Columbia Law School is pleased to announce the creation of an Academic Fellows program 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 may also propose and teach a seminar in their particular areas of expertise.

 

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 $50,000, as well fringe benefits, including eligibility for subsidized housing, and space to work at the law school.

 

Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, law school transcript, copies of any publications or a writing sample, a list of academic references, and a one to five page proposal for a scholarly research project to be undertaken as a fellow to:

 

Shirley Yeh

Columbia Law School

435 West 116 Street

New York, NY 10027

 

The deadline for applications for the fellowship is February 15, 2008.