Posted by Orin Kerr:
Daryl Levinson on the Market for Law Professors:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_10_21-2007_10_27.shtml#1193350620
The [1]Harvard Law Record has a very interesting report on remarks
Harvard lawprof Daryl Levinson recently gave to Harvard law students
about how to become a law professor. I thought this comment was
particularly amusing if it was reported accurately:
[P]ractical legal experience is not a good predictor of scholarly
ability, and, Levinson noted, "is pretty nearly disqualifying."
Levinson pointed out that today's younger professors have no
significant practical experience, and that if they tried to become
involved in the world, "the world would probably recoil in horror."
Also note the Q&A at the bottom of the story; Levinson makes a number
of worthwhile points.
References
1.
http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2007/10/18/News/Prof-Levinson.Demystifies.The.Path.To.Legal.Academia-3044745.shtml
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