Fellowships & VAPs Directory

Fellowship and VAP information in this directory is updated regularly, but may not be absolutely current. Candidates should follow the links to obtain the most current information. Law schools may submit and update information in the directory by using this form. AALS is not recommending any particular fellowship or VAP.  

We thank Pepperdine Law School Dean Paul Caron, who has published information on available fellowships and VAPs on his TaxProf Blog since 2008. Others who have contributed to Becoming a Law Teacher are acknowledged here.

Jessica Erickson’s reflection on VAP & Fellowship Interview Series

Last updated August 30, 2022.

General Programs

Law School	Program Name	Point of Contact Name
Boston College Law School	Drinan Visiting Professor Program	Daniel Lyons
Boston University School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor Program	VAP Committee
University of California, Hastings College of Law	Visiting Foreign Scholars	Unlisted
Cardozo Law School	Visiting Assistant Professor/ Director of the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance	Stewart Sterk
The University of Chicago, The Law School	Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships	Douglas G. Baird or Richard McAdams
Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology	Visiting Assistant Professor Program	Unlisted
Columbia Law School	Associates in Law Program	Unlisted
Columbia Law School	Academic Fellows Program	Academic Fellows Program
Cornell Law School	Visiting Assistant Professorships	Liz Flint or Aziz Rana
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professors	Bret Asbury
Duke University School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor Program	vapprogram@law.duke.edu
Duquesne University School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor	Tara Willke
Georgetown University Law Center	Georgetown Law Research Fellowship	Unlisted
Harvard Law School	Climenko Fellowship	Susannah Tobin
Harvard Law School	Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching	lewisfellowship@law.harvard.edu
Harvard Law School	Wertheim Fund Labor Law Academic Fellowship	Wertheim Academic Fellowship
University of Illinois College of Law	Illinois Academic Fellowship Program	lehigh@illinois.edu
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law	Visiting Professor	Cynthia Adams
The University of Iowa College of Law	Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship	Todd Pettys
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law	Donald Gaines Murray Lawyering Teaching Fellows/Visiting Assistant Professor program	Unlisted
Michigan State University College of Law	Lecturer – Fixed Term	Unlisted
The University of Michigan Law School	Michigan Faculty Fellows Program (VAP)	Tracey Kuffel
The University of Michigan Law School	Michigan Society of Fellows	Tracey Kuffel
University of Missouri School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor	Paul Litton
New England Law, Boston	Faculty Fellow	Allison Dussias
New York University School of Law	Acting Assistant Professors	Unlisted
New York University School of Law	Furman Academic Fellowship Program	Unlisted
University of Pennsylvania Law School	The George Sharswood Fellowship	sharswoodapp@law.upenn.edu
Penn State Dickinson Law	Visiting Assistant Professors	Amy Gaudion
Pepperdine University	Pepperdine Caruso Law Fellowship	Victoria Schwartz
Stetson University College of Law	Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor Program	Professor Marco Jimenez
Syracuse University College of Law	Faculty Fellow	Kristen Barnes
Tulane Law School	Forrester Fellowship	Erin Donelon
Wake Forest University School of Law	Program for Leadership and Character	Kenneth Townsend
University of Wisconsin School of Law	The Hastie Fellowship Program	Graduate Programs Office

Legal Subject Specific Programs

Law School	Program Name	Point of Contact Name
Boston University School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor in Health Law	VAP Committee
University of Buffalo School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor in Racial Justice	Guyora Binder
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law	Critical Race Studies Fellowship Program	Jasleen Kohli
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law	Law and Philosophy Program Post Doctoral Fellowship	Unlisted
Chicago-Kent College of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor in Legal Writing	Roberta McLaurin
Drexel University Kline School of Law	Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Technology	Unlisted
Duquesne University of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor in Business Associations	Tara Willke
Georgetown Law	REEL Policy Fellowship	Katrecia Banks
The George Washington University Law School	Frank H. Marks Intellectual Property Fellowship	Unlisted
Harvard Law School	Animal Law and Policy Program Academic Fellowship	Ceallaigh Reddy
Harvard Law School	Program on Corporate Governance Academic Fellow	Jordan Figueroa
New York University School of Law	Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business	Anat Carmy Wiechman
University of Pennsylvania Law School	Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC) Postdoctoral Fellowship	ctic@law.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania Law School	Quattrone Center Research Fellowship 2019-2020	quattronecenter@law.upenn.edu
Stanford Law School	Constitutional Law Center Fellowships	Unlisted
Stanford Law School	The Rock Center for Corporate Governance Fellowship	Unlisted
Stanford Law School	The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics CodeX Fellowships	Roland Vogl
Stanford Law School	Thomas C. Grey Fellowship Legal Research and Writing	Alicia Thesing
Stanford Law School	The Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF) Fellowships	Roland Vogl or Siegfried Fina
Syracuse University College of Law	Faculty Fellow – National Security, Global Security & Constitutional Law	Kristen Barnes
University of Tennessee College of Law	Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law Visting Professor Program	George W. Kuney, Director
Tulane University Law School	Murphy Institute Visiting Assistant Professorship	Unlisted
Wake Forest University School of Law	Postdoctoral Fellow in Leadership and Character for Pre-Law Professions	Kenneth Townsend
Wake Forest University School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor: Program for Leadership and Character	Unlisted
Washburn University School of Law	Visiting Assistant Professor: Legal Writing	Emily Grant
Yale Law School	Information Society Project (Law and Technology) Resident Fellowship	Ann-Marie Cooper