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Manali

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Re: Working as a Community College Professor

Post by Manali » Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:40 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:Adjunct profs in law schools are hired based on practice experience in their areas. Look at the ones that teach at your school - they're usually local partners/practitioners. Adjunct community college positions, as discussed above, will expect graduate work in the field you teach. They're not less competitive than teaching K-12. And putting together a course/teaching is actually a lot of work.
Nice, glad to hear that law schools are not prestige-whoring when hiring adjuncts (though I'm sure HYS credentials wouldn't hurt!) Is $4K/course typical for adjunct law profs? That seems a bit low...

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Re: Working as a Community College Professor

Post by emkay625 » Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:42 pm

Manali wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:Adjunct profs in law schools are hired based on practice experience in their areas. Look at the ones that teach at your school - they're usually local partners/practitioners. Adjunct community college positions, as discussed above, will expect graduate work in the field you teach. They're not less competitive than teaching K-12. And putting together a course/teaching is actually a lot of work.
Nice, glad to hear that law schools are not prestige-whoring when hiring adjuncts (though I'm sure HYS credentials wouldn't hurt!) Is $4K/course typical for adjunct law profs? That seems a bit low...
I know an adjunct who makes 5K a course. 4K does not seem out of line as a result.

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