profession
  • Clinical Teaching Fellowship Program
  • CodeX: Center for Computers and Law
  • Constitutional Law Center
  • Criminal Justice Center
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Program
  • Legal Research & Writing Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Stetson:  Jacobs Fellows Program
• Temple:  Abraham L. Freedman Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program
• Texas:  Emerging Scholars Program
• Thomas Jefferson:  Legal Research & Writing Teaching Fellowship
• Tulane:
  • Forrester Fellow Program
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• UC-Berkeley:  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Microsoft Research Fellowship
• UCLA:
  • Binder Clinical Teaching Fellowship
  • Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Fellowship
  • Law and Philosophy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellowships -- Sexual Orientation Law
• Wake Forest:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Washington University:  Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• University of Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Wisconsin:
  • William H. Hastie Fellowship Program
  • Law & Society Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Yale:  Fellowship Home Page (for Yale grads)
  • Robert L. Bernstein Fellowships in International Human Rights
  • Robert M. Cover Fellowship
  • Robert M. Cover-Allard K. Lowenstein Fellowship in International Human Rights Law
  • Heyman Federal Public Service Fellowship Program
  • Howard M. Holtzmann Fellowships in International Dispute Resolution
  • Information Society Project (law and technology)
  • International Court of Justice Internship/Clerkship
  • Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship
  • Mary A. McCarthy Fellowships in Public Interest Law
  • Irving S. Ribicoff Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen South Asia Fellowship Program
  • San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project Fellowship
  • YLS Fellowship at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague)

For more information on becoming a law professor, including a discussion of the advantages of these fellowship programs, see:

• Jack Chin (Arizona) & Denise Morgan (New York Law School),Breaking Into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race & Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors, 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 457 (2002)
• Glenn Cohen (Harvard):
  • Why Not/Do a Fellowship
  • So You Are a Fellow, What Exactly Does That Mean?
  • Job Market Timetable
  • Recommenders and the Entry-Level Job Market
  • The Meat Market Is Like ... The Meat Market
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part 1: Before the Offer
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part II: About the Offer
• James D. Gordon III (BYU), An Insider's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 43 J. Legal Educ. 301 (1993)
• Eric Goldman (Santa Clara), Careers in Law Teaching
• Law Crossing, Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 and Part 2
• Brian Leiter (Texas), Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law
• Kevin Maillard (Syracuse), Visiting Assistant Professor List (VAP) 2009-2010 
• National Law Journal, New Law School Programs Give Attorneys a Shot at Visiting Assistant Professorships
• Rick Swedloff (Temple VAP), The Fellowship of the (Hi)Ring
• Brad Wendel (Cornell), The Big Rock Candy Mountain: How to Get a Job in Law Teaching
• David Zaring (Washington & Lee), Whether a Fellow or a Visitor Be
• Don Zillman (Maine), Marina Angel (Temple), Jan Laitos (Denver), George Pring (Denver) & Joseph Tomain (Cincinnati), Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 39 J. Legal Educ. 345 (1988)

Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2010-11 Edition)

Update:  Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2024-25 Edition)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt (spreadsheet here):

• Alabama: Hugo Black Fellowship Program (for Supreme Court clerks)
• Arizona State:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Boston University:
  • General VAP Program
  • Health Law Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Brooklyn:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• California Western:  Legal Scholars Teaching Fellowship Program
• Chicago:
  • Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Law and Philosophy
  • John M. Olin Fellows in Law
• Chicago-Kent: Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Columbia:
  • Academic Fellows Program
  • Associates in Law Program (J.S.D., LL.M., and Non-degree)
  • Center for Reproductive Rights Fellowship 
  • James Milligan Law Review Fellowships (for Columbia Law Review alumni)
  • Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts Fellowships
• Connecticut:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (contact Peter Lindseth)
• Cornell:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Duke:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Federalist Society:  Olin/Searle/Smith Fellows in Law Program
• Florida:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
• George Washington:  Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow in the Intellectual Property Law Program
• Georgetown:
• • Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships
  • Global Health Law Fellowships
  • Georgetown Law Research Fellowship Program
  • Graduate Fellowships in State and Local Taxation
  • Graduate Tax Scholars
  • Institute of International Economic Law Fellowships
• Harvard:
  • Byse Fellowships
  • Climenko Fellowship
  • Kauffman Legal Fellowship (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
  • Petrie-Flom Fellowships in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in International Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Program on Negotiation Research Fellowships
  • Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Illinois:  Academic Fellowship Program
• Loyola-Chicago:  Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies Research Fellowship
• Loyola-L.A.:  Visiting Assistant Professor (Tax)
• Loyola-New Orleans:  Westerfield Fellows Program
• LSU:  Future Law Teachers Fellowship Program
• Memphis:  Tennessee Board of Regents Access and Diversity Assistant Professorship
• New York University:
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Program
  • Acting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
  • Furman Academic Fellowship Program (for NYU grads)
  • Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Research Fellowship (contact Vicki Been)
  • Golieb Fellowships in Legal History
  • Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business
• Northwestern:
  • General VAP
  • Tax VAP
• Pennsylvania:
  • Law Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Sharswood Fellowship
• Penn State:  Shughart Fellowship Program
• Princeton:  Law and Public Affairs Fellowship
• Seattle:
  • Korematsu Teaching Fellowship Program
• Stanford:
  • Center for Ethics in Society
  • Center for Internet & Society Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Center for Internet & Society and Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Center on the Legal Profession
  • Clinical Teaching Fellowship Program
  • CodeX: Center for Computers and Law
  • Constitutional Law Center
  • Criminal Justice Center
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Program
  • Legal Resarch & Writing Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Stetson:  Jacobs Fellows Program
• Temple:  Abraham L. Freedman Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program
• Texas:  Emerging Scholars Program
• Thomas Jefferson:  Legal Research & Writing Teaching Fellowship
• Tulane:  Forrester Fellowship Program
• UC-Berkeley:  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Microsoft Research Fellowship
• UCLA:
  • Binder Clinical Teaching Fellowship
  • Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Fellowship
  • Law and Philosophy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellowships -- Sexual Orientation Law
• Wake Forest:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Washington University:  Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• University of Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Wisconsin:
  • William H. Hastie Fellowship Program
  • Law & Society Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Yale:  Fellowship Home Page (for Yale grads)
  • Robert L. Bernstein Fellowships in International Human Rights
  • Robert M. Cover Fellowship
  • Robert M. Cover-Allard K. Lowenstein Fellowship in International Human Rights Law
  • Heyman Federal Public Service Fellowship Program
  • Howard M. Holtzmann Fellowships in International Dispute Resolution
  • Information Society Project (law and technology)
  • International Court of Justice Internship/Clerkship
  • Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship
  • Mary A. McCarthy Fellowships in Public Interest Law
  • Irving S. Ribicoff Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen South Asia Fellowship Program
  • San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project Fellowship
  • YLS Fellowship at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague)

For more information on becoming a law professor, including a discussion of the advantages of these fellowship programs, see:

• Jack Chin (Arizona) & Denise Morgan (New York Law School),Breaking Into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race & Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors, 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 457 (2002)
• Glenn Cohen (Harvard):
  • Why Not/Do a Fellowship
  • So You Are a Fellow, What Exactly Does That Mean?
  • Job Market Timetable
  • Recommenders and the Entry-Level Job Market
  • The Meat Market Is Like ... The Meat Market
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part 1: Before the Offer
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part II: About the Offer
• James D. Gordon III (BYU), An Insider's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 43 J. Legal Educ. 301 (1993)
• Eric Goldman (Santa Clara), Careers in Law Teaching
• Law Crossing, Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 and Part 2
• Brian Leiter (Texas), Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law
• Kevin Maillard (Syracuse), Visiting Assistant Professor List (VAP) 2009-2010 
• National Law Journal, New Law School Programs Give Attorneys a Shot at Visiting Assistant Professorships
• Rick Swedloff (Temple VAP), The Fellowship of the (Hi)Ring
• Brad Wendel (Cornell), The Big Rock Candy Mountain: How to Get a Job in Law Teaching
• David Zaring (Washington & Lee), Whether a Fellow or a Visitor Be
• Don Zillman (Maine), Marina Angel (Temple), Jan Laitos (Denver), George Pring (Denver) & Joseph Tomain (Cincinnati), Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference, 39 J. Legal Educ. 345 (1988)

More Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors

Following up on my August post, Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors (2009-10 Edition):  Jonathan Gingerich (J.D. 2010, Harvard) of the Harvard Legal Theory Forum has compiled this very helpful spreadsheet with detailed information (including application deadlines, qualifications, salaries, and duration) on 69 teaching and research fellowships.

Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2009-10 Edition)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt:

• Alabama: Hugo Black Fellowship Program (for Supreme Court clerks)
• Arizona State:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Boston University: General VAP Program & Health Law Visiting Assistant Professor Program 
• Brooklyn:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• California Western:  Legal Scholars Teaching Fellowship Program
• Chicago:
  • Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Law and Philosophy
  • John M. Olin Fellows in Law
• Chicago-Kent: Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Columbia:
  • Academic Fellows Program
  • Associates in Law Program (J.S.D., LL.M., and Non-degree)
  • Center for Reproductive Rights Fellowship 
  • James Milligan Law Review Fellowships (for Columbia Law Review alumni)
  • Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts Fellowships
• Connecticut:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (contact Bethany Berger)
• Cornell:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Duke:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Federalist Society:  Olin/Searle/Smith Fellows in Law Program
• Florida:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
• Fordham:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• George Washington:  Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow in the Intellectual Property Law Program
• Georgetown:
  • Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships
  • Global Health Law Fellowships
  • Graduate Fellowships in State and Local Taxation
  • Graduate Fellowship Program for Future Law Professors
  • Graduate Tax Scholars
  • Institute of International Economic Law Fellowships
• Harvard:
  • Byse Fellowships
  • Climenko Fellowship
  • Kauffman Legal Fellowship (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
  • Petrie-Flom Fellowships in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in International Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Program on Negotiation Research Fellowships
  • Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Illinois:  Academic Fellowship Program
• Loyola-Chicago:  Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies Research Fellowship
• Loyola-L.A.:  Visiting Assistant Professor (Tax)
• Loyola-New Orleans:  Westerfield Fellows Program
• LSU:  Future Law Teachers Fellowship Program
• Memphis:  Tennessee Board of Regents Access and Diversity Assistant Professorship
• New York University:
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Program
  • Acting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
  • Furman Academic Fellowship Program (for NYU grads)
  • Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Research Fellowship (contact Vicki Been)
  • Golieb Fellowships in Legal History
  • Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business
• Northwestern:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
  • VAP in Negotiations
  • VAP in Securities and Finance
  • VAP in Taxation
• Pennsylvania:
  • Law Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Sharswood Fellowship
• Princeton:  Law and Public Affairs Fellowship
• Seattle:
  • Korematsu Teaching Fellowship Program
• Stanford:
  • Center for Ethics in Society
  • Center for Internet & Society Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Center for Internet & Society and Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Center on the Legal Profession
  • Clinical Teaching Fellowship Program
  • CodeX: Center for Computers and Law
  • Constitutional Law Center
  • Criminal Justice Center
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Program
  • Legal Resarch & Writing Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Stetson:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Temple:  Abraham L. Freedman Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program
• Texas:  Emerging Scholars Program
• Thomas Jefferson:  Legal Research & Writing Teaching Fellowship
• Tulane:  Forrester Fellowship Program
• UC-Berkeley:  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Microsoft Research Fellowship
• UCLA:
  • Binder Clinical Teaching Fellowship
  • Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Fellowship
  • Law and Philosophy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellowships -- Sexual Orientation Law
• Wake Forest:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Washington University:  Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• University of Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Wisconsin:
  • William H. Hastie Fellowship Program
  • Law & Society Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Yale:  Fellowship Home Page
  • Richard A. Bartlett Fellowship at the American University in Cairo
  • Robert M. Cover Fellowship Program
  • Information Society Project (law and technology)
  • Irving S. Ribicoff Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen South Asia Fellowship Program

For more information on becoming a law professor, including a discussion of the advantages of these fellowship programs, see:

• Jack Chin (Arizona) & Denise Morgan (New York Law School),Breaking Into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race & Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors, 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 457 (2002)
• Glenn Cohen (Harvard):
  • Why Not/Do a Fellowship
  • So You Are a Fellow, What Exactly Does That Mean?
  • Job Market Timetable
  • Recommenders and the Entry-Level Job Market
  • The Meat Market Is Like ... The Meat Market
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part 1: Before the Offer
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part II: About the Offer
• James D. Gordon III (BYU), An Insider's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 43 J. Legal Educ. 301 (1993)
• Eric Goldman (Santa Clara), Careers in Law Teaching
• Law Crossing, Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 and Part 2
• Brian Leiter (Texas), Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law
• Kevin Maillard (Syracuse), Visiting Assistant Professor List (VAP) 2009-2010 
• National Law Journal, New Law School Programs Give Attorneys a Shot at Visiting Assistant Professorships
• Rick Swedloff (Temple VAP), The Fellowship of the (Hi)Ring
• Brad Wendel (Cornell), The Big Rock Candy Mountain: How to Get a Job in Law Teaching
• David Zaring (Washington & Lee), Whether a Fellow or a Visitor Be
• Don Zillman (Maine), Marina Angel (Temple), Jan Laitos (Denver), George Pring (Denver) & Joseph Tomain (Cincinnati), Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference, 39 J. Legal Educ. 345 (1988)

Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors (Updated)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt:

• Alabama: Hugo Black Fellowship Program (for Supreme Court clerks)
• Arizona State:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Brooklyn:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• California Western:  Legal Scholars Teaching Fellowship Program
• Chicago:
  • Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Law and Philosophy
  • John M. Olin Fellows in Law
• Chicago-Kent: Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Columbia:
  • Academic Fellows Program
  • Associates in Law Program (J.S.D., LL.M., and Non-degree)
  • James Milligan Law Review Fellowships (for Columbia Law Review alumni)
  • Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts Fellowships
• Connecticut:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (contact Jeremy Paul)
• Cornell:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Duke:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Federalist Society:  Olin/Searle/Smith Fellows in Law Program
• Florida:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
• Fordham:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• George Mason:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (not offered for 2008-09)
• George Washington:  Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow in the Intellectual Property Law Program
• Georgetown:
  • Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships
  • Graduate Fellowship Program for Future Law Professors
• Harvard:
  • Byse Fellowships
  • Climenko Fellowship
  • Kauffman Legal Fellowship (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
  • Petrie-Flom Fellowships in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in International Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Program on Negotiation Research Fellowships
  • Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Illinois:  Academic Fellowship Program
• Loyola-Chicago:  Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies Research Fellowship
• Loyola-L.A.:  Visiting Assistant Professor (Tax)
• Loyola-New Orleans:  Westerfield Fellows Program
• New York University:
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Program
  • Acting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
  • Furman Academic Fellowship Program (for NYU grads)
  • Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Research Fellowship (contact Vicki Been)
  • Golieb Fellowships in Legal History
  • Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business
• Northwestern:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
  • VAP in Negotiations
  • VAP in Securities and Finance
  • VAP in Taxation
• Pennsylvania:
  • Law Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Sharswood Fellowship (for Penn Law alumni)
• Princeton:  Law and Public Affairs Fellowship
• Stanford:
  • Center for Ethics in Society
  • Center for Internet & Society Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Center for Internet & Society and Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Center on the Legal Profession
  • Clinical Teaching Fellowship Program
  • CodeX: Center for Computers and Law
  • Constitutional Law Center
  • Criminal Justice Center
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Program
  • Legal Resarch & Writing Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Temple:  Abraham L. Freedman Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program
• Texas:  Emerging Scholars Program
• Tulane:  Forrester Fellowship Program
• UC-Berkeley:  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Microsoft Research Fellowship
• UCLA:
  • Binder Clinical Teaching Fellowship
  • Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Fellowship
  • Law and Philosophy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellowships -- Sexual Orientation Law
• Wake Forest:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Washington University:  Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• University of Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Wisconsin:
  • William H. Hastie Fellowship Program
  • Law & Society Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Yale:  Fellowship Home Page
  • Richard A. Bartlett Fellowship at the American University in Cairo
  • Robert M. Cover Fellowship Program
  • Information Society Project (law and technology)
  • Irving S. Ribicoff Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen South Asia Fellowship Program

For more information on becoming a law professor, including a discussion of the advantages of these fellowship programs, see:

• Jack Chin (Arizona) & Denise Morgan (New York Law School), Breaking Into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race & Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors, 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 457 (2002)
• Glenn Cohen (Harvard):
  • Why Not/Do a Fellowship
  • So You Are a Fellow, What Exactly Does That Mean?
  • Job Market Timetable
  • Recommenders and the Entry-Level Job Market
  • The Meat Market Is Like ... The Meat Market
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part 1: Before the Offer
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part II: About the Offer
• James D. Gordon III (BYU), An Insider's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 43 J. Legal Educ. 301 (1999)
• Eric Goldman (Santa Clara), Careers in Law Teaching
• Law Crossing, Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 and Part 2
• Brian Leiter (Texas), Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law
• Rick Swedloff (Temple VAP), The Fellowship of the (Hi)Ring
• Brad Wendel (Cornell), The Big Rock Candy Mountain: How to Get a Job in Law Teaching
• David Zaring (Washington & Lee), Whether a Fellow or a Visitor Be
• Don Zillman (Maine), Marina Angel (Temple), Jan Laitos (Denver), George Pring (Denver) & Joseph Tomain (Cincinnati), Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference, 39 J. Legal Educ. 345 (1988)