Alumni Workshop: Pathways to Full-Time and Adjunct Law School Teaching

Date
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Time
5:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Dinner will be served.

Location
Second Floor Events Center
New York Law School
185 West Broadway,
New York, NY 10013

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce New York Law School alumni, as well as other members of the legal community, to the basic pathways of applying for a full-time or part-time law school teaching position. The workshop will focus on tenure track, long-term contract track (including clinicians), and adjunct teaching positions. It will also provide information on what a career in academia entails. Speakers will include the Dean of New York Law School, the Dean of Faculty, Chair of the Appointments Committee, and members of the Law School’s full-time and adjunct faculty.

For more information and to RSVP, please email communications@nyls.edu.

Agenda:
Welcome, Introduction, and Overview of Programming
Anthony W. Crowell, Dean and President; Professor of Law

Workshop Overview
Bill LaPiana, Dean of Faculty; Rita and Joseph Solomon Professor of Wills, Trusts, and Estates; Director, Estate Planning Studies, Graduate Tax Program

Adjunct Teaching
Howard Meyers, Professor of Law; Dean for Adjunct Faculty Engagement; Director, Center for Business and Financial Law; Director, Institute for Ronald H. Filler Institute for Financial Services Law
Asim Rehman, Adjunct Professor of Law; Commissioner and Chief Administrative Law Judge, NYC OATH

Long-Term Contract Faculty Positions
Kirk Burkhalter, Professor of Law; Director, 21st Century Policing Project
Kim Hawkins, Professor of Law; Stephen J. Ellmann Dean of Clinical and Experiential Learning; Co-Director, Housing Justice Leadership Institute

Dinner

Tenured Faculty Positions
Ann Thomas, Otto L. Walter Distinguished Professor of Tax Law; Director, Graduate Tax Program
Penelope Andrews; John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law; Director, Racial Justice Project

Challenges For Traditionally Underrepresented Populations in the Legal Profession
Kirk Burkhalter

NYLS Assistance and Closing Remarks
Anthony W. Crowell

Meet and Greet With NYLS Faculty