Right now, our data is far more limited than for lateral visitors, but I’m pleased to present the first iteration of our list of law school visiting assistant professors for 2008-09. Keep in mind that this list includes people who have never held a permanent law school teaching position. At least one – Sasha Volokh – has already accepted such a position. Please email additional information to dmf55@drexel.edu. I’d appreciate it if you could include not only candidate names, and host schools, but candidate JD and graduate degree information as well.
| Perry | Behcky | Connecticut (08-09) |
| Asif | Efrat | Cornell (08-10) |
| H. Brian | Holland | Penn State/Dickinson |
| Andrew | Jurs | Wake Forest (08-09) |
| Ben | Leff | Harvard (08-10) |
| Amanda | Peters | South Texas (08-09) |
| Marc | Roark | Missouri-Columbia (08-09) |
| Colette | Routel | Michigan (08-09) |
| David | Rubenstein | Hofstra |
| Sasha | Volokh | Houston (08-09) |
| (has accepted permanent appt at Emory) |
As an aspiring law professor, I'd be curious to hear any thoughts on how to pursue VAP positions at law schools which do not actively advertise such openings. For instance, there are several schools listed above who do not appear on Paul Caron's excellent list:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/03/teaching-fellow.html
Thanks in advance.
Speaking as a person who just went through the process, to find VAP positions that are not advertised I would first go through the listing of faculty at various schools to see if they have a Visting Assistant Professor currently on their faculty and second, look at recent tenure-track faculty and see if and where they served as a VAP. At that point, you can either go through your advisors to see if they have a contact point at that law school to inquire about who to contact for such positions or just send a package to the hiring chair at that law school expressing interest in a VAP position. I'd be happy to share my process if you want to know more.
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