April 16, 2008

How Law Schools Compete for Entry-Level Faculty

Glenn Cohen lists 17 questions that prospective hires should ask a law school after they get the offer.

I think it’s a great list.

UM Law, incidentally, does very well (in some cases very very well) on all but #11 (we give “only” one semester of pre-tenure sabbatical) and the second part of #15: Unlike (I think) most universities, we don’t have reciprocal deals for tuition remission with other schools, or any tuition assistance plan.

And I have two children approaching college-age …


Posted by Michael : April 16, 2008 12:00 AM | Law School | TechnoLinks
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I think there should be an entry level draft, like with major league sports. All the first round picks could go to "Fourth Tier" law schools with low bar passage rates.

Posted by: Ann Bartow at April 16, 2008 12:57 PM
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