A law professor, in addition to fulfilling the criteria specified in the University By-Laws, should continue to develop teaching skills and scholarship over an entire career. Teaching and scholarship are inseparable. Teaching should reflect depth of research, high standards of accuracy and creativity, precision in analysis, clarity in language and organization, and a spirit of healthy inquiry into the values and assumptions that underpin law and society. Circumstances such as teaching load, number of contact hours, class size, subject matter, methodologies, preparation of teaching materials, and years of experience will be considered in the evaluation. In any law school, the expectation is that a member of the faculty will engage in disseminating the results of current research in law and legal institutions.
Research is important both to advance knowledge and to improve teaching.
Scholarship is an important part of every law professor's professional activity throughout an entire career. In the evaluation process, we seek to determine the promise that the faculty member has in scholarship. The evaluation process itself is not to be the impetus for the scholarship. Activity showing a career-long commitment to scholarship should begin early. As part of the application for promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, the applicant must submit at least one published scholarly work of high quality and at least a draft of another scholarly work which promises to be of high quality.