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Pathways to Law Teaching
August 5 @ 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
If you are considering or would like to learn more about becoming a law professor, please join us for a pre-recruitment workshop at UC College of the Law, San Francisco (“UC Law SF,” formerly “UC Hastings”) on August 5. This half-day event is co-hosted by participating ABA-accredited law schools in Northern California in coordination with the American Association of Law Schools. It is one of several regional workshops taking place nationally.
The co-hosts of the August 5 regional workshop in San Francisco include:
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Stanford Law School
- UC Berkeley School of Law
- UC Davis School of Law
- UC Law SF (formerly “UC Hastings”)
- UOP McGeorge School of Law
- University of San Francisco School of Law
The August 5 half-day workshop focuses on pathways to securing full-time law school faculty roles that involve a mix of teaching and research, commonly called “tenure-track roles.” The event is free to registered attendees. It includes two substantive panels. The first focuses on pre-market considerations, such as how to create a scholarly record and prepare a “job talk” article, pre-market teaching opportunities such as “VAPs” and fellowships, and information on how to apply for tenure-track positions. The second panel focuses on the interview process at law schools, including advice on how to give a successful job talk, how to interview well, and the hiring process, including timelines.
Again, the focus of this particular workshop on August 5 is on tenure-track (teaching and research) positions at ABA-accredited law schools. There are many other rewarding pathways into and in legal academia, including teaching as a part-time (adjunct) professor or serving in full-time teaching roles that do not involve research, such as in contract clinical, writing, or other lawyering skills teaching roles. This workshop does not address those other pathways. However, a prior workshop held last year at UC Berkeley School of Law did, and you can find recordings of those sessions on this page.
To register, you must complete this registration survey. Be sure to select the San Francisco iteration of the pre-recruitment event. As a standard security precaution, only registered participants will be admitted to the event. Please bring a form of identification such as a driver’s license.
For more information and resources, see these pages:
- 2025 Pre-Recruitment Workshop at UC Berkeley School of law.
- AALS “Becoming a Law Teacher” website.
- AALS list of pre-market VAP and fellowship programs.
- National tenure-track hiring data.
| Contents |
| Program Schedule |
| Speaker Biographies |
| More Information |
Program Schedule
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 8:30 am – 9:15 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:15 am – 9:30 am |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:30 am – 10:50 am |
Panel #1 Pre-Market Considerations |
| 10:50 am – 11:00 am |
Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm |
Panel #2 Job Talks and Interviews |
| 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch and Networking |
Speaker Biographies
Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law, Associate Dean for the JD Program, Stanford Law School
Max Radin Distinguished Professor, UC Law San Francisco
Scott Dodson
Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Litigation and the Courts, UC Law San Francisco
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Legal Writing and Lawyering Skills and Director, Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project, University of San Francisco
Professor of Law, Associate Dean, J.D. Curriculum and Teaching, Faculty Director of the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, University of California – Berkeley
Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University
Professor of Law, Legal Practice, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Experiential Learning, University of Pacific – San Francisco
Provost & Academic Dean, Professor of Law, UC Law San Francisco
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California – Davis
More Information
For more information about this event at UC Law SF, please contact the Event Manager, Cynthia Diaz (diazcynthia@uclawsf.edu).
School Address and Room Location
This event will be held at 198 McAllister St. San Francisco, CA 94102. The BART stop closest to the law school is Civic Center. Please stop at the front desk and share your name and identification to be let into the building. https://www.uclawsf.edu/map-directions/
Parking Information
If you drive, parking is available for a fee at either of the following nearby locations:
- UC Law SF Parking Garage
Located at 376 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Please check the current parking rates here: https://sites.uclawsf.edu/garage/parking-rates/ - Civic Center Garage
Located at 355 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Please check the current parking rates here: https://www.sfmta.com/garages-lots/civic-center-garage
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