David Lander (Saint Louis) is a guest blogger at Prawf Blawg this month. So far, Lander has two posts that may interest adjunct professors of law or persons interested in law school related commentary. They are:
- The Benefits of Closer Connections Among Law School Adjuncts and Full Time Law Faculty (December 1, 2016), and
- Comparison of law school adjuncts to adjuncts in other parts of the university (December 8, 2016).
Regarding the first post, I agree with commenters who find it unlikely that adjuncts with full-time jobs would participate on curriculum committees or other law school committee work. As for the suggestion adjuncts participate in faculty presentations, an invitation might be appreciated, but participation would likely be catch-as-catch-can.
Regarding the second post, I expect the only reason law schools have not already frozen tenured hires is that the ABA standards require law schools to maintain the full-time faculty they do is that a school that falls the ABA requirement risks a review. This alone is sufficient reason for law schools to reject the path undergraduate institutions have charted.
The two posts also raise the question whether blog post titles should be capitalized or not, because to be honest, I don't know (or know that it even matters).
I'm looking forward to hearing more from Professor Lander this month.