Faculty Hiring & Academic Careers

Submitted by Lou Virelli Friday afternoon at SEALS featured a panel demonstration that is a recurring part of the annual Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop. The Workshop provides people who are considering a career in law teaching but may not be on the market yet with information and skills pertinent to their future job search. The demonstration consisted of a fifteen-minute mock screening interview by senior faculty members before an audience of aspiring academics. The senior faculty members all have experience serving on their schools’ hiring committees. The panel was moderated by Professor Annie Scardulla from the University of North Carolina School of Law and featured five panelists representing clinical, doctrinal, and legal research and writing faculty: Professors Latisha Nixon-Jones from

Each year, SEALS hosts a Prospective Law Teachers Workshop (PLTW), which provides intensive opportunities for VAPs, fellows, and practitioners to network and participate in mock interviews and mock job talks—prior to the actual teaching market. The Workshop also includes a luncheon (separate ticket purchase is required) and 1-on-1 sessions for candidates to receive faculty feedback on their CVs and FAR forms. This year’s Prospective Law Teachers Workshop will be held at The Omni in Amelia Island, Florida on Monday, July 26 through Wednesday, July 28, 2021. If you are interested in participating specifically in the Prospective Law Teachers Workshop, please send your CV, and a brief statement explaining your interest, to Professor Leah Chan Grinvald lgrinvald@suffolk.edu. Please also confirm that you are planning on entering the

Submitted by Gary Simson This 3-hour discussion, masterfully organized and moderated by Joan Heminway, was the first in a series of sessions that will make up this conference’s Aspiring Law Professors Workshop.  The discussion participants included 7 current faculty from across the country, some of whom are or were deans or associate deans, and 15 aspiring law professors, most of whom are currently VAPs or in practice.  The format, which produced lively discussion throughout, consisted of a series of questions – some posed by the moderator and others by the aspiring law professors – with each question followed by comments by several of the faculty.  The question ranged widely over the various topics mentioned in the program description, and there

Dear Deans & Program Committee Members: I have received a number of questions about how this initiative will work and thought that I might share some of the questions and answers with you. First, when will applicant materials be available?  We don’t have a precise date at this moment, but we expect to make them available in June.  To be safe, assume late June. Second, when will the interviews take place?  SEALS does not intend to dictate when the interviews will take place.  That is between the interviewing schools and the applicants. Third, do I have advice about when to schedule interviews?  Yes.  SEALS will be hosting the Prospective Law Teachers Workshop and the Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop on the