Hi folks. I am 30 years old Latin American lawyer, with 5 years of work experience, an LL.M. from a top school in Britain and currently doing a Ph.D. in Government in the U.S.. My research focus on the comparative study of law and courts. I wish to pursue a career in legal teaching, either full time or as an adjunct professor together with an appointment in a Political Science department. However, I have been told that my previous professional and academic experience is not enough background to pursue a career as a law professor, and thus I need to spend at least a year in Law School to improve my prospects. Any thoughts on legal programs suitable for such purpose? What LL.Ms are good for research (or research oriented) besides Yale's? Thanks for your help!!!!

Hi,

If you don't manage to enter Yale (but you have chances regarding your profile), you could apply to the SPILS Program at Stanford which is also devoted to research (even more than Yale maybe). Apart from these programs, I am not aware of any program that are really devoted to future Professors.

This being said, I am quite surprised that people told you that you still need to do an LLM in the US, but these people may know better than me the requierments in your country obviously.

Best

I don't know whether their programs are good for you or not, but I suggest you take a look at two other law schools besides Yale and Stanford. Cornell has some people, who are working in the same field as you are, namely comparative law of courts and procedure (Bob Summers and an American-French scholar, whose name is too difficult to write). One of most distinguished comparative lawyers in the nation, James Whitman, might be leaving Yale for either NYU or Columbia, so you might want to take a look at his work, and then ponder whether those New York-based school might be good for you. Best. Toni

Check Stanford SPILS. You seem to have the right profile.