Apply to be a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow

Each year the University of Chicago Law School awards six Harry A. Bigelow teaching Fellowships. The Fellowships offer law school graduates an opportunity to prepare for an academic career. Fellows can pursue scholarly interests, attend workshops, interact with other faculty, and audit courses or seminars. The Bigelow program has been very successful in placing its Fellows in tenure-track academic positions in law schools.

The Fellows' primary responsibility is to design and carry out a program of tutorial instruction for first-year students. The Bigelow Program provides instruction in legal research, writing, and analysis. The Law School considers the program to be a major element in the first-year curriculum and an indispensable aid in developing students’ critical and analytical skills.

Initial Fellowship appointments are for one year and can be renewed for a second year; most Bigelow Fellows serve for two years. Bigelow Fellows who return for a second year typically teach an upper-level seminar on a topic of their choosing (subject to approval) in addition to the legal research and writing course.

Applications are invited from students now finishing the work for their first degree in law and from law graduates who wish to enter the academic field. If you have questions about the program, please contact Professor Douglas G. Baird (dbaird@uchicago.edu) or Professor Richard McAdams (rmcadams@uchicago.edu).

To be considered as a candidate for this position, you MUST apply on the UChicago Academic Careers site. You will be required to furnish a resume, cover letter, law school transcript, sample writing, and reference contact information for two or three recommenders who are writing letters on your behalf. The writing may be published or unpublished.

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination. Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-1032 or email equalopportunity@uchicago.edu with their request.