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Each year, SEALS hosts a Prospective Law Teachers Workshop (PLTW), which provides intensive mentorship opportunities for VAPs, fellows, and practitioners who plan on entering the law teaching market in August 2026. Participation in PLTW is by acceptance only. Selected PLTW participants also attend a luncheon (separate ticket purchase required) as part of the workshop programming. Past PLTW participants have secured tenure-track appointments at an impressive array of law schools.
This year’s Prospective Law Teachers Workshop will begin on Monday, July 13, 2026, with an online orientation and 1-on-1 sessions to receive faculty feedback on application materials, and will continue with in-person programming in conjunction with the SEALS Conference at the Omni Amelia Island Resort in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Specifically, PLTW participants will engage in moot job interviews and job talks. The Workshop will begin at 8:00 am on Monday, July 27, 2026, and end on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. PLTW participants must participate in both the online programming and arrive the day before the workshop begins. After the workshop concludes, PLTW participants can stay for the rest of the conference (for networking) or depart after the workshop programming concludes on Wednesday (we plan to conclude by early afternoon on Wednesday).
If you are interested in participating in the Prospective Law Teachers Workshop, please complete this application form, and attach a copy of your CV and a brief statement explaining your interest in the workshop. Any questions about this workshop should be directed to Professors Shakira D. Pleasant, spleasan@uic.edu, and John Rice, john.rice@lmunet.edu. Applications are due by March 15, 2026, with decisions to be made in advance of the opening of conference registration on April 1, 2026.
SEALS is delighted to offer a Faculty Hiring Portal on which schools may search for candidates and candidates may search for jobs. The SEALS hiring portal has three components: (1) a list of job announcements, (2) a visiting professor portal, and (3) a candidate portal. PLTW participants will be well prepared to post their profiles on the Portal in advance of the SEALS conference.
SEALS also offers a workshop that has broader programming for anyone pursuing law teaching jobs in the future. The Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop (ALTW) includes informational sessions on designing your teaching package, navigating the market as a nontraditional candidate, mapping academic opportunities, what’s in a job talk, crafting scholarship goals, the art of self-promotion, as well as a luncheon (separate ticket purchase required). SEALS works hard to ensure that PLTW participants can also choose to fully participate in ALTW programming.
More information about the conference and the most up-to-date SEALS 2026 Conference Schedule, including both PLTW and ALTW programming, will be posted here.