Columbia Law School is seeking candidates for its Academic Fellows program, a program created to support future legal academics. Candidates must have the strongest academic credentials and show substantial promise of becoming outstanding legal scholars. Columbia Law School Academic Fellows will have the opportunity to spend one to two years in residence at Columbia Law School where they will pursue their scholarly agendas and participate in the Law School’s intellectual life.
Academic Fellows are expected to produce a serious work of scholarship that will position them to enter the job market for a full-time academic appointment at a major law school.
Columbia Law School Academic Fellows will receive a stipend, anticipated to be around $60,000, as well as fringe benefits, including eligibility for subsidized housing, and space to work at the law school. Between one and three Fellows are selected each year.
Special Instructions to Applicants: In addition to applying online (RAPS) and attaching required documents, applicants shouldalso send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, law school transcript, list of references, copies of any publications or a writing sample, at least two (2) reference letters from academic referees, which can be included with your application or sent in separately, and a one to five page proposal for a scholarly research project to be undertaken as a fellow to:
Rachel Jones
Columbia Law School
435 West 116 Street
New York, NY 10027
Note: Candidates must contact academic references to request that letters be sent or include letters with other materials.
Email any questions to: rjones3@law.columbia.edu
The deadline for applications for the fellowship is February 15, 2010.
