Tulane Law School invites applications for its Forrester Fellowship and Visiting Assistant Professor positions, both of which are designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. Both positions are full-time faculty in the law school and are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the intellectual life of the school. The law school provides significant support and mentorship, a professional travel budget, and opportunities to present works-in-progress in faculty workshops.
Tulane’s Forrester Fellows teach legal writing in the first-year curriculum to first-year law students in a program coordinated by the Director of Legal Writing. Fellows are appointed to a one-year term with the possibility of a single one-year renewal. Applicants must have a JD from an ABA-accredited law school, outstanding academic credentials, and significant law-related practice and/or clerkship experience. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Erin Donelon at edonelon@tulane.edu.
Tulane’s visiting assistant professor position is supported by the Murphy Institute at Tulane (http://murphy.tulane.edu/home/), an interdisciplinary unit specializing in political economy and ethics that draws faculty from the university’s departments of economics, philosophy, history, and political science. The position is designed for scholars focusing on regulation of economic activity very broadly construed (including, for example, research with a methodological or analytical focus relevant to scholars of regulation). If you have any questions about this position, please contact Adam Feibelman at afeibelm@tulane.edu.
Candidates for either position should apply through Interfolio, at apply.interfolio.com/119886.
Tulane is an equal opportunity employer and candidates who will enhance the diversity of the law faculty are especially invited to apply.
Tulane Law School provides support for the next generation of legal scholars through its fellowship programs.
Forrester Fellowships
The Forrester Fellowship program is designed for individuals who plan to apply for tenure-track law faculty positions. The persons selected for the positions will teach in the first-year legal writing program and will be expected to participate in scholarly activities at the law school, including faculty workshops. Fellows are generally appointed to a one-year term with the possibility of a one-year renewal.
Murphy Institute Visiting Assistant Professorship
This position is designed for scholars focusing on regulation of economic activity very broadly construed (including, for example, research with a methodical or analytical focus relevant to scholars of regulation). It is also designed for individuals who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions during the second year of the professorship. The position is supported by the Murphy Institute at Tulane, an interdisciplinary unit specializing in political economy and ethics that draws faculty from the economics, philosophy, history, and political science departments.
Yongxiong Fellowship
The Yongxiong Fellowship is designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. The Yongxiong Fellow teaches a required course in U.S. legal research and writing to a cohort of LLM students at Tulane Law School under the auspices of the Yongxiong-Tulane Center for International Credit Law. The Fellow also teaches one upper-level course in a topic relating to financial markets, banking or credit law. The Fellow is appointed to a two-year term. The Fellow is full-time faculty in the law school and is encouraged to participate in all aspects of the intellectual life of the school.
