Faculty Advancement

Promotion | Pending Promotion | Faculty Mentoring | Sabbatical Leave | Conferences of Interest

Promotion and Tenure Timelines

The Associate Dean of Faculty serves as chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee. Each year, the Associate Dean will consult with any faculty in the "pipeline" to develop a timeline for that faculty's promotional review process.

Timetable Summary:

If hired as Assistant Professor: promotion review to Associate in 3rd year of full-time service; tenure review during 5th or 6th year of full-time service; open to promotion to Professor at least one year after tenure (this move is open-ended)

If hired as Associate Professor: tenure review in 4th or 5th year of full-time service; promotion review to Professor at least one year after tenure. Cannot be promoted to Professor until tenure has been granted and then not in the same year

A full text of the guidelines is available here.

Pending Promotion and Tenure Reviews

The following Promotion and Tenure action is scheduled for the 2009-2010 academic year:

Jeffrey D. Jones, Promotion to Associate Professor

Joseph S. Miller, Promotion to Professor

Faculty Development and Mentoring

The Associate Dean of Faculty works with new and junior faculty members to develop individualized faculty development plans. The plans include a process to obtain feedback, help, and advice on teaching and scholarship.

Sabbatical Leave

Full-time faculty members are eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave after 6 years of service. Sabbaticals can be one semester at full pay or two semesters at 60% pay. For more information, access the full text of the guidelines and scroll down to the Law School section.

Who's Doing What: Coming Soon -- a list of current faculty sabbatical projects.

Consider a Fulbright Scholarship Grant for your next sabbatical project. They offer both long and short term grants, both abroad and in the United States.

Conferences of Interest

The following links offer listings of off-campus conferences that may be of interest:

See what conferences are listed on the American Bar Association weg page.

See what conferences are listed on the Association of American Law Schools web page.

See what national events are listed through Thomson Legal Events.

See what conferences are listed on the Academic Keys for Law web page.

See what continuing education opportunities are available through Oregon Law Institute.

See what events Oregon Women Lawyers have planned.