Who Could Be Hired Today?

Who Could Be Hired Today? (Concurring Opinions):

The trend in hir­ing law pro­fes­sors with grad­u­ate train­ing in other dis­ci­plines as well as law degrees is not new; it’s been under­way at least since I was a stu­dent (1988 – 1991). Some of the best classes I took were with indi­vid­u­als who had such back­grounds. But the empha­sis has become even more intense in recent years. It is no longer con­sid­ered oblig­a­tory to put in a few years doing actual legal work, before sign­ing up for the AALS fac­ulty recruit­ment conference.

An inter­est­ing dis­cus­sion of the shift in law school hir­ing away from those with just law degrees towards those trained in other dis­ci­plines as well. As a soon-​​to-​​be-​​graduating law stu­dent about to go into a PhD pro­gram with a pos­si­ble future goal in acad­e­mia, this is of inter­est to me. I intend to get legal expe­ri­ence as well, but likely not the law firm path of many cur­rent law school pro­fes­sors. It will be inter­est­ing to see how things develop over the next few years.