whats the best way to become a law professor Forum

nygiants56 · Post by **nygiants56** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:36 pm

Im interested in a future as a professor in legal academia any ideas of the best law school for this?

sambeber · Post by **sambeber** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:36 pm

Yale.

Perch · Post by **Perch** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:38 pm

sambeber wrote:Yale.

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nygiants56 · Post by **nygiants56** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:38 pm

dont think i will be able to get in but what about a paralegal professor?

buckilaw · Post by **buckilaw** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:40 pm

1. Go to the best school you can get a free ride at.
2. After graduating open a law school.
3. Make yourself a law professor.

This will only take a bit over 3 years of eduaction. Plus you'll make bank from tuition $.

boom_cs · Post by **boom_cs** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:43 pm

I know that Yale is the best for it but looking at lists of professors at some T40 schools there are a lot from the T14 but you can do some types of teaching like legal writing or something smaller than the core courses if you are set on teaching. No matter what though you need to be top of your class so do work.

almightypush · Post by **almightypush** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:51 pm

buckilaw wrote:1. Go to the best school you can get a free ride at.
2. After graduating open a law school.
3. Make yourself a law professor.

This will only take a bit over 3 years of eduaction. Plus you'll make bank from tuition $.

just so long as OP remembers to attach brutal stips to the schollys he/she awards.

CreativityKing · Post by **CreativityKing** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:03 pm

How do you know you want to be a law professor without having ever taken a law school class?

Just curious...you can get a decent idea of whether you want to be a lawyer by working in a law office, talking with lawyers about their jobs, etc; I suppose you could get the same idea by talking with law professors or sitting in on classes.

pleasetryagain · Post by **pleasetryagain** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:04 pm

The easy way: T10 (preferably T6) school, near/at the top of your class, law review, impressive clerkship, solid interview skills.

Just be prepared for a monotonous, tedious life of writing obscure law review articles on topics no one cares about that no one will ever read. The money is good though.

TheFactor · Post by **TheFactor** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:08 pm

1. Go to Yale
2. Make law review
3. Get SCOTUS clerkship
4. ????
5. PROFIT

androstan · Post by **androstan** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:25 pm

Get a PhD in economics and a JD from Yale.

scammedhard · Post by **scammedhard** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:38 pm

1) Open a TTT;

2) Pay the ABA dues/fees/bribes to secure accreditation;

3) Speak highly of the virtuosity, versatility, and career prospects (e.g., 160K salary) of the JD/LLM;

4) Recruit native, gullible minds and use them to milk the Fed Gov through student loans.

5) (OPTIONAL) Write academic papers about the state of the legal profession and/or blame globalization and technology for the plight affecting the legal profession.

doinmybest · Post by **doinmybest** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:42 pm

Go to a top school
Get perfect grades
Make Law Review
Get a Federal Clerkship (preferably SCOTUS)

NYC Law · Post by **NYC Law** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:53 pm

nygiants56 wrote:dont think i will be able to get in but what about a paralegal professor?

Wut?

pleasetryagain · Post by **pleasetryagain** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:59 pm

NYC Law wrote:
nygiants56 wrote:dont think i will be able to get in but what about a paralegal professor?
Wut?

Like at DeVry.

NYC Law · Post by **NYC Law** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:01 pm

pleasetryagain wrote:
NYC Law wrote:
nygiants56 wrote:dont think i will be able to get in but what about a paralegal professor?
Wut?
Like at DeVry.

I heard they only take Phoenix grads, its a prestige thing.

IronHBM · Post by **IronHBM** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:50 pm

nygiants56 wrote:dont think i will be able to get in but what about a paralegal professor?

Devry

Borhas · Post by **Borhas** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:50 pm

Yale LR
SCOTUS Clerkship
Princeton UG
major stick up your ass

JamMasterJ · Post by **JamMasterJ** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:59 pm

CreativityKing wrote:How do you know you want to be a law professor without having ever taken a law school class?

Just curious...you can get a decent idea of whether you want to be a lawyer by working in a law office, talking with lawyers about their jobs, etc; I suppose you could get the same idea by talking with law professors or sitting in on classes.

OP thoroughly enjoys tweed... that's all you need to know

pleasetryagain · Post by **pleasetryagain** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:23 pm

JamMasterJ wrote:
CreativityKing wrote:How do you know you want to be a law professor without having ever taken a law school class?

Just curious...you can get a decent idea of whether you want to be a lawyer by working in a law office, talking with lawyers about their jobs, etc; I suppose you could get the same idea by talking with law professors or sitting in on classes.
OP thoroughly enjoys tweed... that's all you need to know

myth. all my professors wear armani suits that look as though they were custom made.

Verity · Post by **Verity** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:40 pm

Cooley.

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