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Law Teaching
Yale Law School is the country’s leading institution for producing legal academics. Our Law Teaching Program provides J.D. students, graduate students and post-graduate fellows with training and information about careers in academia.

Preparing for a Career in Law Teaching
There is no precise combination of factors that guarantees success on the law teaching market. Explore pathways to teaching careers.

Current Candidates
Detailed information for Yale Law School students currently pursuing a career in Law Teaching.
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Most people think there is a giant gap between doing academic work and doing real practice work. This law school has relentlessly refused to accept that gap. And you see it every day.”
Heather Gerken
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law