SALT is committed to helping the next generation of progressive law teachers and scholars enter the academy.  Besides supporting and co-sponsoring pipeline events like the ones featured here, our New Teachers Pipeline Committee is available to discuss with you any questions or concerns you might have as you approach a career in the academy. SALT is an organization for all involved in legal education --- clinicians, classroom professors, deans, administrators, fellows, librarians, adjuncts and legal writing teachers – who are dedicated to justice, diversity and academic excellence.  Please e-mail New Teachers’ Pipeline Committee co chairs  Hari Osofsky (hosofsky@umn.edu) and Angela Harris (aharris@law.berkeley.edu) if you would like to be contacted by one of our committee members.



SALT’s Faculty Mentoring programs introduce new faculty to what a good article looks like and what good teaching means. Through the annual Faculty Development Workshop, co-sponsored by SALT and LatCrit, at the annual LatCrit teaching conference, faculty get roadmaps on how to conceive of, research, draft, finalize, and market an article. Those who attend the Workshop are urged to bring in drafts of works-in-progress for constructive criticism from more seasoned faculty.  Learn more about the October 6-7, 2011 SALT and LatCrit Junior Faculty Development Workshop in San Diego. 

Teaching skills are also examined, with practical advice about how to devise sessions that are comprehensive, insightful, and accessible, while anticipating how to deal with students who might challenge progressive ideas and outsider faculty.



In addition to the written rules—scholarship, teaching, and service—SALT’s Faculty Mentoring program opens the way to understanding some of the unwritten rules of academia, helping novice professors navigate the pitfalls of achieving tenure. Included within the unwritten rules is an understanding of how to balance professional demands with family responsibilities and personal interests. The unwritten rules also articulate how to pursue leadership roles, navigate divisions within a faculty, and how to develop a progressive agenda within a law school with like-minded faculty.



SALT’s Faculty Mentoring program and annual Workshop also offer the opportunity for junior faculty to network with fellow progressives. With access to seasoned professors as well as a cohort group of junior colleagues, these networks provide support and answers to the many questions that arise.

For a recent bibliography of literature on progressive teaching and writing.

For more information about how to become a mentor or how to locate a mentor, contact co-chair Hari Osofsky or co-chair Angela Harris.