adjunct law professor?

[Anonymous]

Anyone one on this forum? What is the going rate for teaching one class per semester? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I am. I taught a small 2-credit seminar this semester for 6k.

[Anonymous]

6k for two credits? Seems on the high side. I got 2.5k for 2 credits. It’s a lot of work - no one does it for the money alone.

[Anonymous]

An entry-level adjunct AT NVCC would earn about $600 per semester per credit-hour taught.


I am currently making ABOUT $4000 per semester - 6 credit hours.

[Anonymous]

OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

supplemental income

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

You can fancy yourself a professor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

People who want to transition into full-time teaching at a college but need experience (adjuncting first). By “teaching full time” I mean full time lecturer, not tenured professor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

Adjuncting is intended for professionals who teach a course on the side, typically as a way of giving back. They money isn't that great.

The issue in many fields, especially liberal arts, is that the universities are producing too many PhDs with poor job prospects, so those PhDs ended up being adjuncts as their only job (often at more than one college at a time), then complain about lack of job security and benefits as an adjunct.. when adjunct isn't designed for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

You can fancy yourself a professor.

Not really, law schools make it pretty clear that you won't get tenure if you have too much practice experience. Adjuncts just tend to teach actual legal practice subjects in elective seminars. I thought it was mainly for immigration and personal injury attorneys to make supplemental income for a few hours a week while their paralegals hold down the ship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

Adjuncting is intended for professionals who teach a course on the side, typically as a way of giving back. They money isn't that great.

The issue in many fields, especially liberal arts, is that the universities are producing too many PhDs with poor job prospects, so those PhDs ended up being adjuncts as their only job (often at more than one college at a time), then complain about lack of job security and benefits as an adjunct.. when adjunct isn't designed for that.

Your presence is needed in the PhD thread in the Colleges & Universities Forum. In that thread, PhDs are allegedly making very decent money.

[Anonymous]

Teaching at law schools as an adjunct is often done as a way to establish credibility in the subject area and to prospect for new clients. It isn't done for the money. (Teaching a 2 credit course for $6,000 seems to be on the high side.)

[Anonymous]

I teach at Georgetown Law. Adjuncts are paid peanuts. The assumption is that they are doing it to give back, or they just enjoy teaching, or they think it impresses people. Many of our adjuncts are biglaw partners, judges, former senior government people, etc. Definitely not doing it for the money. You could not come close to living on the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

People who want to transition into full-time teaching at a college but need experience (adjuncting first). By “teaching full time” I mean full time lecturer, not tenured professor.

That's not how law schools work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG that's so little for what seems like alot of work. what's the upside?

Adjuncting is intended for professionals who teach a course on the side, typically as a way of giving back. They money isn't that great.

The issue in many fields, especially liberal arts, is that the universities are producing too many PhDs with poor job prospects, so those PhDs ended up being adjuncts as their only job (often at more than one college at a time), then complain about lack of job security and benefits as an adjunct.. when adjunct isn't designed for that.

Your presence is needed in the PhD thread in the Colleges & Universities Forum. In that thread, PhDs are allegedly making very decent money.

Some do, but many don't. Think of it this way... many university departments produce 5-10 PhDs/year. But just in their own department, they have 2-3 open positions a year. One person retired, another moved to another university, and they got funding for a new position.

Then it's the same as many such insitutions. They are producing many PhDs a year, but not enough jobs for them. Yes, the others then trickle down to work for community colleges or... they get adjunct positions somewhere.