What are the responsibilities and job description for the Law Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor position at illinois?
Law Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor
The Illinois Academic Fellowship Program helps new legal academics obtain tenure-stream faculty positions at U.S. law schools. In recent years, our fellows have obtained tenure-stream positions at the University of California-Irvine, Indiana University-Bloomington, the University of Arizona, the University of Alabama, the University of Nebraska, Cardozo School of Law, and other institutions.
Fellows spend one or two years in residence at the College of Law researching and writing under the close mentorship of Illinois faculty, teaching one course per semester, and fully participating in the College’s famously rich intellectual environment. Fellows are treated like tenure-stream faculty although with a light teaching load and no administrative responsibilities. Fellows are provided with the support and counseling necessary to the development of a serious scholarly portfolio. By the end of the program, we expect fellows to be competitive for tenure-track positions at leading law schools.
Fellows are appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and also carry the title of Ribstein Fellow in honor of the late Professor Larry Ribstein.
Selection Criteria
Applications for the Illinois Academic Fellowship Program are invited from law school graduates as well as Ph.D. recipients or candidates in any field who have a sustained academic interest in the law’s interaction with their discipline. Applicants may be in the final stage of a doctoral program, recent graduates, or individuals completing a judicial clerkship or employed in legal practice. Fellows will be chosen on the basis of an assessment of their potential, with appropriate support and mentoring, to obtain a tenure-track position at a leading U.S. law school.
Applications are welcome from potential fellows in all subject matter areas and methodological approaches. In the coming academic year, we expect to hire one new fellow.
Scholarship and Teaching
Fellows will teach one class per semester. Depending on the interests of the fellow, the teaching package may include traditional law school courses across the full range of the curriculum and seminars that focus on the research interests of the fellow. Each fellow’s teaching package will be designed to provide meaningful preparation for the academic job market and to complement the current writing projects of the fellow, subject to the curricular needs of the College of Law. The exact courses assigned are ultimately in the discretion of the Dean of the College of Law.
Most importantly, fellows will receive substantial faculty assistance with their research projects; the opportunity to present works in progress to the faculty in a workshop setting; the opportunity to attend and participate in lectures, colloquia, symposia, roundtables, and faculty workshops; faculty advice and assistance in preparing for the academic job market; and, where appropriate, pairing with a faculty mentor. Assisting fellows in preparing a substantial piece of scholarship, with an emphasis on the “job talk” paper, is a primary goal of the Illinois Academic Fellowship Program.
The College of Law offers a rich intellectual environment with numerous faculty workshops and specialized speaker programs. Fellows will be full participants in faculty workshops and similar programs.
The Illinois Academic Fellowship Program helps new legal academics obtain tenure-stream faculty positions at U.S. law schools. In recent years, our fellows have obtained tenure-stream positions at the University of California-Irvine, Indiana University-Bloomington, the University of Arizona, the University of Alabama, the University of Nebraska, Cardozo School of Law, and other institutions.
Fellows spend one or two years in residence at the College of Law researching and writing under the close mentorship of Illinois faculty, teaching one course per semester, and fully participating in the College’s famously rich intellectual environment. Fellows are treated like tenure-stream faculty although with a light teaching load and no administrative responsibilities. Fellows are provided with the support and counseling necessary to the development of a serious scholarly portfolio. By the end of the program, we expect fellows to be competitive for tenure-track positions at leading law schools.
Fellows are appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and also carry the title of Ribstein Fellow in honor of the late Professor Larry Ribstein.
Selection Criteria
Applications for the Illinois Academic Fellowship Program are invited from law school graduates as well as Ph.D. recipients or candidates in any field who have a sustained academic interest in the law’s interaction with their discipline. Applicants may be in the final stage of a doctoral program, recent graduates, or individuals completing a judicial clerkship or employed in legal practice. Fellows will be chosen on the basis of an assessment of their potential, with appropriate support and mentoring, to obtain a tenure-track position at a leading U.S. law school.
Applications are welcome from potential fellows in all subject matter areas and methodological approaches. In the coming academic year, we expect to hire one new fellow.
Scholarship and Teaching
Fellows will teach one class per semester. Depending on the interests of the fellow, the teaching package may include traditional law school courses across the full range of the curriculum and seminars that focus on the research interests of the fellow. Each fellow’s teaching package will be designed to provide meaningful preparation for the academic job market and to complement the current writing projects of the fellow, subject to the curricular needs of the College of Law. The exact courses assigned are ultimately in the discretion of the Dean of the College of Law.
Most importantly, fellows will receive substantial faculty assistance with their research projects; the opportunity to present works in progress to the faculty in a workshop setting; the opportunity to attend and participate in lectures, colloquia, symposia, roundtables, and faculty workshops; faculty advice and assistance in preparing for the academic job market; and, where appropriate, pairing with a faculty mentor. Assisting fellows in preparing a substantial piece of scholarship, with an emphasis on the “job talk” paper, is a primary goal of the Illinois Academic Fellowship Program.
The College of Law offers a rich intellectual environment with numerous faculty workshops and specialized speaker programs. Fellows will be full participants in faculty workshops and similar programs.