Academia
Over the past fifteen years, Stanford has intensified its focus on preparing students for careers teaching law and has emerged as a dominant force in legal academia. A number of factors make Stanford an exciting place to prepare for an academic career in law. Stanford Law School’s Program for Aspiring Law Teachers offers many structured opportunities to gain exposure to legal scholarship, produce it, and prepare to cultivate the next generation of lawyers.
Courses
R paper classes are particularly helpful for writing the kind of long-form research that can be turned into publishable papers. Among other courses, the following have been flagged by the instructors as of special relevance to students interested in academia:
Resources
Helping SLS Grads Join the Academy
Job candidates know that thorough preparation is often the deciding factor between success and failure. For Stanford Law graduates aspiring to a career in the legal academy, getting ready for the annual hiring conference sponsored by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), known as the “meat market,” is essential—if daunting.
SLS has recently introduced to initiatives to help prepare its graduates and fellows for the academic hiring process. “Moot Fest,” held over a weekend in October, brings aspiring legal academics together to rehearse their interviews and discuss their scholarship—in front of a particularly discerning audience: Stanford Law faculty.
read stanford lawyer issue 90 : Helping SLS Grads Join the Academy