law professor
Teaches future lawyers
A law professor teaches at a law school, instructing students in legal doctrine, theory, and practice.
The position typically requires a law degree and often prior legal practice.
Law professors also conduct scholarly research and publish in law reviews: She's a law professor at Georgetown specializing in constitutional law.
- casebookCompiled judicial precedents
- law schoolJD degree program
- faculty memberAcademic staff person
- tenure trackProbationary academic employment path
- moot courtHypothetical case exercise
lecturer · legal scholar · tenure · criminal law · teacher · constitutional law · jurisprudence · contract law · lawyer · law firm · Socratic method · mentor · academic conference · tort law · law review · university · ivy league · researcher
- legal academicslegal scholar, constitutional scholar
- legal scholarsjurist, legal scholars, constitutional scholar, jurists, Paul
- Legal Careerslawyer, attorney, paralegal, solicitor, barrister
- legal professionalslawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, counsel
- law schoollaw school, law schools, law student, law students, law degree
- Legal Expertsjurist, legal adviser, legal advisor, counsel, barrister
academic vs. practitioner role
law professortrial lawyer
Attorney arguing before juries
litigator · defense attorney · prosecutor · corporate lawyer · public defender