About the Academic Careers Program
The Academic Careers Program counsels, supports, and provides information and programming to NYU law students and alumni considering a career in law teaching.
"I find law teaching and legal academia to be the best job in the world: I have the opportunity to deepen my understanding and write on questions that interest me, while being part of a law school's vibrant intellectual community of stimulating colleagues and bright and engaged students."
Florencia Marotta Wurgler, ACP Faculty Director and NYU Law Professor
The services of ACP are available to anyone affiliated with the law school. Whether you are simply interested in learning about law teaching, or dedicated to becoming a professor, we are here to help you.
ACP’s primary services include an extensive website with information on the academic market, publishing, fellowships, and the hiring process. The website also contains an interactive registration form that allows us to send you targeted emails containing invitations to upcoming events, fellowships and job opportunities, and market tips. We sponsor numerous programs and brown bags ranging from an introduction to law teaching and the law teaching market for first year students to a two day “Scholarship Camp” for those working on publications.
For those on the law teaching market who are registered with ACP, we offer assistance starting in March with introductory emails discussing the AALS faculty recruitment process. During late spring and summer we work with you to refine your application materials, and in September ACP sponsors a two-day “Job Camp” with numerous programs as well as opportunities to present your scholarship and practice interviewing. We host a hospitality suite at the hiring conference. Individual counseling appointments with Crystal Glynn, the program coordinator, are also available, as well as assistance with mock interviews and moot job talks.