Sign InCreate ProfileEnglish (US)Law Fellow & Visiting Assistant ProfessorUrbana, IL, United States|1037924Apply NowPosted on: 8/17/2026 Back to Search Law Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor College of Law The Illinois Academic Fellowship Program helps new legal academics obtain tenure-stream faculty positions at U.S. law schools. In recent years, our fellows have obtained tenure-stream positions at the University
of California-Irvine, Indiana University-Bloomington, the University of Arizona, the University of Alabama, McGeorge School of Law, the University of Nebraska, Cardozo School of Law, and other institutions. Fellows spend one or two years in residence at the College of Law researching and writing under the close mentorship of Illinois faculty, teaching one course per semester, and fully participating in the College’s
famously rich intellectual environment. Fellows are treated like tenure-stream faculty although with a light teaching load and no administrative responsibilities. Fellows are provided with the support and counseling necessary to the development of a serious scholarly portfolio. By the end of the program, we expect fellows to be competitive for tenure-track positions at leading law schools. Applications for the
Illinois Academic Fellowship Program are invited from law school graduates as well as Ph.D. recipients or candidates in any field who have a sustained academic interest in the law’s interaction with their discipline. Applicants may be in the final stage of a doctoral program, recent graduates, or individuals completing a judicial clerkship or employed in legal practice. Fellows will be chosen on the basis of an
assessment of their potential, with appropriate support and mentoring, to obtain a tenure-track position at a leading U.S. law school. Fellows will teach one class per semester. Depending on the interests of the fellow, the teaching package may include traditional law school courses across the full range of the curriculum and seminars that focus on the fellow’s own research areas. Each fellow’s teaching package will
be designed to provide meaningful preparation for the academic job market and to complement the current writing projects of the fellow, subject to the curricular needs of the College of Law. The exact courses assigned are ultimately in the discretion of the Dean of the College of Law. This is a nine-month (paid over twelve months), 100% time, visiting appointment that is typically renewed for the second year of the
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