r/LawTeaching

What the title says, I am curious to hear your law school's policy on Scholastica submissions. Do you have an unlimited number of submissions, a set amount regardless of how many pieces you're shopping in a cycle, a sliding scale, a fund for scholarship generally and you decide how to allocate it between Scholastica and other expenses, etc.

Does someone need to approve how you submit? Does someone help you decide a strategy for submissions? What kind of advice do you get during the process.

Just curious how this is handled as your law school.

Always been more interested in entering academia than practicing. Published peer-reviewed articles before law school but not in a field I am particularly interested in. I went to a non-HYS law school, graduated coif but never went to class after 1L so I don't know any professors personally. Struck out of OCI and worked a random public interest position for two years.

My main interest is empirical legal studies and legal history and I have a few topics I have done research/literature review on. I'm pretty sure I could get something worked up and bluebooked in the next few months while submitting resumes to unimpressive legal jobs.

Where I'm not confident is whether law reviews even look at submissions by run-of-the-mill lawyers who never clerked, did fellowships, or worked in biglaw.

Am I wasting my time?

Hello!

I’m teaching criminal law for the first time in my academic career. Do any of you have any recommendations about the book I should use?

I have reviewed a few and find Kadish to lack sufficient scaffolding while finding Dresssler to skip over some of the nuances I would like to explore in class.

I understand that no book will perfectly match anyone’s style or learning objectives, so do not interpret me to ask for the perfect book. I’m just asking what book you use and why. Thanks very much!

Submitted to a bunch of journals last cycle and didn’t get any bites. Have cleaned up my manuscript some, focusing largely on the intro, but wondering if the title needs to be changed. I only ask as I’d prefer it not be discarded if student editors notice from the same title that the last cycle’s editors nixed it.

Would appreciate any other tips for navigating resubmission! TIA.

Hi! I remember there is a template for law review article formatting that I can’t seem to find anywhere…can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

You all have been incredibly helpful. I am having a difficult time with my CV. For most of my career, I've had a standard resume. I am looking for a clinical law professor role. I think I have a good background and experience for it, but obviously my qualifications are more in practice than academia. Are there any good resources for CV preparation? I'm afraid I won't even make it past screening if I send in something that looks too much like a legal resume. Nothing I prepare looks quite right!

Thank you!