Faculty Recruitment
The AALS offers three main services for
those interested in finding a job as a law teacher. The Association
serves as a conduit, sending to law schools information on registrants
via the Faculty Appointments Register, and sending to registrants
advertisements for positions at schools via the Placement Bulletin. In
addition, the Association sponsors a Faculty Recruitment Conference
where schools can interview registrants. These faculty recruitment
services are for those persons interested in becoming law school
faculty, for current faculty who want more recruitment services than
what's available under
Visiting and Retiring
Faculty Registers and for schools interested in recruiting
new faculty.
The Association does not offer career counseling services. A registrant should contact the law school from which he or she graduated for such assistance.
Faculty
Appointments Register (FAR)
The FAR is a collection of information about registrants interested in
teaching at law schools. Deans and recruiters of AALS member, fee-paid
and other participating law schools review this information in
preparation for the Faculty Recruitment Conference (click here for dates).
The FAR is made
available to law school recruiters three times during the academic year.
Anyone interested in law teaching can participate. The FAR form is not a
full resume but is designed to provide sufficient information to law
school recruiters to enable them to select registrants for interviews.
The FAR Online enables registrants to submit their information online.
To be included in a distribution, the online form and payment must be
received by the AALS by the appropriate deadline date. The FAR fee
includes a subscription to the Placement Bulletin and covers
the cost of attending the Faculty Recruitment Conference.
AALS provides the FAR Online as a service to our members and to registrants. While we take reasonable steps to make sure the system operates properly, errors, unfortunately, sometimes occur. AALS makes no representations or warranties relating to the operation of this electronic system. In no event will AALS liability to any registrant exceed the fee paid to utilize the faculty recruitment services.
Faculty Recruitment
Conference
(FRC)
The FRC is organized to offer law school recruiting teams and
registrants interested in faculty positions an opportunity to meet and
interview within a short period of time.
2012
Podcast of the AALS
Faculty Recruitment Conference Workshop on Recruitment
Process
Placement
Bulletin
The Placement Bulletin is a publication
that
lists available faculty and administrative positions, as well as
positions related to legal education outside law schools. It is issued
four times each academic year. Individuals who are registered for the
Faculty Appointments Register may access the Placement Bulletin online
only by logging
in and clicking on "Placement Bulletins."
If you are interested in receiving a printed copy of the Placement Bulletin without registering in the FAR, please complete the Order Form and return it to the AALS.
Advice
Not sure where to start? Read two articles with advice about the
Association's Faculty Recruitment process which appeared in the
Journal of Legal Education or listen to the content from the
Faculty Recruitment Conference in mp3 format.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Still have questions? Read through some of the more frequently asked
questions.
Visiting and Retiring Faculty Registers