Anonymous wrote:Law schools take no research funding and are cash cows for universities. I bet many of them will attempt to expand in the next few years as universities try to make up for research shortfalls.

This just means larger class sizes not hiring more faculty. Maybe adjunct.

A family member works at a top Ivy with a large endowment and universities are being very cautious and conservative. There’s talk of an endowment tax, with grant cuts, etc many are freezing hiring and cutting wherever they can already.

It will def impact law schools! Who will want to pay that $ and not graduate with an excellent job. There’s already articles out there about Harvard and MIT MBAs unemployed months after graduation.

Go for it OP but I wouldn’t quit your regular job.

Anonymous wrote:Law schools are CASH COWS for universities. They make a huge profit off law school tuitions.

You don't need tons of expensive programming like medical schools.

I don't think there will be many cuts on the law school side b/c universities need to keep the cash cow milking.

Agreed, though it could all change if Republican proposals to cap grad PLUS loans make it through Congress.

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Anonymous wrote:Big law associates are a dime a dozen. Schools such as AU WCL and Catholic may be interested in hiring you as an untenured adjunct legal writing instructor. However, it will be difficult for you to get hired as a tenure track law professor. You need to stand out somehow.

They will hire alumni before they hire a random person.

Totally incorrect unless the law school is Yale, Stanford, or Harvard and, maybe, Columbia or Chicago.

Agree that law schools are cash cows for universities as law schools do not require funding for research or equipment, yet charge high tuition.

Law schools are CASH COWS for universities. They make a huge profit off law school tuitions.

You don't need tons of expensive programming like medical schools.

I don't think there will be many cuts on the law school side b/c universities need to keep the cash cow milking.

Anonymous wrote:Law schools take no research funding and are cash cows for universities. I bet many of them will attempt to expand in the next few years as universities try to make up for research shortfalls.

Np and I agree with this, but the interesting thing is law school applications were already on a down swing. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Law schools take no research funding and are cash cows for universities. I bet many of them will attempt to expand in the next few years as universities try to make up for research shortfalls.

You don’t need a phd—very few tenured law profs have phds. Google AALS FAR for information on the faculty recruitment process. You can apply for VAPs and tenure track positions there. If you’ve clerked and published, you have a chance at a tenure track job without a VAP.