VAP Program
Visiting Assistant Professors
The Visiting Assistant Professorship Program at Duke Law School supports aspiring law faculty. Visiting assistant professors spend two academic years at the Law School, with the expectation that they will enter the law school teaching market in the fall of their second year. A visiting assistant professor teaches one course per academic year and has no administrative responsibilities. He or she is provided with a regular faculty office and receives administrative and secretarial support, and is invited to participate in all faculty activities open to visiting professors, including faculty workshops and conferences.
Compensation
The salary for each visiting assistant professor is $50,000 per year plus benefits (including health insurance).
The Selection Process
We invite applications from graduates of any law school and any year of graduation. We encourage applications from those with experience in law practice. Candidates will be selected based on their potential to obtain a tenure-track position at a leading law school.
Applications should include:
- a curriculum vita
- a law school transcript
- written academic references sent or emailed from each reference to Sharon Nash
- copies of any scholarly legal articles that the candidate has written and would like to have considered, whether published, unpublished, or in draft form
- a list of law school courses the candidate would be willing to teach (listed in order of preference)
- a scholarly agenda outline, with particular emphasis on the scholarship contemplated during the professorship period.
If you would like to be considered for a Visiting Assistant Professor position beginning in the fall of 2009, please send an application by January 9, 2009. We will begin reviewing the applications shortly thereafter. Candidates should send applications to:
Visiting Assistant Professor Program
Attn: Sharon Nash
Duke University School of Law
Office of the Dean
Box 90362
Durham, NC 27708-0362
Please direct any questions to Sharon Nash at (919) 613-7004 or nash@law.duke.edu.
