David Sella-Villa (South Carolina), Mock Job Talk Scheduling Poll

Some candidates entering the U.S. legal academic market have a lot of people in their corner: mentors who read their job talk paper, colleagues who sit through practice runs, friends who explain what an appointments committee is really asking. Others go in without any of that. They often have as much potential, or more, but far less preparation and far fewer people to ask.

Other candidates go in without any of that. Often they have as much potential (or more), but much less prep and far fewer people to ask.

So a few of us have been working on it. We are putting together spaces for candidates who could use the extra help, and the first is a series of mock job talks, created and led by David Sella-Villa. If you are a candidate on the market this year, sign up. If you are a professor willing to sit in on a mock job talk and provide feedback, please sign up as well.