Complex sentence: Following his clerkship, Wilkinson declined joining a large law firm and instead returned to Charlottesville where he joined the University of Virginia School of Law faculty and taught as an associate professor for five years.
Split into simpler sentences: Following his clerkship, Wilkinson declined joining a large law firm. Instead, he returned to Charlottesville and joined the University of Virginia School of Law faculty, where he taught as an associate professor for five years.